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The articles collected here deal with abortion and pro-life groups. The first argues that rape exemptions are harmful because they serve to divide abortions into those that are \u201clegitimate\u201d and \u201cnot legitimate,\u201d or at least \u201cacceptable\u201d and \u201cless acceptable.\u201d The second asks why pro-life groups aren\u2019t working to improve workplace rights for pregnant workers. The third discusses efforts to use the undercover techniques made famous by James O\u2019Keefe and Lila Rose to investigate pro-life pregnancy resource centers. And finally, the fourth looks at just how bad pro-lifers are at discussing abortion.<\/p>\n

Every woman\u2019s reason is unique: Why rape exceptions and abortion stereotypes are harmful<\/a>, on Feministing<\/p>\n

The standard \u201crape, incest, and life endangerment\u201d exception language is part of this broader tendency to categorize abortion into types. The heart-breaking fetal anomaly. The teenager who didn\u2019t know any better. The poor mother who can\u2019t afford another kid. The condom that broke. We create these stereotypes because we want to put a face to abortion, and there aren\u2019t enough real women telling their stories\u2013for all sorts of understandable reasons. (And, of course, we deploy the ones that are most likely to be sympathetic to the most people\u2013and the other side does the opposite.)<\/p>\n

But, more and more, I think these abstract, simplified stereotypes do more harm than good.Because it\u2019s only natural for people to stack them up\u2013to place them in their own personal hierarchy from acceptable to not-so-acceptable reasons.<\/strong>\u00a0Not just anti-choice people. Everyone does this. We\u2019re all judgmental assholes. And nothing is easier to judge than a nameless stereotype. Which defeats the purpose. The potential power. That \u201cempathic leap\u201d that Irin talks about. People don\u2019t feel empathy for stereotypes. Or rather, they may feel a sort of abstract sympathy. But we only feel true empathy for people we really\u00a0know<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Crisis Project: Birth Control Kills the Baby?<\/a> on Feministing<\/p>\n

The Crisis Project<\/a>\u00a0is a new movement started by young people to investigate the fraud behind Crisis Pregnancy Centers, or as I like to call them\u00a0Crisis Propaganda Centers<\/a>. \u00a0We\u2019ve written a lot about CPCs on this site, so most of you already know that they are in some cases\u00a0tax payer funded<\/a>\u00a0right wing\u00a0anti-choice disasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many women walk into a CPC unaware that they are being given advice from people who are not required to be medical personnel and that have an anti-choice agenda when dispensing \u201cadvice\u201d on their reproductive health and family planning options.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cPro-Life\u201d Groups Still Silent on Protecting Pregnant Workers<\/a>, on The Slacktivist<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a disabled worker, then you\u2019re protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you\u2019re a pregnant worker and not hindered in job performance, or if you\u2019re pregnant and completely unable to work, then you\u2019re protected under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. But if you\u2019re a pregnant worker and able to perform some, but not all, of the functions of your job, then you slip through the cracks and you\u2019re SOL. That means that some pregnant women may be forced to choose between keeping their job and keeping their pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Now, since the \u201cpro-life\u201d and \u201cpro-family\u201d movements of the religious right are all about preventing pregnant women from choosing not to keep their pregnancies, this would seem like legislation they ought to be supporting.<\/p>\n

And yet, as I noted last month, I haven\u2019t yet seen\u00a0any<\/em>\u00a0support for this, or even anymention<\/em>\u00a0of it, among such groups.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why Are Religious Conservatives So Bad When It Comes to Discussing Abortion?<\/a> on The Friendly Atheist<\/p>\n

Republicans have been digging their own graves every time they talk about abortion. Which is great for those of us who are pro-choice, but awful for the state of our country when people like this are getting elected all over the place.<\/p>\n

But this is why the media needs to keep pressing Republicans on social issues like abortion and gay marriage.\u00a0They don\u2019t know how to talk about it in an effective way.<\/em>Every time they open their mouths, they\u2019re finding out that lines that get applause in church aren\u2019t working with people outside of it. That\u2019s a good sign. I love it when ChristianSpeak gets pushed further into the outskirts of what passes as reasonable dialogue.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s stunning that so many people \u2014 who want to be government officials \u2014 could be that callous about the health and well-being of American women.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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