Oh, brother, fetuses have actual rights over the rights of the woman carrying them. And these women are being put in the slammer. The reproductive rights of women are becoming non-existent. (Salon)- Arizona is trying to eliminate the rights of pregnant women as well. Not that this is extraordinarily out of character for this state. (RH Reality Check)
- By the way, Ohio sucks too. (Think Progress)
- Add Texas to the list as well. (NPR)
- Et tu, Alabama? (ABC News)
- And lest you think these injustices are limited to the United States, the European Union is on the anti-woman train as well. (The Washington Times)
- We might be looking at another government shutdown. This time over contraception. *Heavy sigh* (The Daily Beast)
- Things you should know about the pill and its potential effects on your skin. (HuffPo)
- Birth control is awesome and you won’t have fertility issues after you stop taking it. (Care2)
- 2015 will be a banner year for male contraception! Only 14 months away! Not that I’m counting or anything … (Collegian)
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Pro-Choice Friday News Rundown
A judge in Nebraska’s Supreme Court ruled that a 16-year-old foster child was not “mature enough” to have an abortion. She is, apparently, mature enough to:
- endure nine months of a potentially difficult pregnancy
- endure childbirth (which is much more dangerous than abortion)
- have a child to take care of financially and emotionally for something like … I don’t know, 20 years
- be a teen parent totally alone in this world with no close relatives to support her and her child
Welcome to the perfectly logical world of anti-choicers. (Jezebel)
- Contraception: good for women and good for society. (Raw Story)
- Expanding the availability of abortions — California, you’re doin’ it right. (NYT)
- Not interfering with a woman’s legal right to abortion — Ohio, you’re doin’ it wrong. (NYT)
- Although World Contraception Day was two weeks ago, it’s still important that you know these five things about birth control. (ThinkProgress)
- Not so fast, Virginia, your abortion restrictions will not go unchallenged!! (WaPo)
- A thoughtful mother wants safe, legal abortion access available for her daughter and everyone else’s. (The Daily Beast)
- Another religious “institution” doing whatever possible to restrict their female employees’ access to abortion. (LA Times)
- If you’re a GOP legislator, why would you focus on resolving the silly government shutdown when you can instead propose more legislation around abortion? (RH Reality Check)
An Inspiring Legacy of Giving
Hester Fassel (in orange) with Planned Parenthood volunteers
Planned Parenthood Arizona recently dedicated the lobby of their administrative headquarters in Tucson in honor of two of their longtime supporters, Dr. Hester and Raymond Fassel. I was lucky enough to meet up with Hester to ask her about her relationship with Planned Parenthood. And I have to say, Hester Fassel is one inspiring lady!
Mrs. Fassel was born in a suburb of Chicago, but she grew up in Northern Indiana. Hester became a professor of zoology at Iowa State University, and her husband Ray was a publisher at ISU Press. The two of them relocated to Tucson in 1987, after abandoning their initial plan to retire in Spain. They picked Tucson because it had a similar geography and climate to Spain, and the transition from Iowa to Arizona was fairly seamless.
The Fassels’ relationship with Planned Parenthood started when they lived in Iowa. Hester served on the Board of Directors for Planned Parenthood, but the Fassels were also donors. Hester explains that she got involved with Planned Parenthood because “I feel very strongly about their work. I believe that every child should be wanted.” Continue reading