Balderdash and Whimsy

Among 35 major national print publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, men had 81 percent of the quotes in stories about abortion, the research group said Thursday, while women had 12 percent, and organizations had 7 percent.

In stories about birth control, men scored 75 percent of the quotes, with women getting 19 percent and organizations getting 6 percent. Stories about Planned Parenthood had a similar ratio, with men getting 67 percent, women getting 26 percent, and organizations getting 7 percent.

Women fared a bit better in stories about women’s rights, getting 31 percent of the quotes compared with 52 percent for men and 17 percent for organizations.

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—	Men Rule Media Coverage of Women’s News - The Daily Beast (via librariesandlemonade)

[TRIGGER WARNING for Abuse]

I know I’ve told this story before, but my abusive ex refused to let me take birth control. I was on the pill until he found them in my purse.

I went to the Student Health Center—they were completely unhelpful, choosing to lecture me about the importance of safe sex (recommending condoms) instead of actually listening to my problem.

Then I went to Planned Parenthood. The Nurse Practitioner took one look at my fading bruises and stopped the exam. She called in the doctor. The doctor came in and simply asked me: “Are you ready to leave him?” When I denied that I was being abused, she didn’t argue with me. She just asked me what I needed. I said I need a birth control method that my boyfriend couldn’t detect. She recommended a few options and we decided on Depo.

When I told her that my boyfriend read my emails and listened to my phone messages and was known to follow me, she suggested to do the Depo injections at off hours when the clinic was normally closed. She made a note in my chart and instructed the front desk never to leave messages for me—instead, she programmed her personal cell phone number into my phone under the name “Nora”. She told me she would call me to schedule my appointments; she wouldn’t leave a message, but I should call her back when I was able to.

And that was it. No judgment. No lecture. She walked me to the door and told me to call her day or night if I needed anything. That she lived 5 blocks from campus and would come get me. That I wasn’t alone. That she just wanted me to be safe.

I never called her to come to my rescue. But I have no doubt that she would have come if I had called. She kept me on Depo for a year, giving me those monthly injections in secret, helping me prevent a desperately unwanted pregnancy.

I cannot thank Planned Parenthood enough for the work they do.

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—	Curious Georgiana (via sexistmorons)

A message to ~~Planned Parenthood~~ women’s rights supporters from President Obama.

Watch the whole video here.

sheethkalshahar:

[Things that CANNOT screen for breast cancer-pink waterbottles, phone cases, t-shirts, spatulas

Things that CAN- DOCTORS AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD]

Let’s not set me off on my rant about breast cancer awareness campaigns okay.

Planned Parenthood doesn’t care about your right to choose, they care about your money. »

propaganda-for-life:

warriorsoftruth:

“We already know that so-called ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ don’t provide medical services – they’re nothing more than disguised anti-choice activists misleading pregnant women away from making their own decisions. In North Carolina, there are eight times as many CPCs than health centers that provide a full range of medical services. Funding CPCs to push anti-choice propaganda and misinform pregnant women is a waste of taxpayer dollars.” – Planned Parenthood

There have been many articles circulating the Internet in the last few weeks exposing Planned Parenthood of lying about their medical services. Planned Parenthood is nothing but a large organization pushing Abortions. They call themselves “Pro-Choice” but really, if you aren’t willing to have an Abortion, you had better leave right away – they don’t help women who are not there to receive an abortion.

FACT TIME. MY FAVORITE TIME OF DAY.

Planned Parenthood’s quote about CPCs is entirely true (watch the movie 12th and Delaware to understand what I mean), and they are a registered non-profit organization who does more for reproductive rights than almost anyone else in the country.

These are Planned Parenthood’s services:

[Image: a pie graph labeled “Patient Care Provided by Planned Parenthood Affiliate Health Centers” with figures from 2009. Abortion services are only 3%. STD Testing and Treatment, 35%. Cancer screening and prevention, 16%. Contraception, 35%. Other women’s health services, 10%. Other services, 1%. There were 11.4 million total services that year. End description.]

“Pushing abortions” my ass. Look at that graph. Fucking look at it. And they aren’t profiteering from abortion, either. It’s only 3% of their services, and all profits Planned Parenthood receive go to funding their other services because they are a nonprofit organization.

Planned Parenthood does help people. For many women in particular, Planned Parenthood is their only viable source of the health care services listed in the graph above because they cannot afford health insurance. Would you really take away that last resource and leave all those women to die preventable deaths from STDs or undetected cancer?

So somehow, I think that woman’s story of a Planned Parenthood employee kicking her out for wanting a pregnancy test because she wanted to keep the baby is a complete and total fabrication. After all, I’ve caught lifesitenews.com lying red handed. This would not be the first lie told by you anti-choicers (see: the rest of this blog). And on the off chance that it is true, let me tell you, that is not standard procedure (see the above pie graph). All it shows is the shocking conclusion that some people suck at their jobs.

Jesus, for a “Warrior of Truth”, you sure do spread a lot of lies.

Radical Anti-Choice Group Puts Out "All Points Bulletin" to "Track" Pregnant Woman »

tintagel:

nessfraserloves:

thedeeface:

thechargingsky:

runfromtheherd:

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

My only response to this is: HOLY FUCK.

Inspired by homobot23’s reblog (which was a plea for this to be an Onion article), I should say that this is NOT an Onion article. This is for real, ya’ll.

This article made me cry. When are the authorities going to protect the freedoms and privacy of women? These pregnancy crisis sham clinics should be banned. Intimidation of women should be punished, and intentional misinformation should be prosecuted. These women need help and support, not lies, pressure, judgment, and threats.

Oh my god. Can I move out of this fucking country? Let me move to England or something.

I don’t understand what they intend to DO with this woman if they find her. Are they going to make a citizen’s arrest to prevent her from getting a termination?

Not only gross misuse of resources but gross invasion of privacy and violation of rights. UGH.

There are zero things about this that are okay. FUCK YOU ANTI-CHOICERS. FUCK ALL OF Y’ALL.

*vom*

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