The War on Women by the Ridiculous Numbers. Talk about the war on women, how about a war on young women?
I’m a student at Stuyvesant High School, which has been in the papers and on blogs a lot of late. Yesterday, June 6, hundreds of Stuy students protested what we deem to be the unfair enforcement of our recently instituted dress code. The new regulations were announced in the fall, but things have come to a head now that in the summer months students are being singled out unfairly and shamed for what they wear.
Tory backbench upset with PMO over abortion motion. OTTAWA — Tory backbenchers are bristling at an all-party parliamentary subcommittee decision to kill a motion that would have condemned anti-girl discrimination through sex-selective abortion.
Despite hearing expert testimony that Conservative MP Mark Warawa's motion met all criteria to proceed to the House of Commons, the subcommittee unanimously declared it non-votable Thursday. The decision was allegedly quarterbacked by the Prime Minister's Office, angering many Tory MPs. “Aren't MPs' rights directly being impacted when their bills do meet the necessary criteria and then are made un-votable?” The Denial, Witholding and Obstruction of Access to Reproductive Health Services, including Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, is Violence Against Women.
Violence against women constitutes “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”
And that it includes “physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by the State” (A/RES/48/104, article 1 and 2 C)) States parties have committed to the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls in all their spheres of their lives (E/CN.6/2013/3 paras.3, 4, E/CN.6/2013/4 para.4, Beijing Declaration and Platform Action), recognising that violence against women “violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms”, - including their sexual and reproductive rights- and “[it] is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared with men. Transforming Our Culture.
The theme of this year’s National Pro-Life Conference was “Transforming our Culture” and was sponsored by LifeCanada and hosted by Alliance for Life Ontario.
It was attended by nearly 300 people. This was the first national conference the WeNeedaLAW.ca campaign participated in. Throughout the three-day event there were innumerable references to the amount of youth joining the pro-life movement. Canadian pro-life fueled by U.S. lobbyists. Last May in Ottawa, 20 Conservative MPs participated in the March for Life, an annual anti-abortion protest that mirrors its namesake in Washington, D.C.
The march commemorates a 1973 U.S.Supreme Court ruling that abortion is a private decision and not a crime. One of Canada’s most active pro-life groups, the Campaign for Life Coalition (CLC), organized the Ottawa march, mobilizing thousands of protesters to raise awareness on what they believe to be the moral problem and dangers of abortion. In 2010, the CLC said the March for Life had attracted 15,000 young protesters from all backgrounds and ethnic groups. But in 2012, their numbers had grown: 19,500 marchers came out. Rona Ambrose should be fair to Canadians. Letter from UN Women Canada to Minister Rona Ambrose. RAmbrose-DIDNT get UN Award.
Ryan would force some women to choose between their health and jail. The Republican position on abortion is to oppose nearly all of them, a position that Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, voiced during the vice-presidential debate Thursday night.
“The policy of a Romney administration will be to oppose abortions with the exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother,” Mr. Ryan said. It’s a troubling position on a number of levels, even if it is slightly less extreme than his personal opposition, in principle, to abortion after rape or incest. Mr. Ryan does not even say “life or health” of the mother – just “life.” By comparison, the Canadian abortion law that was struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1988 permitted abortions when a woman’s “life or health” was at risk.
The 1973 U.S. ruling known as Roe v. Mr. How MPs voted on M-312. When does human life begin? - life - 29 October 2008. An international poll has shown there's a wide range of opinion about when human life "begins" biologically.
The results foreshadow voting on a controversial constitutional amendment next week in Colorado to confer legal rights on embryos at the point of fertilisation. Tim Harper: As Stephen Woodworth’s 15 minutes on abortion end, who will pop up next? Zoom OTTAWA—Stephen Woodworth will lose his bid to form a committee to study the Criminal Code definition of human life when it is put to a Commons vote Wednesday.
Parties clash over abortion. Sarah Silverman Mocks Voter ID Laws With 2012 Election PSA. On M312, Abortion, Women’s Rights, and My Penis. « Quill to the Anvil. Before I get started, I figure it should be made clear, I have a cock.
