HR 3 — trying to redefine rape February 8, 2011

A new bill was introduced in Congress last month — HR 3 — that seeks to prohibit federal funding of abortion. Whether or not you are in favor of it, there is one word that is extremely troubling. The sponsor, Chris Smith, R-NJ, added the word “forcible” in front of rape, meaning that he wants the law to state that only when forcibly raped can a woman use federal funds to obtain an abortion. This could possibly eliminate incest, date rape, being drugged and raped, and a host of other scenarios. House Republicans have said they are removing the word “forcible” from the bill, but to date the text remains. Please call your Congress representative today to advocate removal of that word from the bill!

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Anti-choice pharmacies deny right to birth control October 27, 2008

A pharmacy in Virginia was certified by the anti-choice organization Pharmacists for Life International, which believes that all forms of birth control are morally wrong. Now, I’m pro choice, but can usually see the point of pro life people…abortion is a tough issue. But then we have these crazy groups that want to take away birth control and call it abortificiant and I get so angry. Who are they to turn women with prescriptions away? Who are they to tell us what is wrong and what isn’t? Now, in a city like Fort Worth, someone like myself (lives near many pharmacies, has a car) may not consider this a big deal. So what if a pharmacist refuses to fill my prescription? I can just go down the street where the pharmacist will do his/her job and not shove their politics/religion down my throat. But there are hundreds of thousands of women in America who do not have their own transportation, who cannot afford to pay for transportation to get to an alternative pharmacy, or who live in towns with only one or two pharmacies.  There are women who would be intimidated by a pharmacist telling them their hormonal birth control pills (nuva ring, patch, etc.) are abortificiant and would not seek out another pharmacist. How is it that this group does not realize that this policy will cause more of what they want the least — unintended pregnancies resulting in abortion? This is the most illogical political/moral stance I have ever heard of. Are there any pharmacies in Fort Worth that deny birth control to women? Tell me in the comments.

Read more at: http://www.feministing.com/archives/011792.html (warning, headline NSFW)