Is anyone else as horrified about Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell's "feminism?" Are they taking advantage of discrepancies between the ideals of (real) feminists? We need to redefine, clarify, broaden what feminism truly means! This article, How We Can Fight the Right-Wing's Absurd Hijacking of Feminism, is a very good read on this topic. It definitely gets you thinking about how absolutely necessary it is for feminists to show what we're really about!

I'm baffled! Why did we never hear about this?! Maybe I don't want to know why...

Here's the story from feministing.com

If you're following the news about President Obama's Supreme Court nomination (Elana Kagan), you have probably found out that there isn't a lot to find out about her. It seems that no one either celebrated or dreaded her nomination. Of course there's the usual gossip, she's a woman who was nominated by a black president, so she's sure to destroy this country. Other than that, all anyone seems to know is: she's a woman (automatic 10 points), she is evidently gifted at bringing liberals and conservatives closer together on issues (is this even possible?), and she was never a judge but still seems about as qualified for this position as a person could be. As for the burning question on my mind, her stance on abortion, there seems to be little to no information about her. I can't decide if I'm worried or not. Read more here in an article from Choice USA.

~Mandy

Finally, some good news to keep our heads up despite all the depressing ultra-conservative abortion legislation. The abortion restriction bill in Georgia died in their House of Representatives. Read about it here! There is hope that if a bill is THIS ridiculous, then someone will call it out! Just a small sigh of relief, though.

~Mandy

So now doctors in Oklahoma are protected against law suits for lying about a fetus' health in order to prevent the possibility of the woman terminating the fetus because of its health!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/28/carr.abortion.oklahoma/index.html

I know I probably shouldn't put opinions on here but this is sickening and wrong, the one person you're suppose to depend on for your health and your baby's health is allowed to lie to you and all they have to say is I thought they might choose to have an abortion. It keeps the woman/family from planning for the future. What if continuing the pregnancy would kill the mother? The doctor doesn't have a right to decide who's life is more important. Where do we draw the line of allowing lying now? I'm disgusted.

~Gretchen

Nebraska is the first state to limit the time a women can receive an abortion based on a theory of when a fetus can feel pain. The law would ban any abortions at or after 20 weeks, except for extreme cases. The original law set the restriction on the ability for the fetus to live outside the womb, which was on average determined to be about 22 weeks. Read more here!

"If some of these other anti-abortion bills have been chipping away at Roe v. Wade, this takes an ax to it"

~Ashley

The Arizona governor "has just signed another regressive bill that could severely restrict women’s access to abortion coverage."Read more here!

~Mandy

Way to be, Mr. President! Barack Obama calls upon Americans to recognize the pay gap between men and women on April 20th, National Equal Pay Day. Here is his official proclamation!