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yes dembotoz Mar 2015 #1
That's why I don't call the Indiana bill Anti-LGBT LynneSin Mar 2015 #2
Can the Indiana Law be used to protect reproductive rights? Downwinder Mar 2015 #20
If a pharmacist doesn't believe in abortion they could use the law to not hand out... LynneSin Mar 2015 #26
But if he believes in choice can he hand Downwinder Mar 2015 #31
Don't birth control pills have to be prescribed by a doctor? nt valerief Apr 2015 #155
things needing a prescription still need that but could hand it condoms, non-rx of course. uppityperson Apr 2015 #161
You still need a prescription LynneSin Apr 2015 #168
No. jeff47 Mar 2015 #54
I don't know about that example dsc Mar 2015 #69
You BETTER BELIEVE they'd try to use it against women and other groups, too. As many other groups calimary Mar 2015 #28
sure do. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #46
But don't you get it, Blanche? Women are containers. calimary Mar 2015 #66
I've been saying that since forever...that women aren't really people. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #71
Wow, that is a powerful statement! Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #131
Show on Syfy "Helix" just introduced that concept in the last episode. NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #103
They want to enforce their notion of morality... haikugal Mar 2015 #113
women BARELY have reproductive rights in Indiana -- "extremely hostile state" nashville_brook Mar 2015 #29
That's obvious- a woman who had a miscarriage might get 70 years in jail LynneSin Mar 2015 #33
but we're way more concerned that a gay couple might not be able to buy flowers from a xtian? nashville_brook Mar 2015 #36
Wow -- what a way to trivialize it nichomachus Mar 2015 #56
and women's healthcare isn't just about abortions -- but we get no help nashville_brook Apr 2015 #146
That is not what I took away from it, also I find your response repulsive Dragonfli Mar 2015 #85
+1... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #101
there's no "excusing" either -- but one is never mentioned, the other is a national outrage nashville_brook Apr 2015 #145
That is what the OP was pointing out, yet without diminishing the other Dragonfli Apr 2015 #150
This remark is really Skidmore Apr 2015 #157
Well, it WILL increase the potential profit base in our nation's proud private prisons! PatrickforO Mar 2015 #121
Great and stark maps! thanks cali Mar 2015 #62
The difference is that there are federal laws to protect women Fearless Mar 2015 #60
Essentially meaningless under the onslaught of state laws and regulations cali Mar 2015 #63
Except that Federal laws and regulations generally supercede those at the state level. Veilex Mar 2015 #95
Why don't you read up on the spate of women being prosecuted or jailed to bettyellen Mar 2015 #117
do try paying attention to the endless spate of restrictions on women's rights in each of the niyad Mar 2015 #120
Grrrrr. Man, that shit stinks. cali Apr 2015 #137
it does, indeed. niyad Apr 2015 #153
Fucking Fail of Great Magnitude. Try to keep up, dude. cali Apr 2015 #136
Well, actually you're wrong about that CreekDog Apr 2015 #165
We can be upset at both. We don't have to choose one or the other. n/t BeeBee Mar 2015 #3
People have chosen. Post a thread about a new discriminatory law against cali Mar 2015 #8
At least this one did. question everything Mar 2015 #16
that was one of the few. most posts on women's rights and the attacks against them niyad Mar 2015 #21
That's why we have to start attaching that issue to the LGBT issue. calimary Mar 2015 #32
we've totally chosen -- and women lost out. nashville_brook Mar 2015 #23
All rights are under attack. MineralMan Mar 2015 #4
Sorry. Women's Reproductive rights are FAR more under attack cali Mar 2015 #5
Why would you think I do not know that? MineralMan Mar 2015 #11
This is what I was talking about BainsBane Mar 2015 #25
Don't forget the mentally ill Liberalynn Mar 2015 #51
+1 appalachiablue Apr 2015 #127
Yes, of course. Though my comments weren't meant to include all oppressed groups BainsBane Apr 2015 #133
far more insofar as legistlatio goes. cali Mar 2015 #64
I'll say this, again ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #107
tough. and bullshit. was that clear enough? cali Apr 2015 #138
Yes. your newly found concern for ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #143
+1 BainsBane Mar 2015 #7
Again, you are far more graceful/accepting than I am ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #105
Yes, and not just reproductive rights BainsBane Mar 2015 #6
And you are fucking wrong. There is no pitting only anger that people don't cali Mar 2015 #10
Well, I certainly agree with that. BainsBane Mar 2015 #17
Yes and this makes me so angry kcr Apr 2015 #141
I see it that way too.. haikugal Mar 2015 #114
As long as half the world's population is dumped on by the other half LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #9
More question everything Mar 2015 #12
Want proof that women's rights are at risk? Anybody notice pence mentioning Hobby Lobby? calimary Mar 2015 #37
most of those laws are still in force. mopinko Mar 2015 #65
The right wing in this country cilla4progress Mar 2015 #13
+1 appalachiablue Mar 2015 #79
I was just thinking this exact same thing! Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #14
Me, too. calimary Mar 2015 #40
Descent into RW Hell & Fascism- appalachiablue Apr 2015 #126
It's all really about human rights... Wounded Bear Mar 2015 #15
And I would add, a woman's right to keep her child even if she is impoverished me b zola Mar 2015 #18
I've been screaming about this everywhere.... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #19
was that an illustration for an edition of "the handmaid's tale"? whatever, it is stunning, and I niyad Mar 2015 #27
yeah. it's from a 2012 award winning illustrated novel. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #38
So have I, Blanche. calimary Mar 2015 #41
Women's Suffering Doesn't Matter. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #48
I'm screaming, too. I'm BEYOND fed up. calimary Mar 2015 #70
i gotta run...must get back to you later. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #72
I like how you think! haikugal Mar 2015 #115
hell to the yeah nashville_brook Mar 2015 #22
exactly. niyad Mar 2015 #24
The Indiana mess made me wonder about that too, no boycotts for anti-women legislation? appalachiablue Apr 2015 #128
I know a lot of us engage in our own private boycotts, but no, have not seen calls niyad Apr 2015 #152
More awareness & organized resistance against this is needed especially now while the momentum appalachiablue Apr 2015 #166
you are correct. niyad Apr 2015 #169
I'm proud to say, I put my money where my mouth is. As I said in another post... BlueJazz Mar 2015 #30
instead, let's attack Patrica Arquette...b/c that's effective. nashville_brook Mar 2015 #34
you are so right about how much we have lost with the stupid, hate-filled, fear-based niyad Mar 2015 #45
I think most do realize it, and speak out about it here. herding cats Mar 2015 #35
Maybe here, yes. But it has to go out MUCH farther. And so far that's not what's happening. calimary Mar 2015 #42
I agree herding cats Mar 2015 #50
Amen and THANK YOU! PeaceNikki Mar 2015 #39
Do you think the disparity in public outrage is because abortion is enough Mar 2015 #43
Consider the possiblity that this issue is relevant because half of betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #61
Makes sense. (nt) enough Mar 2015 #112
Wasn't the Indiana law passed to target women? Prism Mar 2015 #44
Justice Ginsburg... one_voice Mar 2015 #47
There are more of us collectively, than old white men... onecaliberal Mar 2015 #49
I agree with you Cali Andy823 Mar 2015 #52
They are every bit as important gollygee Mar 2015 #53
Misogyny is the original sin of bigotry, from where all bigotry begins. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #55
Yes it is.. whathehell Mar 2015 #76
Calling Dems "baby killers" doesn't work anymore. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #57
It's not an either / or Fearless Mar 2015 #58
It's not either/or. We need progress in both areas. The question is: Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #86
Because women's rigthts has been further than LGBT rights since the beginning of the movements Fearless Mar 2015 #91
45% of women voted for Mitt Romney davidn3600 Mar 2015 #98
Sadly, that's what you get with a patriarchal bvf Apr 2015 #148
Agree 100%. Glad you posted this. n/t Paper Roses Mar 2015 #59
you are dead right cali. mopinko Mar 2015 #67
Women alone being denied tables in restaurants HockeyMom Mar 2015 #68
This absolutely exists in Manhattan and smaller places. I've experienced it at restaurants appalachiablue Apr 2015 #164
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #73
Why is this so unspoken? frazzled Mar 2015 #74
We must Delphinus Apr 2015 #167
I've fought for choice all my life, and I've never heard any LGBT person claim those rights are Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #75
This isn't an attack of the LGBT community cali Mar 2015 #77
I'll post ita 3rd time... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #108
Thank you! ananda Mar 2015 #78
And I suspect these assaults JEB Mar 2015 #82
This message was self-deleted by its author appalachiablue Mar 2015 #87
The talibornigan brigade's expressions of hate are multifaceted, Their Sharia laws popular of late Dragonfli Mar 2015 #80
So, as a Bi woman... TDale313 Mar 2015 #81
"imo the op is divisive. This is not an either/or thing." - Agreed Veilex Mar 2015 #97
Women have Roe v Wade davidn3600 Mar 2015 #83
sorry, you are really, really uninformed. Roe v Wade has been rendered cali Mar 2015 #84
I don't know how much of it is ignorance, JTFrog Mar 2015 #100
Millions of women in this country don't have access to abortion ... Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #88
Pretty shocking to see that kind of uninformed stuff here. cali Mar 2015 #89
Indeed. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #90
It's not uninformed and it's not ignorance, it's an intentional mra attack/talking point. MerryBlooms Mar 2015 #104
+1. nt seabeyond Mar 2015 #106
Exactly right. Embarrassed to see this hateful and knowingly ignorant nonsense in GD. bettyellen Mar 2015 #118
I couldn't agree more BainsBane Apr 2015 #132
+ infinity. n/t JTFrog Apr 2015 #163
I've long thought that LGBTQ folks need to be considered a "protected class" - TBF Mar 2015 #94
Civil rights are important period - TBF Mar 2015 #92
"Women's Reproductive Rights are every bit as important as LGBT rights or fighting racism." - True. Veilex Mar 2015 #93
Posted a 4th time ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #110
People are picking hills to die on, rather than playing whack-a-mole... Veilex Apr 2015 #123
it's all about the "Meism" that some enjoy ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #125
posted for the 2nd time. tough and bullshit. cali Apr 2015 #139
See post #143 ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #144
+1 Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #124
no one said they were. duh. But hundreds of laws restricting a woman's right to choose cali Apr 2015 #140
"no one said they were. duh." - Actually, you did. By posting this distraction away from... Veilex Apr 2015 #158
bullshit. horse shit. dog shit. that's just false. cali Apr 2015 #160
"that's just false." - The notion that this thread is anything but a distraction from LGBTQ issues. Veilex Apr 2015 #162
Going to jail for a miscarrage or abortion is even worse that not being served at a store or restaur DamnYankeeInHouston Mar 2015 #96
EVERY law that is discriminatory is aimed firstly at women. Then at sexual choices. raven mad Mar 2015 #99
Uhmm, You forgot a group. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #109
No, I didn't. raven mad Mar 2015 #111
Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #119
Please use our site on FB to organize and fight the hate NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #102
So true. It's disappointing that barely a peep is said about it ecstatic Mar 2015 #116
I protest regularly with WORD (for "Women Organized to KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #122
The Republicans are only doing this to call the Dems murdering baby killers..... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #129
I don't see why we should allow ourselves to be pitted against one another on these issues ... brett_jv Apr 2015 #130
this has shit all to do with pitting people aganist one another cali Apr 2015 #135
And this thread isn't even really about abortion. hughee99 Apr 2015 #147
K&R Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #134
Yes! Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #142
Agreed. n/t prayin4rain Apr 2015 #149
agree veaux Apr 2015 #151
Kick. historylovr Apr 2015 #154
Bingo!!! valerief Apr 2015 #156
Yes. An assault on one person's rights is an assault on us all. Orsino Apr 2015 #159
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