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Bunk Documentaries (1 of 2): The Right to Confuse

Movies post by Kjerstin Johnson, Submitted by Kjerstin Johnson on December 7, 2009 - 6:46pm; tagged abortion, abortion and film, anti-abortion, dramumentaries, pro-choice, pro-life, South Dakota A Woman's Right to Choose.

What's wrong with this picture? (Hint: it's not the competing fonts).
A still shot from the trailer of the film. The background is black. In the middle there is a circle featuring an in utero fetus in a very late gestational period. The fetus's eye, nose, and hand are visible. The text above reads 'A Bruce Isacson film. South Dakota' the text below the fetus reads 'a woman's right to choose' in smaller letters.

A still shot from the trailer of the film. The background is black. In the middle there is a circle featuring an in utero fetus in a very late gestational period. The fetus's eye, nose, and hand are visible. The text above reads 'A Bruce Isacson film. South Dakota' the text below the fetus reads 'a woman's right to choose' in smaller letters.

This still, taken from the trailer of the film South Dakota: A Woman's Right to Choose might be the first time I've seen "a woman's right to choose" accompanying an in utero photo. Those are both articles of rhetoric from opposing sides of the abortion debate. Could this be a movie aiming to "edify, inform and not take sides?" Yes, according to director Bruce Isacson. But after reading Robin Acabin's assessment of the movie in the L.A. Times ("Creators of abortion film say they want honest debate"), I'm going to go ahead and say that it's not only unbalanced, but entirely pro-life.

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How did you celebrate Pro-Life Cupcake Day?

Social Commentary post by Kjerstin Johnson, Submitted by Kjerstin Johnson on October 9, 2009 - 4:59pm; tagged abortion, anti-choice fanaticism, Michele Bachmann, National Pro-Life Cupcake Day, pro-choice, pro-life, wtf?.

Here's how I spent mine:
- Being disappointed upon discovering it wasn't Pro-Cupcake Life Day
- Eating leftover cupcakes from Bitch's clothing swap/supporting a woman's right to choose
- WONDERING WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

The Cupcakes for Life Campaign is as crazy as it sounds: literally shoving anti-choice rhetoric down kids's throats.

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Beaker Bitch: Freak Outs, Not Facts, Dominate Abortion Talk in Healthcare Debate

Social Commentary post by Sarah Mirk, Submitted by Sarah Mirk on August 15, 2009 - 6:54pm; tagged abortion, abortion rights, death panels, Health care, healthcare reform, John Boehner, news media, Obama, obama healthcare plan, pro-choice, pro-life, women's health.

The healthcare debate this week has certainly been a lot of fingerpointing. In an effort to quash false rumors surrounding Obama's new healthcare plan (please let's never discuss the phrase "death panels" again), the White House went so far as to launch a "reality check" website. But one issue that's missing from the White House site is abortion. Despite the lack of an official White House debunk, the public dialogue on abortion has been just as packed with misinformation and exaggeration as the rest of the national conversation about healthcare reform.

Conservative websites are running with the National Right to Life group's headline that healthcare reform will be biggest expansion of abortion rights since Roe v. Wade. "Condition Red!" flashes the National Right to Life website.

That idea is aided by misleading statements from mainstream politicians. Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) penned a piece in the National Review spelling out his take on Obama's healthcare plan:

"Fact: The bill as currently written will allow the federal government to classify abortion as an "essential benefit" — a health-care right that would be guaranteed to all Americans. This will make it illegal for health-care providers nationwide — even Catholic and religious-based hospitals with missions that reflect a fundamental moral objection to the killing of the unborn — to provide anything less than abortion on demand for anyone who seeks it."

But when the Denver Post ran a health care fact check, they showed that Boehner's "fact" is actually false. The Post explains that Obama's current health care plan does not override the federal law that bans Medicaid from paying for abortions except in cases involving rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger. An amendment pushed by Lois Capps (D-CA) allows public and private healthcare plans to cover abortions in other cases, but they can't use federal dollars.

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