The Assault on Womens Sexual and Reproductive Rights

[Kobi]

Republican Congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois said after his Thursday debate against Democratic rival Tammy Duckworth that abortions are never necessary to save a pregnant woman's life, because modern technology has eliminated the risks of childbearing.

Walsh was defending his position that abortion should be outlawed with no exceptions, which is also the Republican Party's official stance on the issue.

"With modern technology and science, you can't find one instance" of a pregnant woman's life being at risk, he told reporters after the debate. "There is no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing." He added that "advances in science and technology" meant that abortion is never necessary for the health of a mother.

Walsh, a freshman Congressman, is currently trailing Duckworth, a veteran of the Iraq War, in the polls.

In August, Republican Senate candidate and sitting Congressman from Missouri Todd Akin told a reporter that he didn't support exceptions for abortion for rape because women's bodies have a mechanism to prevent pregnancy in the case of a "legitimate rape." Mitt Romney and many national Republican politicians quickly distanced themselves from Akin and his comment. Romney has said he supports abortion exceptions in the cases of rape and the mother's health.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/c...-election.html

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Kobi wants to thump this guy in the forehead and suggest he consider being amongst the first in line for a retroactive abortion.

[Kobi]

A video of a 2008 speech Akin delivered on the House floor is being recirculated online.

In that address, Akin equated abortion providers to terrorists and suggested that it was "common practice" for them to be "giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant."

Akin's comments were made on Jan. 22, 2008, as anti-abortion lawmakers spoke on the House floor on the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that women had a legal right to abortion.

During that speech, Akin described abortion as "un-American" because it runs contrary to the fundamental right to life described in the Declaration of Independence. Akin said he believed Americans would someday view the current era of legalized abortion in the same way they now view the era of legalized slavery — as inherently wrong. He referenced the nation's fight against terrorists, adding: "We have terrorists in our own culture called abortionists."

"You find that along with the culture of death go all kinds of other lawbreaking — the not following good sanitary procedures, giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant, cheating on taxes, all these kinds of things, the misuse of anesthetic so that people die or almost die," Akin said in the 2008 speech. "All of these things are common practice."

http://news.yahoo.com/more-akin-abor...172151699.html

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Kobi puts this guy in the retroactive abortion line as well.

[Soon]

[Angeltoes]

Originally Posted by Soon

Love this^^^

[Greyson]

I just came upon this site, www.makers.com. Go take a look. You will find a site all about women who have made a difference in this world. The women come from all walks of life.

Anyway, I was not sure where to post the link to this video and I thought, "Go see what threads Kobi has initiated." I was not disappointed. When you have time, go take a look at all the interesting threads Kobi has started.

Now, here is the link about Sarah Weddington.


http://www.makers.com/sarah-weddington-0

[Greyson]

www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/11/14/the_turnaway_study_what_happens_to_women_who_are_d enied_abortions.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

[Greyson]

Pro-Life TN U.S. Congressman "Double Standard" aka "I'm Special."

Republican U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee testified during divorce proceedings that he and his former wife made a "mutual" decision for her to have two abortions, according to divorce transcripts released Thursday.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...ef=mostpopular