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lynn82md.livejournal.comFrom Ultraviolet:
Richard Black, a candidate for Congress in Virginia, thinks that spousal rape should not be a crime.
( Under cut for trigger warnings of victim blaming and rape )
To National Republican Campaign Committee:
It is dangerous to allow Congressional candidates to condone marital rape, which is a very serious instance of domestic violence. We are calling on you to denounce Richard Black's comments and demand that he apologize."
Things like this are a major reason why the Republican party is slowing digging themselves a grave. Get the fuck away from these douches! I would feel the same way towards any candidate, of any party and political persuasion that harbored this sick view.
Richard Black, a candidate for Congress in Virginia, thinks that spousal rape should not be a crime.
( Under cut for trigger warnings of victim blaming and rape )
To National Republican Campaign Committee:
It is dangerous to allow Congressional candidates to condone marital rape, which is a very serious instance of domestic violence. We are calling on you to denounce Richard Black's comments and demand that he apologize."
Things like this are a major reason why the Republican party is slowing digging themselves a grave. Get the fuck away from these douches! I would feel the same way towards any candidate, of any party and political persuasion that harbored this sick view.
lynn82md.livejournal.comPORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia lawmakers took a step toward outlawing abortion on Tuesday by approving "personhood" legislation that grants individual rights to an embryo from the moment of conception.
The Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted 66-32 in favor of defining the word person under state law to include unborn children "from the moment of conception until birth at every stage of biological development."
The measure now heads to the Senate, which is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats but with Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling wielding the tie-breaking vote.
Republican Delegate Bob Marshall, an abortion opponent who introduced the legislation, said the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States would not have been rendered if Texas state law had regarded the unborn as a person "in the full sense."
"So this is a first step, a necessary step, but it's not sufficient to directly challenge Roe," Marshall said in a phone interview.
Virginia's approach differs from failed attempts to define a fertilized egg as a legal person in Colorado in 2008 and 2010 and in Mississippi in 2011.
Virginia's effort avoids involving a constitutional amendment like those states, instead seeking changes throughout the legal code, said Elizabeth Nash, public policy associate at the Washington-based Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health issues.
But she said the intent is the same, with the measure ultimately aimed at banning abortion, contraception and infertility treatment.
Pro-choice Virginians...you have my sympathy.
( But, I have more! )
The Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted 66-32 in favor of defining the word person under state law to include unborn children "from the moment of conception until birth at every stage of biological development."
The measure now heads to the Senate, which is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats but with Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling wielding the tie-breaking vote.
Republican Delegate Bob Marshall, an abortion opponent who introduced the legislation, said the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States would not have been rendered if Texas state law had regarded the unborn as a person "in the full sense."
"So this is a first step, a necessary step, but it's not sufficient to directly challenge Roe," Marshall said in a phone interview.
Virginia's approach differs from failed attempts to define a fertilized egg as a legal person in Colorado in 2008 and 2010 and in Mississippi in 2011.
Virginia's effort avoids involving a constitutional amendment like those states, instead seeking changes throughout the legal code, said Elizabeth Nash, public policy associate at the Washington-based Guttmacher Institute, which studies reproductive health issues.
But she said the intent is the same, with the measure ultimately aimed at banning abortion, contraception and infertility treatment.
Pro-choice Virginians...you have my sympathy.
( But, I have more! )
Help out Women in Virginia!
Oct. 6th, 2011 11:39 pmlynn82md.livejournal.comFrom NARAL:
One of the first things that anti-choice politicians did when they took over Virginia after the last election was launch the War on Women. Now, their campaign to shut down the majority of women’s health centers that provide abortion care in that state is about to become law.
We cannot let the extreme anti-choice politicians continue to attack Virginia women’s right to choose without a fight. Sign our petition to Gov. Bob McDonnell today.
( more )
Don’t let Virginia’s women lose the right to choose. Sign your name to the petition calling on Gov. McDonnell to end the War on Women. NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia will deliver your petition during their rally, so take action now.
One of the first things that anti-choice politicians did when they took over Virginia after the last election was launch the War on Women. Now, their campaign to shut down the majority of women’s health centers that provide abortion care in that state is about to become law.
We cannot let the extreme anti-choice politicians continue to attack Virginia women’s right to choose without a fight. Sign our petition to Gov. Bob McDonnell today.
( more )
Don’t let Virginia’s women lose the right to choose. Sign your name to the petition calling on Gov. McDonnell to end the War on Women. NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia will deliver your petition during their rally, so take action now.
seize.livejournal.comIf you live in Virginia and/or have your car registered there, Planned Parenthood needs your help. They’re working to get a pro-choice license plate approved by the state legislature, but in order to do so they need 350 pre-paid orders. You know you want one!
The sales of these license plates will benefit Virginia's Planned Parenthood, an organization that we all know provides low-cost, stigma-free healthcare for women and their partners. The care they provide includes support for pregnant women, birth control options, normal gynecological exams, and abortion services. Check it out here!
The sales of these license plates will benefit Virginia's Planned Parenthood, an organization that we all know provides low-cost, stigma-free healthcare for women and their partners. The care they provide includes support for pregnant women, birth control options, normal gynecological exams, and abortion services. Check it out here!
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