Let's see if I can get more than a post a month in the future.
For now, just a bit of venting.
Lie about motives for launching the nation into war? No big deal. Cut social services to the most vunerable populations? So what. Violate rights to privacy with unreasonable warrants, searches and seizures? Ho-hum. Take penis pics? OMG HOW COULD YOU RESIGN NOW.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Revamp/The Continued War on Women and Reproductive Health
I'm planning on revamping my blogging efforts in an attempt to not only get my thoughts splayed across the internet, but to also involve more people in public dialogue on critical issues. I figure this is a good time and place to do it, so here goes.
Kansans, the attack on women and family planning has come to the fore. Media outlets have noted the federal affronts to Planned Parenthood and other family planning agencies, but as Michael B. Keegan reports, the real fight is happening in the states. An onslaught of state and local legislative bills have erupted recently in an attempt to shut down any comprehensive plan for safe, responsible health and family planning. In March, South Dakota changed state law to require the longest waiting period in the nation before getting an abortion, which is on top of the fact that getting a safe and legal abortion in the state is near impossible. On other end, a slew of states are looking to restrict the period in which an abortion is legal, moving the date up to 20 weeks gestation. Last Tuesday, Indiana cut funding to Planned Parenthood in the state. And so, hot on the heels of Indiana and the surrounding mess, comes Kansas.
If federal laws and policy change- with HR 3 or any other bill restricting sexual and reproductive health services- then there is an issue to consider. But while much of the focus is on the national stage, these services are having their legs cut out from under them with state laws and funding cuts. With attacks happening on all levels, it is important to know which fights to fight and when. Kansas, your fight is here and now.
Kansans, the attack on women and family planning has come to the fore. Media outlets have noted the federal affronts to Planned Parenthood and other family planning agencies, but as Michael B. Keegan reports, the real fight is happening in the states. An onslaught of state and local legislative bills have erupted recently in an attempt to shut down any comprehensive plan for safe, responsible health and family planning. In March, South Dakota changed state law to require the longest waiting period in the nation before getting an abortion, which is on top of the fact that getting a safe and legal abortion in the state is near impossible. On other end, a slew of states are looking to restrict the period in which an abortion is legal, moving the date up to 20 weeks gestation. Last Tuesday, Indiana cut funding to Planned Parenthood in the state. And so, hot on the heels of Indiana and the surrounding mess, comes Kansas.
If federal laws and policy change- with HR 3 or any other bill restricting sexual and reproductive health services- then there is an issue to consider. But while much of the focus is on the national stage, these services are having their legs cut out from under them with state laws and funding cuts. With attacks happening on all levels, it is important to know which fights to fight and when. Kansas, your fight is here and now.
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