I read that article in the Washington Post about the questions that should be asked and they seemed pretty lame to me. Your questions would be infinitely more to the point. If you decide to write your own article of questions, I would definitely do my best to share it with all my tribe and elected officials.
Oh honestly, eff that woman! Forced birth, which is what these people advocate for, is a crime against humanity. They have shown us over and over again that they don't care about women or see us as full human beings deserving of respect and autonomy. All of these restrictions make my blood boil.
When the column on abortion questions to ask is ready it needs to be read by every editor and every reporter everywhere. Republicans don't want to talk about it. We need to make sure everybody else is. Truth and light are our friends.
I am sending letters to cities and counties in Texas that have declared themselves to be a “Sanctuary for the ‘Unborn’” on behalf of Texas Christians for Reproductive Justice. Along with explaining that there is a substantive biblical basis for declaring sanctuary for immigrants (around 30 verses), there is no such scriptural basis for opposing abortion (there’s even an abortion performed in the book of Numbers).
I wish everyone would join us in condemning the ‘homunculus’ language used by abortion opponents--‘unborn baby,’ ‘preborn human’--based on the medieval belief (connected to alchemy) that males deposit fully formed humans into females. They instead should use accurate scientific/medical language. We include our opposition to that practice in our letters.
I saw the WAPO editorial listing the questions Republican candidates need to be asked on the subject of abortion and laughed out loud. What difference does it make what questions are asked? Republicans are liars — especially the ones looking for a seat on the Supreme Court. Never vote for a Republican.
And we now need to be careful not to vote for candidates posing as Democrats who flip to Republican after they win. That’ll be our next challenge.
I just call it trafficking since that's mostly what it is. Particularly of children from poor families in developing countries. Read Kathryn Joyce's The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
I’m equally terrified of the pregnancy ranches now being established in Texas and other locations in the south. They isolate a pregnant person from their support system, harangue them daily with evangelical Christianity (under the guise of teaching them ‘parenting skills’ and, I’m sure, pressure them into relinquishing newborns.
The Washington Post (to which I unsubscribe at least twice a year) wrote a problematic article seemingly glorifying these places. Here’s a link to a critical piece on Slate.
I usually use “for-profit adoption industry.” I believe there are some (but certainly not all) adoption nonprofits doing good work. Judge Amy CB seemed to be looking out for the adoption profiteers by being concerned that they need help with their supply chain of adoptable babies.
Concerning the Indiana litigation on establishment of religion, it might be a good idea to include Quakers in the lawsuit. Many Quakers would view abortion as a moral decision to be made by the guidance of the inward light; this leads to the conclusion that our religion calls for a Quaker to get an abortion under certain circumstances (if this is the spirit-based decision, perhaps also involving a clearness committee). Abortion bans therefore prevent free exercise (at least as far as some Quakers are concerned) and constitute an establishment of religion. (Specifically, those religions that involve a moral theology based on a code that prohibits abortion; this is not the Quaker approach.)
Unrelatedly, I have written a short piece intended as persuasion for the undecided (available on substack). Jessica, if you have thoughts about this I would love to hear them. vthuronyi@gmail.com
I read that article in the Washington Post about the questions that should be asked and they seemed pretty lame to me. Your questions would be infinitely more to the point. If you decide to write your own article of questions, I would definitely do my best to share it with all my tribe and elected officials.
Oh honestly, eff that woman! Forced birth, which is what these people advocate for, is a crime against humanity. They have shown us over and over again that they don't care about women or see us as full human beings deserving of respect and autonomy. All of these restrictions make my blood boil.
When the column on abortion questions to ask is ready it needs to be read by every editor and every reporter everywhere. Republicans don't want to talk about it. We need to make sure everybody else is. Truth and light are our friends.
I am sending letters to cities and counties in Texas that have declared themselves to be a “Sanctuary for the ‘Unborn’” on behalf of Texas Christians for Reproductive Justice. Along with explaining that there is a substantive biblical basis for declaring sanctuary for immigrants (around 30 verses), there is no such scriptural basis for opposing abortion (there’s even an abortion performed in the book of Numbers).
I wish everyone would join us in condemning the ‘homunculus’ language used by abortion opponents--‘unborn baby,’ ‘preborn human’--based on the medieval belief (connected to alchemy) that males deposit fully formed humans into females. They instead should use accurate scientific/medical language. We include our opposition to that practice in our letters.
I saw the WAPO editorial listing the questions Republican candidates need to be asked on the subject of abortion and laughed out loud. What difference does it make what questions are asked? Republicans are liars — especially the ones looking for a seat on the Supreme Court. Never vote for a Republican.
And we now need to be careful not to vote for candidates posing as Democrats who flip to Republican after they win. That’ll be our next challenge.
They are walking, talking deep fakes.
I have started to use the phrase “adoption industry” both in public discourse and within hearing of the sidewalk screechers at my local clinic.
I just call it trafficking since that's mostly what it is. Particularly of children from poor families in developing countries. Read Kathryn Joyce's The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
I’m equally terrified of the pregnancy ranches now being established in Texas and other locations in the south. They isolate a pregnant person from their support system, harangue them daily with evangelical Christianity (under the guise of teaching them ‘parenting skills’ and, I’m sure, pressure them into relinquishing newborns.
I need to know more about these places. They don’t terrify me. They make me teeth-gnashing furious.
The Washington Post (to which I unsubscribe at least twice a year) wrote a problematic article seemingly glorifying these places. Here’s a link to a critical piece on Slate.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/11/washington-post-pregnancy-center-coverage-texas.html
Me too. It's exploiting desperate women in their most vulnerable state.
I usually use “for-profit adoption industry.” I believe there are some (but certainly not all) adoption nonprofits doing good work. Judge Amy CB seemed to be looking out for the adoption profiteers by being concerned that they need help with their supply chain of adoptable babies.
Concerning the Indiana litigation on establishment of religion, it might be a good idea to include Quakers in the lawsuit. Many Quakers would view abortion as a moral decision to be made by the guidance of the inward light; this leads to the conclusion that our religion calls for a Quaker to get an abortion under certain circumstances (if this is the spirit-based decision, perhaps also involving a clearness committee). Abortion bans therefore prevent free exercise (at least as far as some Quakers are concerned) and constitute an establishment of religion. (Specifically, those religions that involve a moral theology based on a code that prohibits abortion; this is not the Quaker approach.)
Unrelatedly, I have written a short piece intended as persuasion for the undecided (available on substack). Jessica, if you have thoughts about this I would love to hear them. vthuronyi@gmail.com
Narrator: Jessica could not, in fact, stomach the Pence town hall (Jk Jk good luck)