Archive for anti-abortion organisations
gaming with abortion rights?!
Posted in Kids, pictures with tags abortion rights, anti-abortion organisations, Constitution, Emmanuel Macron, far-right, IVG, natalism, nationalism, Pétain, Roe v. Wade, Senate, The Guardian on February 11, 2024 by xi'an
The New Yorker [Dec. 12, 2022]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags anti-abortion organisations, Christmas tree, cover, Matthieu Forichon, Milano, New York, non-viable pregnancy, Protect Abortion, Qatar, rape, Rockefeller Center, Salman Rushd, short story, The New Yorker, TikTok, Università Bocconi on February 9, 2023 by xi'an
more threats on reproductive rights
Posted in Books, Kids, Travel with tags abortion rights, anti-abortion organisations, Catholic conservatives, conscience clause, far-right, French politics, Italy, National Front, Newspeak, reproductive rights, secularism, Supreme Court, US midterm elections, US politics on December 12, 2022 by xi'an
Despite the slightly positive attitude of the US electorate during the midterms towards abortion and reproductive rights, especially concerning ballots specifically targeting those rights, these elections did not see a shift in the States already suppressing these rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Incl. ten States where abortion is completely prohibited. And, unsatisfied with the outcome, US Catholic bishops have reinforced their anti-abortion activism with the election of Archbishop Broglio, under the newspeak slogan of fighting “an uncompromising secularism” [sic] even though the Supreme Court is so much bent in implementing a Catholic agenda. Most revealingly, they “worried that many Catholics actually support abortion rights under certain circumstances“. (Next they will think for themselves!)
Meanwhile, the far-right National Front proposed to enshrine the right to abortion into the French constitution, incl. the current limitation to 14 weeks into pregnancy. This sounds most paradoxical from a party that has long been opposed to abortion rights. A first reason is to block in the near future any extension of the limitation. A second one is to protect and enlarge the conscience clause that protects practicians who refuse to perform abortions, clause that can be used to prohibit in practice abortions in an entire city or district if all local doctors claim this exemption (as exemplified by Italy)… The attempt was however short-cut at the eleventh hour by the [almost] entire Parliament moving towards this inclusion of the right to abortion without the snares planned by the far-right party. (But it is no over yet!)
states of the union
Posted in Kids, Travel with tags abortion rights, anti-abortion organisations, Catholic conservatives, Christian conservatives, legalisation of abortion, reproductive rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, US politics on October 5, 2022 by xi'an
¡cuida tu vestido y no hables tanto, Jorge!
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags anti-abortion organisations, Catholic Church, Corriere della Sera, Jorge Bergoglio, pope, Protect Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Russian invasion, sects, Solidarity with Ukraine, Supreme Court, US politics, Vatican, Vladimir Putin on June 26, 2022 by xi'an
“I have no way of telling whether [Putin’s] rage has been provoked»” Bergoglio wonders, «but I suspect it was maybe facilitated by the West’s attitude” [“Un’ira che non so dire se sia stata provocata — si interroga —, ma facilitata forse sì”]
“I don’t know if it is the right thing to supply the Ukrainian fighters” [” all’interrogativo se sia giusto rifornire gli ucraini”]
“What seems indisputable is that in that country both sides are trying out new weapons. [” La cosa chiara è che in quella terra si stanno provando le armi.” Corriere Della Sera, 22 Maggio 2022]
“This is a historic day in the life of our country, one that stirs our thoughts, emotions and prayers. For nearly fifty years, America has enforced an unjust law that has permitted some to decide whether others can live or die; this policy has resulted in the deaths [sic] of tens of millions of preborn children, generations that were denied the right to even be born (…) We thank God today that the Court has now overturned this decision.” U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 24 June 2022
