September 2010
30 posts
Utah enacts "Criminal Miscarriage" law--Women who miscarry can now be prosecuted for criminal homicide →
dailykos.com
PLEASE read this!! Utah passed this legislation with an overwhelming majority, and the implications are dire for women and girls across the state. The only way to put a stop to it is to draw attention to their insanity. Even if you’re anti-choice, consider the extremity of this law and the precedent it sets for all American women.
(via DailyKos.com)Reblogging this for more visibility.
WHAT THE FUCK
Most disturbing pars of this:
“A pregnant woman in an abusive relationship could be held criminally liable if she doesnt leave.” Are you kidding me?! It’s now a woman’s fault if her SO beats her until she miscarries because she didnt leave? But what about the abuser? Let’s get technical here: The woman didnt cause the miscarriage, the beating did. The SO did the beating, so s/he is responsible for the miscarriage. Duh.
I cant deal with this level of stupidity. I just cant.
This isn’t insanity. This is sexism. It’s hella ableist to call extreme bigotry crazy or insane.
Also reblogged because holy fuck Utah is disgusting.
“A pregnant woman in an abusive relationship could be held criminally liable if she doesnt leave.”
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I really think the UK’s fight against sexism would have progressed a lot more by now, if we weren’t being dragged back by America all the live-long day.
I have changed my url.
Just letting you know so you don’t get confused.
BECAUSE I AM NICE :3
“
From a total of 29 attending cabinet, there will be just four women. (One of them, Sayeeda Warsi, is unpaid, unelected and a “minister without portfolio”. She is also the only non-white member of the cabinet.) It’s quite a contrast with Nick Clegg’s comments on Tuesday: “I hope this is the start of a new kind of politics I have always believed in. Diverse, plural, where different points of view find a way to work together.”
This cabinet, diverse? With less than 14% women? Spain manages 53%, Germany 37%. Plural? With not a single minority ethnic MP? A new kind of politics? When two thirds of the top table went to private school – three each to Eton and Westminster – compared with 7% of the population?
” —Katharine Viner - read the whole thing, it’s brilliant. (via gauntlet) (via iisabelle) (via -misadventure)
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