abortion
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Feminism
I Stand With Wendy
Update (6/26/13 2:25 PST): Well, would you look at that! Governor Perry is just going to do it all again. Great. Gov. Rick Perry is calling lawmakers back immediately for another special session to deal with abortion issues, and also to consider transportation funding and new sentencing guidelines for 17-year-olds convicted of capital crimes. Unlike the last 30-day special session,…
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Skepticism
AI: Abort? Retry? Love forever?
Today, Secular Woman is launching a new project called Abort Theocracy, focusing “on the intersection of religious power over women’s bodily autonomy and sovereignty, dedicated to terminating that connection by opposing religious influence in government.” My friend Hemant, the Friendly Athiest, has two major criticisms of the project. Mostly the “abort” and the “theocracy” parts of it. Fortunately for Hemant,…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 9.19
On September 19, 1692, Giles Corey, accused of wizardry, was executed as part of the Salem Witch Trials. If you’re familiar with the history, you may remember him as the man who refused to enter a plea even though he was being tortured by putting heavy stones on his chest. He was crushed to death but his last words were,…
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Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 9.13
Well lucky for all of us, Amanda is off saving the world again with her sidekick baby sloth. So, I’ll be serving up this morning’s quickies! Editorial suggests that health care workers who want to provide abortions in opposition to anti-abortion legislation should do so under conscience exceptions. “Conscience means you’re a human being, and human beings vary in their…
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Skepticism
ICYMI: July 22-July 28 on the Skepchick Network
You guys, I have Olympic Fever! It’s time every four years when I pretend to care about cycling and beach volleyball! Go team! Score all the sports points! Insert otherwise totally inappropriate patriotic slogan here! Maybe in between pole vaults and pommel horses you could catch up on what happened last week on the Skepchick Network. Teen Skepchick A Fracturing…
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Afternoon Inquisition
AI: Keep Religion Out of Our Secular Events
Sam can’t come to the Internet today. He is busy distracting republicans away from my uterus with a song and dance routine about Jesus and fried rice. Don’t worry he will be back next week. I just needed a few minutes to jump in and ask you a few questions before I run off to Fort Brag for Rock Beyond…
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Feminism
Top 7 Birth Control and Abortion Myths
We all know that standard (a.k.a. latex and polyurethane) condoms don’t have little holes in them to let the AIDS swim right through (as a woman accompanying Brother Jed once solemnly told me), that the amount of birth control pills someone takes doesn’t correlate with the amount of sex they are having, and that you don’t get STIs from having…
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The New Boston Skeptics: Already Pissing People Off
I’ve been running Boston Skeptics for the past 18 months or so as a casual group of like-minded people who hang out to drink, learn, socialize, and brunch. Recently, though, we’ve really started growing in number and in enthusiasm, as fellow Skeptics-in-the-Pub attendees began stepping up and asking to do more. Our A/V mavens, Maggie and Sarah, will be beefing…
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