[update] I have just been informed that it was two different people on The Hand Mirror posting about the abortion rally and the abortion of calves. It remains to be seen whether their views on these issues coincide, but I would be very surprised if they have different viewpoints on these issues. Until then, I am acknowledging that these are different blog authors.
Well, I don't know what to say really.
On Sunday, the blogger at feminist blog The Hand Mirror did a post encouraging her supporters to protest outside the Court of Appeal in Wellington today to stand up for their right to abortion. She is horrified that women have to jump through so many hoops in order to procure an abortion -
As it turns out, only about 50 women showed up outside the court today, chanting "Hey mister, mister keep your laws off my sister". Er, OK. I would have shouted back, "keep your hands off my unborn sister"
Well, I don't know what to say really.
On Sunday, the blogger at feminist blog The Hand Mirror did a post encouraging her supporters to protest outside the Court of Appeal in Wellington today to stand up for their right to abortion. She is horrified that women have to jump through so many hoops in order to procure an abortion -
Our current law requires women to jump through many hoops before they can get access to abortion. Join the demo to demand that the current law is repealed, rather than interpreted more conservatively.Then today, she has another post in which she is "appalled" at the practice of some farmers aborting calves so that cows will start milk production earlier. An article describing it "really had her fuming". She says -
i wonder if the practice of farming itself causes some people to become desensitised, as a coping mechanism. i could understand that. but this is more reason to have scrutiny of what goes on at the farm, particularly by those who aren't so directly involved in the processes. transparency can only be a good thing when it comes to ensuring animals are treated humanely.I wonder if the common practice of abortion of human babies leaves her and some of the population "desensitized"? It sure seems to. I just can't fathom how someone can be so outraged by the practice in cows, and yet encourages the abortion of human babies as a woman's choice.
As it turns out, only about 50 women showed up outside the court today, chanting "Hey mister, mister keep your laws off my sister". Er, OK. I would have shouted back, "keep your hands off my unborn sister"