What do you stand for?
http://youtu.be/lnERVrMHVRc “What once was maybe a Christian-Fascist movement against women’s right to abortion really got elevated and brought into the halls of power,” says Sunsara Taylor of Stop Patriarchy. “Starting with Ronald Reagan, continuing under Bush, escalating Bill Clinton (quiet as it is kept: Bill Clinton who signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which became [...]
http://youtu.be/FIX4KHFZtXo “There is a big difference between being anti-pornography and anti sex worker,” says Taylor. “Stop Patriarchy does stand firmly against pornography, against the sex industry, against the commodification of women’s bodies, against the sexualized degradation of women, and just to be real: what is going on in pornography today is exactly part of this [...]
Originally posted at PopularResistance.org http://youtu.be/czuT1Ze4tBg In 2008, the Democratic party dropped its language dropped its old abortion language ("safe, legal and rare"), which had asked that women not have abortions unless they absolutely must, and changed the official platform. In other words, it stopped patronizing women into feeling like Abortion is something they should apologize [...]
Originally posted at PopularResistance.org http://youtu.be/fT1yfIRVEE8 In this clip from the full Acronym TV episode (The Catholic War On Women, watch the full episode here) Katie Klabusich and Kelly Carlin answer host Dennis Trainor, Jr.’s questions: How much does religious dogma and/or men in long white dresses with funny hats hold women back from being an equal [...]
Originally Posted at PopularResistance.org DISCUSSED: Abortion, Pope Francis, Patriarchy, Does the choice movement need an “it gets better” campaign to empower women to not hide/ apologize about their abortions?, Roe v. Wade, Clinic defenders, Abortion stories, How the Bible teaches women to abort unwanted pregnancy, Bad Choices, Being a target of a pro-life “wanted” poster, [...]
Originally posted at PopularResistance.org http://youtu.be/Hz8XjfcRJCA Kelly Carlin and Katie Klabusich on Acronym TV discuss the war on women. It’s been over 40 years since the Supreme Court decided, in Roe v Wade, that women have a constitutional right to abortion. The legal argument was based around the concept that women had a right to privacy under the due [...]