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Debra

If you take away my rights, can I take away yours?

07/05/2008 by Debra

The anti-choice factions have been frothing at the mouth as of late emboldened by such things as Bill C-484, Bill C-537, and Bill C-338.

Prime Minister Harper promised that a Conservative government would not legislate on abortion, but this is exactly what is happening, not just with Bill C-484, but with two other Conservative private member bills introduced last fall. Bill C-338 would re-criminalize abortion by prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks gestation. Bill C-537 would guarantee the “right” of medical personnel to refuse to provide medical care for religious reasons, which would mostly restrict women’s ability to access contraception and abortion care.

Bill C-484 is a radical bill because it positions the fetus as a woman’s co-equal. By focussing on fetuses, not injured pregnant women, the bill is offensive to the full humanity of all women, not just pregnant women. The not-so-hidden agenda of the bill is to recognize the “rights of the unborn” so that abortion can be restricted in the future. Indeed, fetal personhood is a long-standing objective of the anti-abortion movement.

It is their view that nothing trumps the right of their god and men to force women to be brood mares the fetus. Regardless of how the pregnancy came into being, the age of the mother to be, or the health and emotional well being of the mother each little egg must be hatched.

These people feel they have a god given right to force their views and lifestyle choice upon others up to and including laws to make any deviation from their extremism a criminal act. This extremism includes the teaching of hate to those formerly precious eggs, now children. Hatred of gays, feminists, leftists, atheists and so on. I have blogged previously that although I believe such acts to be child abuse, I don’t believe the state has a place in ensuring “proper thoughts”. Perhaps though I was hasty. You see I know that were these sorts to ever come to power they, as other despots afore them, would not bat an eye if my children were wrenched from their home to brainwashed educated into their hatred religious beliefs. Therefore, I propose a private citizens bill. Bill C-404* [*404 on the net indicates an error. This is appropriate as we try to show the egg fanciers the error of their ways.] this bill would create the right to remove from any home children being taught hatred contrary to the laws of the land and the laws of the Jesus. To whit hatred against but not excluding others leftists, atheists, feminists and gays.

Remember;

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight,
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Children will also be removed from homes who believe in the parenting techniques of religious subversives such as Dr. Dobson;

In Chapter 4 Dobson goes into more detail about corporal punishment, recommending using objects (not the hand) to hit and whip children, starting as young as 15-18 months old for “defiance.”

A child’s right to a life free from the teachings of hatred and the results of such teaching far surpass those of anyone to practice religion. Look I have pictures of what happens when abuse is allowed unchecked…here, here and here.

Help protect our little ones, support Bill C-404.

Graphics available here

Filed Under: Canada Tagged With: abortions, conservative government, extremism, feminists, fetuses, lifestyle choice, pregnant women

Doctor accidently severs man’s penis

07/04/2008 by Debra

How the hell does a surgeon ‘accidently’ sever a penis? The man in question was having surgery on his testicles, the court said the surgeon was “superficial” in his approach to the operation. Superficial? Superficial would be uneven, stitches, crappy follow-up care. Severing his penis is way beyond superficial.

Apparently this 33 year old now has no penis at all. Which leads me to wonder why?? Presumable the cut was made with a sharp scalpel, shouldn’t re-attachment have been an “easy” process? Hell if John Bobbit has his hacked away by his wife, driven around, bounced off a windshield, vacationing on the side of the road and re-attached to a fully functioning porn movie star mode, what happened in this case?

The victim was awarded $795,000. I’m guessing he would rather be poor and intact.

CBC Story here

Filed Under: health care Tagged With: penis severed, Romania, surgery, victim

Won’t Somebody Please Terrorize the Children?!

07/03/2008 by Debra

We are all familiar by now with the big trucks big anti abortion horror show that the fetus fetishers like to drive around. Calgary version here WARNING:Graphic Propaganda

You might think that those who are so concerned that every egg be born would be just as concerned with those eggs once they have fully developed taken a breath and become “a person”. Well think again my friend. Here is a nice little quote from one such egg fancier;

Ted Mathis has heard from many parents who would be appalled if their children saw this truck. And indeed it would be traumatizing.

My advice to those parents? Keep your children at home. Do not let them out doors. Do not own a TV or a computer with the internet. Do not listen to the radio and especially remember to never send your children to a public school, for they will see and hear many more gruesome things if you do.

Can’t you feel the compassion? What…well now that you mention it, neither can I.

Image via WikipediaIn California one such truck targeted a middle school. Just as they would for any other type of pornography the principal and school staff phoned police who ordered the truck away from the school.

The Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform was having none of that, however, and took the case to court. And amazingly won the right to terrorize children.

A federal appeals court ruled today that authorities violated the rights of members of an anti-abortion group by ordering them to stop driving a truck displaying large, graphic images of aborted fetuses around a California middle school.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in San Francisco, ruled unanimously in Center for Bio-Ethical Reform v. Los Angeles County Sheriff Department that a California statute that bars disruption on or near school grounds could not be applied under the First Amendment to efforts by the anti-abortion group to drive its truck around Dodson Middle School in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

SOURCE

PDF of full text of the court decision here

Good on ya CBR if those kids wanted to be treated as worthy of love, protection and respect they should have stayed in the womb.

Filed Under: health care Tagged With: abortion, Calgary, California, dodson middle school, Fetishers, Los Angeles County, U.S. Court

Congratulations Dr. Henry Morgentaler!

07/01/2008 by Debra

Finally! After many years of being overlooked Dr. Morgentaler will receive the Order of Canada.

Image via Wikipedia

Henry Morgentaler, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario
Member of the Order of Canada

For his commitment to increased health care options for women, his determined efforts to influence Canadian public policy and his leadership in humanist and civil liberties organizations.

My own birth mother found herself pregnant with her seventh child in the late sixties. She had six children in ten years. Even then it was difficult to raise a large family. Clothes were hand me downs, lots of cheap cereals, powdered milk, no money for vacations or treats. Christmas came from the local charity and need was always felt. She had to undergo the indignity of a counsel of doctors called to determine whether she should have the right to terminate this pregnancy. Fortunately they said yes. She had the termination and a tubal at the same time.

My best friend when I was a teen found herself pregnant at age 18. She was unsure if she wanted the termination but her very catholic mother insisted she have it. Later married and pregnant with their second child when faced with a life threatening illness from her pregnancy her very catholic doctor refused to either preform an abortion or refer her to a doctor that would help. He told her it was her responsibility as a woman to carry this pregnancy to term even if it killed her and left her son motherless. She fortunately found other help but the pregnancy was much further along by then as was her chance of dying.

There can be no justice for women if it does not include the right to determine what happens to her body and her future. To deny women access to abortion is to deny half the population rights to self determination. Men can impregnate multiple women and just move on. There is no emotion toll, no physical toll, no monetary toll. Their education, careers, pensions remain unaffected yet this is just the beginning of the litany of things women who choose to be mothers must deal with.

How wonderful that there are men like Dr. Morgantaler who not only recognize these truths but fought for, at personal cost, the right for women to be treated as adults.

“I believe that children should receive love and affection so that they may grow up to become kind and responsible persons. I also believe that the best way to achieve this is to allow women and couples to decide at what time in their life they should bring a child into the world. In a case of unwanted or accidental pregnancy a woman should have the right to choose and obtain an abortion under good medical conditions to protect her life, health and future fertility. I have dedicated the largest part of my professional life as a physician to help women obtain safe abortion in an atmosphere of compassion and empathy. I am proud of the dedicated staff who have helped me achieve this humanitarian objective.” Henry Morgentaler.

Filed Under: Canada

Happy Canada Day!

07/01/2008 by Debra

I can’t think of a place in the world I would rather live. Which makes me wonder why some in our country are so hell bent on importing the mindset, laws and wars of another country.

For all I love about Canada there are some things I would change. For a start I would expect corporations to pay fair taxes. Business success should not absolve one of responsibility toward the country in which you are making your profit. Fair tax share by corporations instead of politically sanctioned corporate welfare would ensure that our social safety nets could be reconstructed and kept strong. That there would be money for infrastructure and that having had a hand in building the country corporations might feel a pride and sense of responsibility toward it. If a mother on welfare had misused the minuscule funds she receives the way GM in Ontario misused their handout she would be paraded as a Welfare Queen and her picture splashed across the Sun and National Post. I look forward to a day of CEO perp walks and a welfare system which recognizes human dignity.

…A Canadian
is someone who knows how to make love
in a canoe
Pierre Burton…

I would also crack down on the influence of religion on politics. If churches want to be a part of the political process it is high time they started paying taxes. And quasi religious lobby groups like Focus on the Family have no place lobbying government for restrictions on women’s rights, gay rights and other human rights their hate filled, vile beliefs speak against. They have their freedom of religion and have the right to pursue such hatred in their gathering places. I, for one, do not expect and cannot condone my government spewing the same narrow minded bigotry.

I find it hard to believe you could find a majority of Canadians who feel that your ability to access medical treatment should be based on your wallet size and yet that is exactly what our governments have been inching towards. When Harris, Harper and their Frasier Institute buddies argue against social funded health care they are in effect looking at people who are suffering and dying and shrugging their shoulders. That is not the picture of Canadian caring that I believe most of us embody.

Parliament Building in Downtown OttawaImage by Derek Farr ( DetroitDerek ) via FlickrWe have the ability to effect change, to bring back our vision of ourselves as a caring inclusive country and that power lies in voting. While other countries around the world struggle with outright vote fraud or presumed fraud we are still lucky enough to be able to have faith in our democratic process. Voting is not a chore or a hassle or imposition, it is a right, a privilege and a duty of each citizen to make their voice heard. It is also the right and privilege of opposition parties to speak for us and against the government in power should they forget they are our representatives not our masters.

I wish each of you a happy and safe Canada Day and leave you with these jokes from Harper.

~ If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

~ It’s the government’s obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

~ This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.

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Filed Under: Canada Tagged With: Canada, corporate welfare, government, pride, social safety nets

Wal-Mart v Planned Parenthood

06/30/2008 by Debra

Wal-Mart again caves to pressure from no lifers.

Washington, DC (27 June 2008) – A Wal-Mart parking lot in Richland, Washington is the latest front-line in the battle against abortion-giant, Planned Parenthood.

At the request of hundreds of pro-lifers, the store cancelled an event in which Planned Parenthood would pass out information in the lot June 27.
American Life League sent out a press release June 26 to pro-lifers across the country informing them of this latest Planned Parenthood encroachment into neighborhood retailers.

“It’s hard enough for parents to safeguard their children from Planned Parenthood’s pervasive sexualized propaganda,” said Marie Hahnenberg, a researcher with American Life League. “They shouldn’t have to worry about exposing their kids to Planned Parenthood’s aggressive agenda even in Wal-Mart’s parking lot.”

Local protests were led by Jim Toth, pro-life chairman of the Knight of Columbus for the state of Washington, and after reportedly hundreds of calls and e-mails, the store decided to cancel the event.

“We thank Wal-Mart for taking a stand against Planned Parenthood,” Hahnenberg continued. “In the spirit of Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has put the best interest of its customers first and they are to be commended for their decision. We’d also like to especially congratulate Jim and the Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph Council in Kennewick, Washington, as well as the hundreds of pro-lifers across the country who responded with calls, prayers, and support.”

Information!!!???111 NOOOOOOOOOO If god wanted you to know things you would have been born with a brain…..

In searching out the rational side of this equation, I came upon a number of crotch police blogs with such hyperbolic headlines as PLANNED PARENTHOOD SELLS SEX AT WAL-MART another opined that Wal-Mart is no longer family friendly because the sell such evils as condoms and birth control pills. Horrors!!! Won’t somebody think of the eggs!!!!!111BBQ

Filed Under: feminism Tagged With: ALL, DC, planned parenthood, wal-mart, Washington

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