Posted on 5 November 2008. Filed under: feminism, philosophy | Tags: abortion, anti-feminist, Bentham, deontology, ethics, feminism, feminist, feminists, Hare, Kant, philosophy, pro-choice, pro-life, Sarah Palin, utilitarianism |
If there’s one thing that the doomed selection of Sarah Palin has proved, it’s that feminism has become abortionism – both to most anti-feminists and to many feminists as well.
What was the most common criticism of Palin, after the chuckling over her multiple, shall we say, faux pas? Something along these lines: She’s not a [...]
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Posted on 4 November 2008. Filed under: feminism | Tags: abortion, birth control, feminism, feminist, role model, Sarah Palin, smart |
Plus we wanted to buy some t-shirts that didn’t say, “Birth control is for wussies:”
http://www.cafepress.com/new_feminist
Our first two t-shirts say:
“Only smart women get to be feminist role models” (AKA, You read all of them, huh?)
and
“More birth control = fewer abortions” (AKA, I know you’re anti-something, but I’m not sure it’s abortion)
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Posted on 9 October 2008. Filed under: feminism, politics | Tags: abortion, legislate from the bench, pro-choice, pro-life, Roe vs. Wade |
Those who hate Roe vs. Wade have scarcely ever read the majority opinion. Those who have, understand that law and private morality are two different things and that from a legal point of view RvW is unassailable.
It’s time to take some rhetoric back and lay it on the line: Those who wish to overturn RvW [...]
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Posted on 9 October 2008. Filed under: feminism, politics | Tags: abortion, Barack Obama, election 2008, politics, pro-choice, pro-life, women |
http://www.prolifeproobama.com/index.htm
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Posted on 6 October 2008. Filed under: feminism, politics, religion | Tags: abortion, Barack Obama, election, health care, politics, pro-choice, pro-life |
There’s a possibility that Obama’s health care plan would cover abortions, if, that is, he gets elected and his health care plan goes through exactly as he wants it with no compromises whatsoever on controversial issues — which of course it won’t.
But that won’t stop people from getting offended at the possibility. They will squawk [...]
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Posted on 6 October 2008. Filed under: feminism, politics | Tags: 2008, abortion, election, politics, presidential election, pro-life, single-issue voter |
Every single-issue voter whose single issue is abortion should themselves this question:
What good has my vote accomplished in the past?
Has voting for pro-life candidates, especially presidential candidates, helped to overturn Roe vs. Wade? Has it helped to change public opinion, which is still roughly 75% in favor of keeping abortion legal?
And if the answer is [...]
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