Tag Archives: pro-choice

Why Are Less People Identifying As “Pro-Choice”?

Jessica WakemanMay 24, 2012 //

Woman removed from American Airlines flight for pro-choice tee shirt. Read More »

Unsafe Abortion Death

Pregnant mother of 5 died after drinking vinegar in DIY abortion. Read More »

Obama On Abortion

Read the president's statement about Roe Vs. Wade's 39th anniversary. Read More »

If you were to ask most people if an 13-year-old girl should be forced to give birth to a baby after being impregnated by her own father, I think they would say no.

If you were to ask most people if a woman should have to risk her own life while going through labor, I think they would say no.

If you were to ask most people if they believe abortions should be safely performed under a doctor’s care, I think they would say yes.

So why, then, did a new Gallup poll released yesterday say that the percentage of Americans willing to identify themselves as “pro-choice” is at a record low? Keep reading »

My Abortion Was The Best Decision Of My Life

Amanda ChatelMarch 10, 2012 //

I was 11 weeks along when my gynecologist told me I was pregnant. I had been on The Pill since I was 18 years old and my period, since being on The Pill was non-existent. When it never came in January, then not again in February, it never crossed my mind that something wasn’t right. I had gone months before without a “period” — a quick splotch on my undies was usually all it was. Even before I was on The Pill (and after) I’m one of those women who is lucky enough to never have a menstruation that lasts more than two or three days. Keep reading »

UPDATE: Virginia’s Governor Backs Off “Transvaginal Ultrasound” Anti-Abortion Bill (And Even Meghan McCain Is Against It!)

Jessica WakemanFebruary 22, 2012 //

State-Sanctioned Rape

Virginia is considering mandating a transvaginal ultrasound. Read More »

Banning Abortions

PreNDA would ban abortions based on race or sex. Read More »

Public Hanging?

An NC politician called for the public hanging of abortion providers. Read More »

UPDATE, 3:40: Governor McDonnell has released a statement regarding the bill, posted after the jump.

Virginia’s Republican Governor Robert McDonnell has come to his senses: he is dropping his support for a scary-ass bill requiring women seeking an abortion to first have a medically unnecessary “transvaginal ultrasound,” aka to be vaginally penetrated with a speculum and ultrasound probe. Keep reading »

Iowa Abortion Bill Would Criminalize All Abortion, Sentence Doctors To Life In Prison

Jessica WakemanFebruary 17, 2012 //

Proposed Ban In D.C.

A ban on abortion after 20 weeks has been proposed for Washington, D.C. Read More »

State-Sanctioned Rape

Virginia is considering mandating a transvaginal ultrasound. Read More »

Public Hanging?

An NC politician called for the public hanging of abortion providers. Read More »

All abortions would be classified as feticides, a class A felony punishable by life imprisonment without chance for parole, under a new bill introduced on Wednesday by Iowa State Representative Kim Pearson, a Tea Party Republican. Pearson’s bill states:

Any person who intentionally terminates a human pregnancy, with the knowledge and consent of the pregnant person, where death of the fetus results, commits feticide. Feticide is a class A felony.

Under the bill, doctors who perform abortions could spend life in prison and doctors who attempt to perform an abortion (but don’t go through with it, for some unclear reason) would be charged with the class B felony of 25 years in prison. Keep reading »

Maggie Gyllenhaal Supports Planned Parenthood, Only Makes Us Love Her More

Jessica WakemanJanuary 8, 2012 //

Maggie's Vibrators

Maggie Gyllenhaal gets sent lots of vibrators since "Hysteria." Read More »

"Hysteria" Hysteria!

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy star as the inventors of the vibe. Read More »

Abortion Rights

All of The Frisky's posts about reproductive rights. Read More »

“I’ve been a Planned Parenthood supporter my whole life — since my mom took me to a rally when I was in sixth grade. It’s chilling to think of this resource being taken away. I have a five-year-old daughter, and I’m pregnant with my second child. I know when my children are older, I will be taking them to events like the one I went to with my mom. I hope we’ll be celebrating our freedoms and rights, not fighting for them once again as we are now.”

— Maggie Gyllenhaal penned a piece for Glamour magazine about her support for reproductive rights. She says her mother taught her and her brother Jake to always fight for what they believe in and she believes “every woman has the right to decide what she can do with her body.” I’m impressed a big Hollywood celeb like Maggie is taking the time to support Planned Parenthood; PP is one of the main providers of women’s health treatments like cervical cancer screenings and breast exams for low-income women, who might otherwise go without. Between that and this, can we all just agree Maggie Gyllenhaal is the best? [Glamour]

Pro-Lifers Spank Ron Paul For Not “Rescuing” Aborted Fetus From Trash Can

Jessica WakemanDecember 31, 2011 //

Abortion Rights

All of The Frisky's posts about reproductive rights. Read More »

I Took Plan B

Our writer took the morning-after-pill to thwart unwanted pregnancy. Read More »

2012 Election

All of The Frisky's posts about the 2012 election. Read More »

I don’t even know why we’re talking about Republican Ron Paul, because he is never going to be president. (Unless Kelly Clarkson gets her way.) But I do find it entertaining that his campaign ad called “Life,” about his opposition to abortion — despite otherwise being all “get the government out of people’s business!” — is now flying back in his face. In the “Life” ad, Ron Paul explains how he has delivered 4,000 babies as a doctor and believes that life is a precious thing. He also claims he allegedly saw an “aborted baby” in an operating room, crying and breathing, and saw it placed in a bucket in the corner of a room and people “pretended it wasn’t there.” Then he says he allegedly saw a baby the same size being delivered in that same hospital and it made him wonder “who are we” to let one baby die in “a bucket,” but let another one live. Keep reading »

“10 For Tebow” Pledges A Pro-Choice Donation For Every Tim Tebow Touchdown

Stefanie BlejecDecember 17, 2011 //

Tim Tebow, Gross

We question his appearance on a lady site's list of "hot" dudes. Read More »

Tebow's Anti-Choice Ads

Watch his ad for Focus on the Family. Read More »

Abortion Lies

CPCs scolded for misleading women about abortion. Read More »

A pro-choice organization boldly named The Abortion Gang began a personal pledge that has turned into a unique funding project — they’re urging fans of the Denver Broncos to make a donation to pro-choice groups every time star player Tim Tebow scores a touchdown. The reason behind the idea, coined “10 for Tebow,” is a little unconventional — Tim Tebow is notoriously pro-life. He’s even made a commercial with his mother in support of the organization Focus on the Family, a non-profit that is devoutly pro-life, anti-homosexual, anti-gay marriage, and against all sex education that goes beyond abstinence-only counseling. Keep reading »

Tim Tebow: Who Cares If He’s Majorly Pro-Life When He’s So Totally Hot!?

Julie GersteinApril 19, 2011 //

I realize I’m not the most reliable when it comes to dating guys who are totally on the up-and-up. But I draw the line at hardcore pro-lifers. I refuse to date a guy who doesn’t believe in a woman’s right to choose because I essentially view that as someone who believes women are too stupid to make decisions for themselves. So when Crushable’s very linkbait-y list of 25 crushworthy guys under 25 included Mr. Tim Tebow, I had to laugh. Sure, Mr. Tebow has a handsome enough mug, if you’re into broad shouldered football players. But Tebow has one major problem in my book: he’s openly and loudly very anti-choice, to the tune of taking out an ad during the Super Bowl in order to share his pro-life views with the world. Why, for the love of Ryan Gosling, would a major woman’s website feel the need to laud a man like that? I mean, after all, it’s not like a woman’s right to choose has been in any way compromised this year or anything. Luckily, their other 24 picks are decidedly less lame. [Crushable] Keep reading »

Is Tweeting About Abortion Effective?

Julie GersteinNovember 5, 2010 //

There’s no denying that Twitter has become a monumental social networking tool — and of late, it’s become a part of the abortion debate. In recent days, Twitterers have taken to their accounts in support of a woman’s right to choose. The #ihadanabortion hash tag encourages women to openly discuss their abortion experiences, in an effort to demystify and de-stigmatize abortion. Keep reading »

Will There Be Enough Doctors Who Can Provide The Next Generation Of Women Abortions?

Jessica WakemanJune 15, 2009 //

In high school I read John Irving’s excellent book, The Cider House Rules, in which the protagonist, a young man named Homer, is raised in an orphanage under the care of a kindly physician, Dr. Larch, who he is shadowing and learning medicine from. Dr. Larch eventually reveals to him that he’s been performed illegal abortions all along and he’d like to teach Homer how to do the procedure, too. Homer balked at the suggestion, imagining that he could have been aborted instead of growing up happily in the orphanage. The response Dr. Larch gave him has always stuck in my mind: “You may disapprove, but you may not be ignorant or look away.”

That quote popped in my mind when I read Kate Harding’s piece on Salon.com, “Is There A Next Generation Of Abortion Providers?”, a frightening piece about how the ranks of abortion providers are thinning and pro-choicers worry they won’t be replaced. Keep reading »