Change Is A-Coming (Or, as They Say in Oklahoma, “If I Wanted Government in My Womb, I’d F*ck a Senator”)

I am so excited I am beside myself. I am giddy because I can see that change is a coming.

Louisiana Proposes Bill To Outlaw “Aggravated Criminal Abortion by Dismemberment”

Does that make abortions performed by physicians "legal abortion by dismemberment?"

“Respect Every Virginian, Whether We Think They Are Sinners or Not”

Florida Abortion Restrictions Pass House, Called “Righteous War For Children”

A Florida state legislator decides children outrank women on the "righteous" scale.

Virginia’s Bob McDonnell Respects Women’s Inability to Understand Pregnancy

Midwife: First-Trimester Ultrasounds Are Not Part of Routine Prenatal Care

"First trimester ultrasounds are not part of routine prenatal care...So why are politicians now requiring this expensive procedure for a woman who plans to terminate her pregnancy?"

Abortion in Ireland

Nebraska Legislature Considers Justifiable Homicide of Abortion Doctors

The Nebraska Legislature considers a bill that would give a third party the right to use deadly force to protect a fetus. In other words, the right to kill an abortion provider. 

Georgia Right-To-Life Strongarms On 20-Week Ban While OB Calls Bill “Heartless”

Doctors are speaking out against a proposed 20-week abortion ban in Georgia, but anti-choice activists are making sure Republicans don't waiver.

What I Learned Today in Virginia: Orwellian Logic in 2012

Early this morning, I learned that Governor McDonnell had ordered a SWAT Team to cover a Candlelight Vigil I attended the night before at the Governor’s Mansion. Riot police were hiding in the bushes, while my two small children and I sang, “This Little Light of Mine.”  And that was only the beginning of my lesson.