Weekly Reader

Hey everyone! Here's what I've been reading about this week:

More on sex-selective abortion in Canada

Woodworth is still a douchebag

Being child-free is not morally wrong! Did you know?

A pro-choice call to action

Two overviews of abortion in Canada

Graphic anti-abortion postcards are being sent out in Calgary

What have you been reading?

We Was Robbed!

Hey so remember how I wrote a couple times about Kandace Hagen and the Active-8 campaign? (Of course you do, you read and memorize all the shit that I write). Well the contest closed on Wednesday and it looks like a last minute post on LifeSite (no I am not linking to that bullshit) pulled it through for Tara - or should I say against Kandace, because none of these assholes give a shit about Tara's cause (which is about intellectual disabilities and is pretty inspiring stuff, just FYI) and were only trying to shut down a young woman's push for better access to HEALTHCARE (abortion is healthcare, you guys!) on PEI. Fuck.

Anyway, the results have not officially been announced yet. It looks like Tara won though, so congratulations, and I'm sorry that your awesome and well-deserved victory had to be tarnished by a bunch of childish spoilsports who used you as a pawn to achieve the questionable political goal of making sure a young activist didn't get $1000. Fuck them, both you (Tara) and Kandace are awesome.

I want to say that I was not bullshitting when I said that if Kandace doesn't win, I will personally raise $1000 to donate to her activist work/the PRRO. As soon as ACIC announces the official winner, I will be in contact with Kandace, and set up a way for you all to make a donation. And there will probably also be some creative way to convince other cool folks to contribute, so put your thinking caps on, because I'm going to need your help (I am not super creative). 

Anyway watch this space, because we are going to get Kandace $1000 and then maybe blow raspberries at PEI Right to Life because some of us (ie me) are not super mature. Hooray!

Weekly Reader

Here's what I've been reading about this week:

The majority of respondents to a Sudbury Star poll do not want to reopen the abortion debate

More on Woodworth; is he acting with Harper's approval?

Joyce Arthur on the Angus Reid "false dilemma" fallacy

More discussion of sex-selective abortion in Canada

Perhaps you heard about this whole Active-8 campaign sabotage by anti-choicers?

Resource alert! Some fact sheets on birth control

Two former escorts at the Fredericton clinic where I worked and how they fell in love. Awwwww!

The Youth!!

Sorry I can't really post today; I got called somewhat last minute to volunteer at the Canadian Women's Foundation Teen Healthy Relationship Programming National Skills Institute (I know, my glamorous life!) and I don't have my normal Writing Day. But I encourage you to spend the time you would normally spend reading my blog, supporting pro-choice youth activism in the Maritimes! Here's how:

- Did you pledge for Kandace yet? It don't cost nothin', mister. Here's why you should!

- Do you love love? I do! Check out this sweet pro-choice love story that is not only TOTALLY TRUE AND ROMANTIC, it happened to my friends!! Also I was there! Yay love! (Don't you think "confusingly age-inappropriate" should be in my byline?).

Okay catch you on the flip side, cool cats.