There’s an article in the recent issue of Time that describes the Catholic Church’s anti-choice campaign against the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). This bill would codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law and protect a woman’s right to choose for future generations.
What’s so bizarre about the campaign is that FOCA hasn’t been introduced in Congress this session! But as the writer quips, this was something that “went largely unnoticed and unmentioned” by the Catholic Church.
The crusade against FOCA began just after Obama was elected in November. Chain emails circulated and threatened that Congress would pass FOCA by January 22, and that Obama would sign it shortly thereafter. Obviously, this did not happen (again, it hasn’t even been introduced in Congress!). And opponents made the false claim that Catholic hospitals would have to close if FOCA passed, but even the Catholic News Service (CNS) contends that the legislation would not be a threat to Catholic health care.
In a time when Americans have reaffirmed their commitment to the values of freedom and privacy by electing Barack Obama as the president of the United States, we have an opportunity to change the tone of the debate over reproductive rights.
Learn more about pro-choice activism here in Massachusetts and how you can get involved!
The ND House recently passed a bill that declares that fertilized eggs, “zygote-Americans”, have the same rights as born individuals.
Can “tampon-Americans” be far behind? After all, virtually half of all fertilized eggs are expelled during menses. How can we save the, um, Americans? Millions of lives are lost!
how the bill supporters plan on investigating miscarriages, which we all know are pretty common among women actually trying to get pregnant. how will the penis-heads “know” that the woman didn’t murder that tadpole-american?
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p>and since north dakota doesn’t have the death penalty, how do they plan on housing all the new murderers they need to incarcerate for life?
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p>and yes, most importantly, who will sniff the tampons?
Call them what, “tissue-Americans”?