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...national pro-life movement has utilized what is sometimes called a salami technique in their fight against legalized abortion, by pushing for incremental prohibitions of particularly unpopular practices, one at a time. When certain forms of abortion are outlawed—such as the “partial birth” abortion ban recently signed by President Bush—it puts all other forms of abortion on the bargaining table...
...that end, Geller and Meiszel have brought two Origins eyeshadow sets, one for each look: “Gilty [sic] Pleasures” and the more neutral “Partial Nudity.” The two agree that participants tonight have overwhelmingly chosen the vamp look for their makeover...
...have to admit, just as I was pretty clueless when it came to the more serious implications of the “partial-birth” ban, I also came relatively late to the realization that a woman’s right to an accessible, affordable abortion is no retro issue. The reality is the “right to choose” doesn’t even exist yet for large demographics of poor and minority women. According to recent data published by the Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health and the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 87 percent...
...percentages do not demonstrate the difficulties the women faced, or the huge number of unwanted pregnancies by low-income mothers that were carried to term instead. The difficulties associated with access relate specifically to early abortions, which may explain why there is still a need for safe and legal partial-birth abortions: according to the same study I cited earlier, “Nearly half (48 percent) of women who had late abortions attributed their delay to ‘difficulty making arrangements for the procedure’.” Whether it’s lack of money, transportation...
...from tired “choice” rhetoric, and examine the reality of women’s agency in the U.S. For now at least, abortion is still safe and legal, but it’s not even an option for many women. Forget the “partial-birth” ban; we should have been up in arms decades...