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Oct. 22nd, 2004
Gleanings from MS
Oct. 22nd, 2004 03:56 pmSome stuph from the fall 2004 issue of Ms.
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Republicans for Choice
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34 Million Friends of UNFPA - seeking small donations to counter the Bush administration's decision to cut $34 million from the United Nations Population Fund, which would have gone to providing contraception, medical support for mothers, and HIV prevention. (This year Bush budgeted $270 million for abstinence-only education in the US.)
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US petition for over-the-counter emergency contraception, unavailable despite expert agreement. I have access to this should I ever need it, and I can't see why you shouldn't.
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Euro MP Godfrey Bloom's remarks on his being appointed to the European Parliament's women's rights committee (quoted here from the BBC):
"No self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age." [...] Mr Bloom, an investment fund manager from York, told journalists he wanted to deal with women's issues because: "I just don't think they clean behind the fridge enough. I am here to represent Yorkshire women who always have dinner on the table when you get home. I am going to promote men's rights."
Bloom, who is women's spokesperson for the UK Independence Party and has a reputation for seeking attention, claims his comments were "said for fun", but is critical of maternity rights which he claims work against women. Beware this politician and his party.
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Republicans for Choice
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34 Million Friends of UNFPA - seeking small donations to counter the Bush administration's decision to cut $34 million from the United Nations Population Fund, which would have gone to providing contraception, medical support for mothers, and HIV prevention. (This year Bush budgeted $270 million for abstinence-only education in the US.)
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US petition for over-the-counter emergency contraception, unavailable despite expert agreement. I have access to this should I ever need it, and I can't see why you shouldn't.
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Euro MP Godfrey Bloom's remarks on his being appointed to the European Parliament's women's rights committee (quoted here from the BBC):
"No self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age." [...] Mr Bloom, an investment fund manager from York, told journalists he wanted to deal with women's issues because: "I just don't think they clean behind the fridge enough. I am here to represent Yorkshire women who always have dinner on the table when you get home. I am going to promote men's rights."
Bloom, who is women's spokesperson for the UK Independence Party and has a reputation for seeking attention, claims his comments were "said for fun", but is critical of maternity rights which he claims work against women. Beware this politician and his party.
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