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That's My President!

Love / Shove post by Kjerstin Johnson, January 24, 2009 - 9:07pm; tagged global policy, health care, Obama, reproductive rights.

First no mo Gitmo, and now Obama has reversed the Global Gag Rule!

The "Mexico City Policy" was instituted by Reagan, reversed under Clinton, and re-instated by George W. Hopefully Obama's decision won't be just another flip of the coin, especially since this policy has sweeping consequences for health care around the world.

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Abortion: the "shmashmortion" of 2008?

Love / Shove post by Andi Zeisler, January 7, 2008 - 11:40pm; tagged movies, read it!, reproductive rights.

In a tiny bit of synergy, I read this excellent piece by Katha Pollitt only an hour after sitting at my ob-gyn's office next to a pregnant teen gabbing on a hot-pink cellphone.

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Taking Abortion Rights to the Tees

Article by Rebecca Hyman, published in 2004; tagged abortion, consciousness raising, fashion, political art, reproductive rights, second wave.

There’s a new front in the battle for abortion rights—the literal front, that is, of a t-shirt designed by writer and feminist activist Jennifer Baumgardner that proclaims “I had an abortion.” The shirt, initially for sale on Planned Parenthood’s national website and now available on Clamor magazine’s website, has generated controversy among not only the antiabortion community but also pro-choice feminists.

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