Tag: pregnancy
Dangerous Ignorance
Content Warning: It’s an Akin story, so mentions of rape abound. Todd Akin represents much of the outer St. Louis suburbs in my home metropolitan area. On a local Sunday morning news program, he was pressed about his opposition to a woman’s choice even in cases of rape. His response and his follow-ups immediately went [...]
Razing Arizona
As Howard Fischer reports in Tempe’s East Valley Tribune, “State health officials and their allies launched a campaign Monday to convince pregnant women to leave the bun in the oven a bit longer.” There have been a number of laws leeching out of Arizona lately, covering all manner of women’s issues- allowing employers to fire [...]
The Dangers of Dogma
Michelle Duggar, 45, has suffered a miscarriage. Suffer is the right word here, as a woman who has experienced a miscarriage, I can attest that it is an event wrought with physical and emotional pain, and I empathize with her. After nineteen children, and oodles of media attention, maybe the Duggars’ spotlight is over now [...]
