[hellyeahscarleteen]

Pregnant people – or people who suspect they may be pregnant – can get accurate, truthful and compassionate advice – help no matter WHAT choice they want to make, and in considering their options to determine which is the right choice for them, not by anyone else’s standards – through their general physician, gynecologist and/or through family planning clinics. Abortion clinics – which are staffed with real medical professionals – also usually provide options counseling for people who want to discuss all their options. I assure you, no abortion clinic wants a person to have an abortion who is not sure that is what they want, and all take many steps to BE sure that is truly what a person wants, even when they have come in expressly for an abortion procedure. If and when a person comes to an abortion clinic and clearly is not sure they want an abortion, the general procedure is to make clear to them that they then cannot be given an abortion that day, and only if they change their mind and DO want one should they return. A CPC does not operate that way: they feel only one choice – remaining pregnant – is acceptable, and if a pregnant person who comes to one is not sure if they want to remain pregnant (or comes in thinking, based on their deceptions, they can obtain an abortion there and wanting one), they will employ all sorts of methods to convince her to do otherwise, based on what they want, not that person. So, while you can get accurate, unbiased counseling on ALL your options even at an abortion clinic: you cannot at a CPC.

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Harm, Not Help

The Supreme Court just issued a ruling that allows CPCs to continue outright lying to people who come to them for help. Our article covers why CPCs are dangerous and how you can spot them.

(via hellyeahscarleteen)

[celebratingamazingwomen]

Leah Ward Sears (b. 1955) is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Upon her appointment in 1992, she became the first African-American woman to serve as Chief Justice in the United States, as well as the first woman and the youngest member of Georgia’s Supreme Court.

She also served as a fellow of the Institute of American Values, and taught at the University of Georgia Law School. She is a founder of the Battered Women’s Project in Columbus, Georgia.

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Samia Nkrumah (b. 1960) is the chairperson of the Convention People’s Party in Ghana. She is the first woman in the country to head a major political party.

She studied at the University of London before returning to Ghana to head the CCP and continue its tradition of upholding women’s rights in the country. She co-founded the organisation Africa Must Unite and was named ‘the new Mandela’ by the Huffington Post.

[celebratingamazingwomen]

Judith Kerr (b. 1923) is a British writer and illustrator. She is best known for her popular children’s books, such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea or the Mog series.

Born Jewish in Germany, she was forced to flee to Britain before the World War, an experience which inspired her novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. She worked for the Red Cross during the war, before becoming a writer. In 2012 she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service to children’s literature and Holocaust education.

[plannedparenthood]

[plannedparenthood]

We mourn. We remember.

[urgeorg]

This week...

public health advocates across the country celebrate the @USSupremeCourt case, Griswold v. Connecticut and how it dramatically improved patient’s access to contraception and health care privacy. #ThanksGriswold

[ppaction]

People should be able to raise their children without the fear of gun violence. Doctors and nurses should be able to provide care without the fear of gun violence. You should be able to have a relationship without the fear of gun violence. This is a reproductive justice issue.

http://wearorange.org/

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happy happy pride.stand together.

[celebratingamazingwomen]

Ruth Benedict (1887-1948) was an influential anthropologist. She served as the President of the American Anthropological Association and taught at renowned universities around the country.

She is best remembered for works such as Patterns of Culture (1934), still standard reading for university anthropology courses, and The Chrysantemum and the Sword, an in-depth study of Japanese culture. She also wrote fiction and biographies of notable women in order to highlight their achievements.

[celebratingamazingwomen]

Dorothy West (1907-1998) was an important representative of the Harlem Renaissance in literature. She is known for her short stories and novel depicting the African-American experience.

Her first story was published locally at the age of 14, after which her work appeared in a variety of literary magazines. Most notably, she was the first black writer ever published by the New York Daily News. Her first novel, The Living Is Easy, was published in 1948 and enjoyed critical acclaim.

[micdotcom]

Watch: Neon Trees’ Tyler Glenn begs the Mormon church to accept LGBT people as suicide rates surge

[micdotcom]

http://weareheremovement.com

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[micdotcom]

Watch: The most wonderful moment of joy came when he entered a Nazi guard bungalow.

[nerapalooza-blog]

We are the last generation who can hear from these survivors directly. Do not take that lightly. Do not waste that opportunity. Do not forget your freedom isn’t infinitely guarenteed. And do not, do not, let it happen again.

[healingdoesntcomequickly]

Really truly, watch the video, reblog it. Teaching about the holocaust is so necessary for our generation before it slips under the rug and people forget about it.

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NYPD Cop Secretly Records His Supervisor Telling Him to Racially Profile Black Men — Then Leaks the Tape

A recording of an NYPD officer appearing to pressure a transit officer to specifically target black men has just been released by Gawker.

Anyway here’s even more blatant proof of what black people have been telling us since the police were a thing.

[gaywrites]

Cleveland passes trans-affirming bathroom law days before GOP convention

City officials aren't exactly rolling out the red carpet for Republicans.

Next week, Republicans from all over the country will gather in Cleveland for the Republican National Convention, where they’ll inevitably discuss ways to humiliate and discriminate against transgender people. 

That’s why, just days before the convention, Cleveland city officials unanimously passed a policy that will allow transgender people to use gender-affirming public bathrooms. 

Some transgender residents of Cleveland testified during council hearings in 2014 that they’ve resorted to avoiding public bathrooms and locker rooms altogether out of fear of harassment and attacks.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory ® turned transgender people’s bathroom use into a national debate this year when he signed the state’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. Trump has since endorsed that law, and the RNC approved a resolution endorsing bills that prevent transgender students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity, citing the need to “protect student privacy.”

Hell yes, Cleveland. Show ‘em how it’s done. 

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