Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Originally posted by the_flowergirl at Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Originally posted by jade_mushroom at Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media.

Mississippi is voting on November 8th on whether to pass Amendment 26, the "Personhood Amendment". This amendment would grant fertilized eggs and fetuses personhood status.

Putting aside the contentious issue of abortion, this would effectively outlaw birth control and criminalize women who have miscarriages. This is not a good thing.

Jackson Women's Health Organization is the only place women can get abortions in the entire state, and they are trying to launch a grassroots movement against this amendment. This doesn't just apply to Mississippi, though, as Personhood USA, the group that introduced this amendment, is trying to introduce identical amendments in all 50 states.

What's more, in Mississippi, this amendment is expected to pass. It even has Mississippi Democrats, including the Attorney General, Jim Hood, backing it.

The reason I'm posting this here is because I made a meager donation to the Jackson Women's Health Organization this morning, and I received a personal email back hours later - on a Sunday - thanking me and noting that I'm one of the first "outside" people to contribute.

So if you sometimes pass on political action because you figure that enough other people will do something to make a difference, make an exception on this one. My RSS reader is near silent on this amendment. I only found out about it through a feminist blog. The mainstream media is not reporting on it.

If there is ever a time to donate or send a letter in protest, this would be it.

What to do?

- Read up on it. Wake Up, Mississippi is the home of the grassroots effort to fight this amendment. Daily Kos also has a thorough story on it.

- If you can afford it, you can donate at the site's link.

- You can contact the Democratic National Committee to see why more of our representatives aren't speaking out against this.

- Like this Facebook page to help spread awareness.

Omoni's Note: Abortion is a sticky issue no matter what the deal is, but this, to me, stinks of misogyny. This is just another method of taking away women's rights, and the fact that they would criminalise a woman who had a miscarriage is just ... mind-boggling. I strongly urge any or all of you to do what you can, because if this passes in Mississippi, the likelihood of other States (and soon provinces here in Canada) following suit goes up a great deal. I don't want that to happen. Ever. And neither should any of you.

Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Originally posted by the_flowergirl at Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Originally posted by jade_mushroom at Mississippi Personhood Amendment

Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media.

Mississippi is voting on November 8th on whether to pass Amendment 26, the "Personhood Amendment". This amendment would grant fertilized eggs and fetuses personhood status.

Putting aside the contentious issue of abortion, this would effectively outlaw birth control and criminalize women who have miscarriages. This is not a good thing.

Jackson Women's Health Organization is the only place women can get abortions in the entire state, and they are trying to launch a grassroots movement against this amendment. This doesn't just apply to Mississippi, though, as Personhood USA, the group that introduced this amendment, is trying to introduce identical amendments in all 50 states.

What's more, in Mississippi, this amendment is expected to pass. It even has Mississippi Democrats, including the Attorney General, Jim Hood, backing it.

The reason I'm posting this here is because I made a meager donation to the Jackson Women's Health Organization this morning, and I received a personal email back hours later - on a Sunday - thanking me and noting that I'm one of the first "outside" people to contribute.

So if you sometimes pass on political action because you figure that enough other people will do something to make a difference, make an exception on this one. My RSS reader is near silent on this amendment. I only found out about it through a feminist blog. The mainstream media is not reporting on it.

If there is ever a time to donate or send a letter in protest, this would be it.

What to do?

- Read up on it. Wake Up, Mississippi is the home of the grassroots effort to fight this amendment. Daily Kos also has a thorough story on it.

- If you can afford it, you can donate at the site's link.

- You can contact the Democratic National Committee to see why more of our representatives aren't speaking out against this.

- Like this Facebook page to help spread awareness.

Omoni's Note: Abortion is a sticky issue no matter what the deal is, but this, to me, stinks of misogyny. This is just another method of taking away women's rights, and the fact that they would criminalise a woman who had a miscarriage is just ... mind-boggling. I strongly urge any or all of you to do what you can, because if this passes in Mississippi, the likelihood of other States (and soon provinces here in Canada) following suit goes up a great deal. I don't want that to happen. Ever. And neither should any of you.

Writer's Block: Share and tell

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SHIPPING ALERT.

It's actually the other way around: Terry introduced me to LJ by giving me a code, so that I could sign up and we could share our secrets with each other. I found out a lot about Terry from his LJ, and vice-versa, I hope.

Terry and I actually met (again) in our last year of high school - rather, his last year and my extra optional year. We had known each other prior to that through mutual friends (grade 11 for me and grade 10 for him), but while we liked each other, neither of us knew it at the time and were too shy to say anything. We discovered two years later that we shared a spare/lunch, and proceeded to hang out together in the library (and in my drama class, in which he became an honourary member =3). We eventually started to like each other, but were both wary due to being scared about being each other's rebounds (both of us had recently been dumped/been the dumper). We needn't have worried, though - eventually we fell in love.

We've had our ups and downs, and indeed, once we broke up for real (and how horrible that was!), but we managed to get back together and work it out, and now we're still together and just as gross as we were in high school. For nine years, Terry has been my best friend, my rock, my confidante, my lover (in all senses), and my shoulder to sob on. Without him, I have no idea where I'd be, if I would still be alive. I hope I am able to repay his kindness, and leave him never wanting.

I'm so glad I went back to school for that extra year.

Writer's Block: Share and tell

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SHIPPING ALERT.

It's actually the other way around: Terry introduced me to LJ by giving me a code, so that I could sign up and we could share our secrets with each other. I found out a lot about Terry from his LJ, and vice-versa, I hope.

Terry and I actually met (again) in our last year of high school - rather, his last year and my extra optional year. We had known each other prior to that through mutual friends (grade 11 for me and grade 10 for him), but while we liked each other, neither of us knew it at the time and were too shy to say anything. We discovered two years later that we shared a spare/lunch, and proceeded to hang out together in the library (and in my drama class, in which he became an honourary member =3). We eventually started to like each other, but were both wary due to being scared about being each other's rebounds (both of us had recently been dumped/been the dumper). We needn't have worried, though - eventually we fell in love.

We've had our ups and downs, and indeed, once we broke up for real (and how horrible that was!), but we managed to get back together and work it out, and now we're still together and just as gross as we were in high school. For nine years, Terry has been my best friend, my rock, my confidante, my lover (in all senses), and my shoulder to sob on. Without him, I have no idea where I'd be, if I would still be alive. I hope I am able to repay his kindness, and leave him never wanting.

I'm so glad I went back to school for that extra year.

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This is an excellent link that explains how hard it is to deal with chronic pain and illness on a daily basis.

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Sorry, friends' list! I totally forgot that I still had several things to fulfil on the Friends' List Appreciation post. I shall get to that ASAP!

Whoopsie

Sorry, friends' list! I totally forgot that I still had several things to fulfil on the Friends' List Appreciation post. I shall get to that ASAP!