So it turns out that you don’t have to be a religious pro-lifer to play the erasing women game. Somehow I’m not surprised.
Awesome Comment Award: Emjb on how fetuses are made
December 20, 2012 By 59 Comments
“One thing that was powerful to me was when a pro-choice woman pointed out that a fetus doesn’t just grow *in* a woman’s body, it is *made from* a woman’s body. Fetuses literally use the blood, food, and energy of the woman to build their own bodies.”
The Pro-Life Movement, Erasing Women Edition
December 20, 2012 By 89 Comments
Yesterday I posted an image of a postcard distributed by abortion opponents as an argument against having a rape exemption. I used the postcard as a chance to discuss the rape exemption, but several of you readers pointed out that the image completely erases the woman, and her body, from the equation. You were right. So let’s explore that, shall we? Because this isn’t an isolated occurrence, it’s something the anti-abortion movement does all the time.
Dear Pro-Lifers: STOP ERASING WOMEN
September 6, 2012 By 122 Comments
I’ve talked before about pro-lifers erasing women in their discussion of abortion. Well, I was perusing the Patheos evangelical channel and I found this YET AGAIN. “I’m sure evangelical youngsters everywhere would rejoice if their elders decided that they should have sex with great frequency because “if a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.” [...]
Abortion: No Women Involved
July 11, 2012 By 50 Comments
One thing I was struck by as I moved from being anti-abortion to being pro-choice was the difference in how each group views the women in the situation. Namely, the pro-choice crowd focuses on the circumstances, needs, and desires of a woman in an unintended pregnancy while for the anti-abortion crowd, it’s almost like the [...]
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