Feminism | Posted by Julie Z on 11/3/2009
Billboard of aborted fetuses outside Phoenix high school
A few weeks ago, this 22-foot billboard truck, showing a first trimester aborted fetus, circled a Phoenix area high school. The billboards were sponsored by The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) [Warning: Graphic Site], who chose Camelback High School because of their “innovative and proactive ‘school choice’ campaign.”
The Regional Director for CBR, John Walsh, defended his actions, saying, “High school students are sexually active and often resort to having an abortion in order to escape from the unintended consequences of their promiscuity. They need to be educated about what abortion looks like before they commit to such a course of action.”
I’m sorry…this is education? There is nothing educational about this billboard. And insinuating that an abortion is the easy way out? Yes, we all know …
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Awareness | Posted by Sheridan T on 10/28/2009
Speaking Out Against CPC’s
The Feminist Majority Campus Team has declared the week of Halloween (October 25-31) The CPC Week of Action, aimed at exposing Crisis Pregnancy Centers for what they really are: Pro-life organizations preying on vulnerable women and feeding them fear and guilt when it comes to abortion.
Seriously, these organizations will do anything.
Starting in kindergarten, and continuing on through middle school, I went to a catholic school. In front of our school was always a sign for one of these centers, with a picture of the Virgin Mary and the promise of someone who will “really listen to you.” It turns out this center is run by my local Catholic Pro-Life Organization, a group that holds candle vigils outside Planned Parenthoods and who try to say abortion will give you …
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Feminism | Posted by Steph on 10/7/2009
Giant, Pro-Choice Mountains
So, I was in Law class today, which is taught by an awesome teacher who I really like. And she notified everyone that she’d received mail info of a grant available only to Law 11 or 12 students in BC, the
info sheet for which she handed out.
Now, I’m pretty big on scholarships. They’re handy! That said, I read the information and rules page – fairly straightforward – good english, double-spaced, legible, don’t submit more than one essay. But then I turned the page: here’s what I saw (emphasis mine).
The competition is open to grade 11 or 12 BC secondary school students, and is designed to encourage students to recognize the dignity of every human life.
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ESSAY TOPICS (600-700 WORDS): CHOOSE ONE.
Topic 1. In recent years student societies in a number of
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Awareness, Feminism | Posted by Becka W on 08/24/2009
The Right to Choose vs. The Right to Survival
I was recently in China from 7/17 – 8/2 on a family vacation (we take some pretty unique vacations, haha). We went on this fabulous tour from Shanghai to Wuhan to a 5-day Cruise down the Yangtze River, and then Chongquing; Xian; Beijing; Guilan, and finally Hong Kong.
Aside from really and truly learning how wonderful A/C is (when the high temp for the day is 101 degrees Fahrenheit; it truly is wonderful!), I tried to learn as much as I could about the Chinese culture and government and how they intertwine while I was there. As a US History, Politics, Society & Culture minor I’ve always been fascinated by how all of these things often intersect and reflect off of one another even when we think they don’t. So …
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Feminism | Posted by Jessica on 07/17/2009
I Am Pro-Choice
I am pro-choice.
“Pro-choice describes the political and ethical view that a woman should have complete control over her fertility (and the choice to continue or terminate a pregnancy).”
That being said, I do not know if I, personally, would ever be able to recieve an abortion.
While growing up, I watched my mother suffer miscarriage after miscarriage, having had six pregnancies and only three children to show for them. Do not get me wrong: my mother considers my siblings and I each a blessing to her. I am the eldest, her first pregnancy and her first born. After me, my mother concieved again, only to miscarry. My mother concieved and gave birth to my sister when I was almost three. Between my sister and my brother, my mother suffered …
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