BREAKING: North Dakota becomes first state to ban all abortions

hidden-agender:

And before people are like “lololol North Dakota who lives there anyway?”

You know what particular population North Dakota is higher than most in?

Native Americans.

And Native women have astronomical rates of violence and rape against them.

So basically people who dismiss North Dakota don’t give a fuck about these women.

I haven’t heard too much (thank goodness) about “who gives a shit about ND” — mostly just rage over here — but this is important to know.

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Source: think-progress

shickalenia:

electrolytes-smell-like-semen:

tragicvillain:

artemispotter:

Aren’t you glad your mother was pro-life?

My mother had a pregnancy with high complications so if she took the child to term, she would have died.

So i’m very glad she’s pro-choice.

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My mother was pro-choice. She CHOSE to have me, rather than being stuck with me whether she liked it or not.

It’s nice to know for sure I was wanted.

Yeah, I never get this reasoning. My mother CHOSE to have me.

Not to mention, my mother, too, had an extremely complicated pregnancy. I was born via C-section three months early because of hemorrhaging, and for months before that she was on bedrest (and was lucky and privileged enough to be ABLE to be on bedrest due to being a doctor and being salaried - who knows what would have happened if she had just been trying to do this without special care). I spent months of my life after birth in the NICU up until about the time I should have been born. There was a huge chance both of us could have died.

  If she had NOT chosen that, if she had felt forced at any point or if it had been any more dangerous, I HOPE she would have had an abortion, because my life is not worth both of ours.

Like, no, I’m not actively suicidal, but I am not so proud of my goddamn life that I would begrudge her a decision she would have made before I was even able to breathe on my own.

Source: artemispotter

sharpestrose: macabrekawaii: bennyslegs: if merope gaunt had an abortion, voldemort wouldn’t exist Except Lily Potter never wanted an abortion. It was, in fact, an option entirely open to her what with being pregnant in England during the 1980’s when abortions were quite legal to obtain, not to mention I am certain there’s some sort of wizard magic pertinent as well. So this sign has no bearing whatsoever in both realty AND the Harry Potter universe. So fuck that shit. I hope that in some universe, JKR has seen this sign and gone to this person’s house and smacked them right on their stupid anti-choice face for making such a puerile sign.   Thanks pro-life person! This sign makes it completely clear how in touch with reality and the reasons people get abortions you are. God, what have I been thinking? This is such a compelling argument. Next time I have a friend struggle with what to do I’m going to tell them “How could you be so selfish as to have an abortion! WHAT IF YOUR BABY WERE TO BE A FUCKING WIZARD??”
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sharpestrose:

macabrekawaii:

bennyslegs:

if merope gaunt had an abortion, voldemort wouldn’t exist

Except Lily Potter never wanted an abortion. It was, in fact, an option entirely open to her what with being pregnant in England during the 1980’s when abortions were quite legal to obtain, not to mention I am certain there’s some sort of wizard magic pertinent as well. So this sign has no bearing whatsoever in both realty AND the Harry Potter universe.

So fuck that shit.

I hope that in some universe, JKR has seen this sign and gone to this person’s house and smacked them right on their stupid anti-choice face for making such a puerile sign.  

Thanks pro-life person! This sign makes it completely clear how in touch with reality and the reasons people get abortions you are. God, what have I been thinking? This is such a compelling argument. Next time I have a friend struggle with what to do I’m going to tell them “How could you be so selfish as to have an abortion! WHAT IF YOUR BABY WERE TO BE A FUCKING WIZARD??”

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keepyourbsoutofmyuterus: Her name was Savita Halappanavar. She was 31. She was a dentist. Her husband was Praveen Halappanavar, 34, an engineer at Boston Scientific. She was 17 weeks pregnant in Galway, Ireland. She presented with back pain at University Hospital Galway on October 21st, was found to be miscarrying. She asked several times over a three-day period that her pregnancy be terminated. This was refused because the foetal heartbeat was still present and the doctors told her, “this is a Catholic country”. She spent a further 2½ days “in agony” until the foetal heartbeat stopped. She died of septicaemia a few days later. Mr Halappanavar took his wife’s body home on Thursday, November 1st, where she was cremated and laid to rest on November 3rd. There  are now two investigations are under way into her death. [This info via this link. For more.] _________________________________ According to the World Health Organization, 26.1 million people seek unsafe abortions every year in the world because they do not have access to safe ones. 47,000 die from those unsafe abortions. I have been unable to find a stat of how many people, like Savita Halappanavar, die because they are denied abortion as a medical option. _________________________________ Her name was Savita Halappanavar. So many people will die in situations similar to hers and we will never know their names. This is unacceptable. It is morally bankrupt. It is the definition of tragic.  Her name was Savita Halappanavar.
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keepyourbsoutofmyuterus:

Her name was Savita Halappanavar.

She was 31.

She was a dentist.

Her husband was Praveen Halappanavar, 34, an engineer at Boston Scientific.

She was 17 weeks pregnant in Galway, Ireland.

She presented with back pain at University Hospital Galway on October 21st, was found to be miscarrying.

She asked several times over a three-day period that her pregnancy be terminated.

This was refused because the foetal heartbeat was still present and the doctors told her, “this is a Catholic country”.

She spent a further 2½ days “in agony” until the foetal heartbeat stopped.

She died of septicaemia a few days later.

Mr Halappanavar took his wife’s body home on Thursday, November 1st, where she was cremated and laid to rest on November 3rd.

There  are now two investigations are under way into her death.

[This info via this link. For more.]

_________________________________

According to the World Health Organization, 26.1 million people seek unsafe abortions every year in the world because they do not have access to safe ones. 47,000 die from those unsafe abortions.

I have been unable to find a stat of how many people, like Savita Halappanavar, die because they are denied abortion as a medical option.

_________________________________

Her name was Savita Halappanavar.

So many people will die in situations similar to hers and we will never know their names.

This is unacceptable. It is morally bankrupt. It is the definition of tragic. 

Her name was Savita Halappanavar.

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Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus

‎I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.

Sister Joan Chittister, Catholic Nun (via timehasflewn)

holy shit i love this quote (via glitter-femin1sts)

I vote we stop using the term “pro-life” and change to “pro-birth”, and every time someone asks “What does that mean?”, you can explain this and the other racialized, classist, misogynist, body policing, rape culture reinforcing bullshit behind “pro-life” dogma. (via lebanesepoppyseed)

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Source: timehasflewn

jennifermatarese: stfuconservatives: sunshineuncertaintyprinciple: basedgaryoak: vaginamacaroons: prolifeproblems: Okay, I fixed it for reals this time. but you made it wrong you  ruined  it. you  don’t  get  to  take  someone  bravely  speaking  about  their  illegal  abortion  and  ruin  it.  Oh  my god, the anti-choice movement has officially come full circle. They’re officially acknowledging that they don’t have a leg to stand on unless they blatantly alter facts and misrepresent the truth. Thanks for doing my job for me, guys. Another banner day! Bolded for emphasis. Who cares about real women’s lived experiences when you can just, like, cross it all out until it agrees with you? The cruelty involved in negating someone’s horrible experience like this boggles the mind. Wow, this is fucked up. Completely fucked up. …..also did anyone read that second line out loud when they crossed stuff out? Not only are you appropriating someone else’s real experience for your own reasons but it doesn’t even make any sense.
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jennifermatarese:

stfuconservatives:

sunshineuncertaintyprinciple:

basedgaryoak:

vaginamacaroons:

prolifeproblems:

Okay, I fixed it for reals this time.

but you made it wrong

you  ruined  it.

you  don’t  get  to  take  someone  bravely  speaking  about  their  illegal  abortion  and  ruin  it. 

Oh  my god, the anti-choice movement has officially come full circle.

They’re officially acknowledging that they don’t have a leg to stand on unless they blatantly alter facts and misrepresent the truth.

Thanks for doing my job for me, guys.

Another banner day! Bolded for emphasis. Who cares about real women’s lived experiences when you can just, like, cross it all out until it agrees with you?

The cruelty involved in negating someone’s horrible experience like this boggles the mind.

Wow, this is fucked up. Completely fucked up.

…..also did anyone read that second line out loud when they crossed stuff out? Not only are you appropriating someone else’s real experience for your own reasons but it doesn’t even make any sense.

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Source: prolifeproblems

verybusyandimportant: retrotrash: Rollins, killing it as usual. NOPE. Don’t tell me what I do or do not want, Henry Rollins. You are a rich white dude who can never know what it is to be a pregnant woman and you can’t ever know what it is like to want a marriage as a queer person either, unless I am mistaken which I am pretty sure I am not. If I were pregnant right now I would WANT an abortion. WANT. Dont imply that women shouldnt want that by making sweeping normalizations here. Don’t try to slip a covert judgment in with your support of abortion rights. Don’t shame ALL women who get abortions by making some crap statement that effectively judges anyone who openly embraces her desire to terminate a pregnancy. Our bodies, our choice, our right to WANT one free of fucking shame. Because it is that shame that keeps people from opposing shitty legislation and limits access to this critical medical service. If you only support women who sheepishly surrender to abortion after anguish… You don’t support abortion rights and fucking frankly you don’t support women. Get this bullshit covert misogyny out of my face. Oh this makes me so damn mad. Um. I’m pretty sure that what he’s saying is that no one wants to be in the situation to have to get an elective, complicated and usually painful surgery. They might STRONGLY WANT that surgery IN THAT SITUATION but who wants to be pregnant and have to go through that trouble? Do you really long to wake up tomorrow and haul your ass to the women’s clinic to fill out paperwork so you too can terminate a pregnancy? It’s like if I had a giant but benign tumor, hell yeah I would get that shit removed, but why the hell would I WANT that? Yes, what he’s implying can be taken to mean that all women agonize or fret over the DECISION to terminate the pregnancy. Yes, he could have changed the word “no” to “few” to clarify that point for anyone who might interpret it that way. But that’s literally the only thing that needs changing. Henry Rollins has been pretty stupid and even offensive at times but he’s been a huge advocate for women and queer persons as an older adult and this is NOT what I would choose to call him out on if I had to pick something he’s said. I don’t know. I don’t think things like this in language should go unnoticed? But I think when people are trying to do good, a simple “this would have been way better if” is better than flipping the fuck out. There are way worse people to focus true rants on.
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verybusyandimportant: retrotrash: Rollins, killing it as usual. NOPE. Don’t tell me what I do or do not want, Henry Rollins. You are a rich white dude who can never know what it is to be a pregnant woman and you can’t ever know what it is like to want a marriage as a queer person either, unless I am mistaken which I am pretty sure I am not. If I were pregnant right now I would WANT an abortion. WANT. Dont imply that women shouldnt want that by making sweeping normalizations here. Don’t try to slip a covert judgment in with your support of abortion rights. Don’t shame ALL women who get abortions by making some crap statement that effectively judges anyone who openly embraces her desire to terminate a pregnancy. Our bodies, our choice, our right to WANT one free of fucking shame. Because it is that shame that keeps people from opposing shitty legislation and limits access to this critical medical service. If you only support women who sheepishly surrender to abortion after anguish… You don’t support abortion rights and fucking frankly you don’t support women. Get this bullshit covert misogyny out of my face. Oh this makes me so damn mad. Um. I’m pretty sure that what he’s saying is that no one wants to be in the situation to have to get an elective, complicated and usually painful surgery. They might STRONGLY WANT that surgery IN THAT SITUATION but who wants to be pregnant and have to go through that trouble? Do you really long to wake up tomorrow and haul your ass to the women’s clinic to fill out paperwork so you too can terminate a pregnancy? It’s like if I had a giant but benign tumor, hell yeah I would get that shit removed, but why the hell would I WANT that? Yes, what he’s implying can be taken to mean that all women agonize or fret over the DECISION to terminate the pregnancy. Yes, he could have changed the word “no” to “few” to clarify that point for anyone who might interpret it that way. But that’s literally the only thing that needs changing. Henry Rollins has been pretty stupid and even offensive at times but he’s been a huge advocate for women and queer persons as an older adult and this is NOT what I would choose to call him out on if I had to pick something he’s said. I don’t know. I don’t think things like this in language should go unnoticed? But I think when people are trying to do good, a simple “this would have been way better if” is better than flipping the fuck out. There are way worse people to focus true rants on.
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verybusyandimportant:

retrotrash:

Rollins, killing it as usual.

NOPE. Don’t tell me what I do or do not want, Henry Rollins. You are a rich white dude who can never know what it is to be a pregnant woman and you can’t ever know what it is like to want a marriage as a queer person either, unless I am mistaken which I am pretty sure I am not. If I were pregnant right now I would WANT an abortion. WANT. Dont imply that women shouldnt want that by making sweeping normalizations here. Don’t try to slip a covert judgment in with your support of abortion rights. Don’t shame ALL women who get abortions by making some crap statement that effectively judges anyone who openly embraces her desire to terminate a pregnancy. Our bodies, our choice, our right to WANT one free of fucking shame. Because it is that shame that keeps people from opposing shitty legislation and limits access to this critical medical service. If you only support women who sheepishly surrender to abortion after anguish… You don’t support abortion rights and fucking frankly you don’t support women. Get this bullshit covert misogyny out of my face. Oh this makes me so damn mad.

Um. I’m pretty sure that what he’s saying is that no one wants to be in the situation to have to get an elective, complicated and usually painful surgery. They might STRONGLY WANT that surgery IN THAT SITUATION but who wants to be pregnant and have to go through that trouble? Do you really long to wake up tomorrow and haul your ass to the women’s clinic to fill out paperwork so you too can terminate a pregnancy? It’s like if I had a giant but benign tumor, hell yeah I would get that shit removed, but why the hell would I WANT that?

Yes, what he’s implying can be taken to mean that all women agonize or fret over the DECISION to terminate the pregnancy. Yes, he could have changed the word “no” to “few” to clarify that point for anyone who might interpret it that way. But that’s literally the only thing that needs changing.

Henry Rollins has been pretty stupid and even offensive at times but he’s been a huge advocate for women and queer persons as an older adult and this is NOT what I would choose to call him out on if I had to pick something he’s said. I don’t know. I don’t think things like this in language should go unnoticed? But I think when people are trying to do good, a simple “this would have been way better if” is better than flipping the fuck out. There are way worse people to focus true rants on.

Source: sarahxmay

Price of abortion versus Price of pregnancy

deerie:

what-should-we-name-it:

Legal abortions cost at least $350, within the first three months. An illegal abortion can cost up to the life of the pregnant person. (here)
One time cost.

MEANWHILE IN PREGGERLAND:

Drug store pregnancy tests: Anywhere from $1-12
Average prenatal care costs (tests, prenatal vitamins): $2,000 (here)
Cost of in hospital birth: $5,000-10,000
C-Section: $12,000 (here)
PLUS all the things for the child-to-be, added all up to be: $12,000-$14,000+

So, please, continue to tell me that everyone can afford to be pregnant and no one should have an abortion.

yeah, and pregnancy costs get even higher if you have complications during labor like i did. forever in debt, bros

Plus that doesn’t add in the yearly additional costs of having a child, medical care for that kid, insurance, etc obviously.

Everyone has a right to make their own choice to have or not have a child. IT’S THEIR BODY. If you have an abortion, it’s your right to do that regardless of your income. And you can be pretty poor and have perfectly fine kids (especially with planning). But to say “everyone can have a baby” is pretty damn short-sighted when some people aren’t able to pay the rent and eat at the same time.

5 Reasons Michigan's Anti-Abortion Bill is the Nation's Worst

bebinn:

Michigan’s House has passed HB 5711, a massive bill placing multiple restrictions on abortion providers, amid days of protests by activist groups and Democrat representatives.

1) Bans Abortions After 20 Weeks, Even For Rape And Incest Victims: A woman would not be able to have an abortion after 20 weeks of gestation based on the widely disputed idea that a fetus can feel pain after that point. The only exception would be if a woman’s life was in danger.

2) Transforms Doctors Into Detectives: The Republican-backed legislation would make it a crime for anyone to coerce a woman into having an abortion. Doctors will have to give their patients a questionnaire to inform them of the illegality of coercion and determine if the woman had been coerced or is the victim of domestic abuse before the abortion procedure.

3) Limits Access For Rural Women: Under the omnibus bill, doctors would have to be physically present to perform a medical abortion, thus preventing a doctor from administering abortion-inducing medication by consulting via telephone or internet. This would especially hurt rural women, who may have to travel hours to meet in-person with a specialist.

4) Requires Doctors To Purchase Costly Malpractice Insurance: If HB 5711 goes into effect, then doctors would be required to carry $1 million in liability insurance if they perform five or more abortions each month or have been subject to two more more civil suits in the past seven years, among other requirements. But the qualifications are so vague that almost all doctors who perform abortions could be required to carry the additional liability insurance at a potential cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

5) Regulates Clinics Out Of Existence: HB 5711 would create new regulations so that any clinic that provides six or more abortions in a month or one which advertises abortion services would have to be licensed as a “freestanding surgical outpatient facility.” That means that even if a clinic does not offer surgical abortions, it would be required to have a full surgical suite.

Now that the state House has passed the largest of the three bills, it will likely approve the two companion measures as well. Even though lawmakers rushed the bill through the House, the state Senate is not expected to vote on the measure until September. The body is composed of 26 Republicans and 12 Democrats.

This bill will limit or eliminate abortion access for everyone who can get pregnant, not just cis women. There is still time before the Senate votes on this bill in September, so please start contacting your representatives, organizing protests, and spreading information about this awful bill.

(via stfuconservatives)

Source: bebinn

stfuconservatives: liberalchristian: ohzeitgeist: cdnowak: ohzeitgeist: getmetoanunnery: shortbreadsh: beholybehappy: From LifeSiteNews.com: COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 12, 2012 – Seminarians from the only Pontifical College in the U.S. have an awe-inspiring approach for confronting abortion head-on. Dressed in full regalia of a black cassock, a traditional red sash, and armed with a rosary, the seminarians descend in a powerful show of force every Saturday on a local abortion facility to confront with prayer what the seminary’s rector calls the “poison of abortion.” Father James Wehner, rector of the Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, says he believes that seminarians need to “see visibly the forces of evil at work, and respond with an act of faith in which prayer becomes the greater force.” “American culture is a blessing, but it is also poisoned,” he said. “The clergy, particularly priests, need to be able to confront that poison, not run away and hide from it. That means we have to confront it head-on.” D: Yeah, I’m sure the women walking in sense nothing but brotherly love and empathy from these guys in their fancy cassocks, in a line to show their “powerful show of force”, “armed” with rosaries.  Who on earth thought this was a good idea? Sigh. Maybe it’s because my priest friends were the kind who went barefoot in seminary to make a statement about poverty, but this doesn’t seem the best way to “witness” or do whatever they aimed to do.   Call me crazy, but there are other poisons more prevalent in American society (like hated, ignorance, poverty, etc) that I’m sure these future priests could be witnessing to.  As you noted Natalie, this entire article is couched in military language. Regalia, armed, confront. These are methods for an age past; we as Christians will only alienate our population if we continue in the mode of confrontation. Hmm. The purpose of this display is marking the line between the world and the Church, a statement of unity with the Pope and bishops.  It may not be the best pro-life move (counseling and ultrasounds are far more immediately effective), but it is a great moment for the seminarians in formation and the strength of the Church. The confrontational language has a great appeal to a certain segment of the population (ie, most men).  It makes clear what has been lost for a generation or two, that the Church will stand against the spirit of the age.  That Her priests, to the man, will fight and die for Christ (red in clerical garb is a reminder of martyrdom). Most importantly, the spiritual worth of hundreds of rosaries prayed for a single intention, is bound to have some effect, on the seminarians, the workers at the ‘clinic’, the women entering.  But these results only show in God’s own time.  I recognize all of this, but one must realize that this act is reaching no one at all. It’s a masturbatory act, if you’ll forgive the word, that pleases and speaks to only the devout and serves to alienate the Church from the people on the outside, reestablishing hardened boundaries that so many Americans have against organized religion. People will walk past this, roll their eyes and get annoyed, and move on. The clearly militaristic imagery purposefully on display here is unhelpful at best, damaging at worst. Not only alienate those on the outside. Not all members of the church are pro-life. Imagine if they spent every Saturday running a free child care facility, or volunteering at a women’s shelter, or spending time with kids in the foster care system. Imagine if they stood like this outside their congressional rep’s office, demanding accountability for childhood disease and poverty. Imagine if they cared about people who were already born, instead of being judgmental of people exercising their legal and medical right. -Jess
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liberalchristian:

ohzeitgeist:

cdnowak:

ohzeitgeist:

getmetoanunnery:

shortbreadsh:

beholybehappy:

From LifeSiteNews.com:

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 12, 2012 – Seminarians from the only Pontifical College in the U.S. have an awe-inspiring approach for confronting abortion head-on. Dressed in full regalia of a black cassock, a traditional red sash, and armed with a rosary, the seminarians descend in a powerful show of force every Saturday on a local abortion facility to confront with prayer what the seminary’s rector calls the “poison of abortion.”

Father James Wehner, rector of the Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, says he believes that seminarians need to “see visibly the forces of evil at work, and respond with an act of faith in which prayer becomes the greater force.”

“American culture is a blessing, but it is also poisoned,” he said. “The clergy, particularly priests, need to be able to confront that poison, not run away and hide from it. That means we have to confront it head-on.”

D:

Yeah, I’m sure the women walking in sense nothing but brotherly love and empathy from these guys in their fancy cassocks, in a line to show their “powerful show of force”, “armed” with rosaries. 

Who on earth thought this was a good idea?

Sigh. Maybe it’s because my priest friends were the kind who went barefoot in seminary to make a statement about poverty, but this doesn’t seem the best way to “witness” or do whatever they aimed to do.  

Call me crazy, but there are other poisons more prevalent in American society (like hated, ignorance, poverty, etc) that I’m sure these future priests could be witnessing to. 

As you noted Natalie, this entire article is couched in military language. Regalia, armed, confront. These are methods for an age past; we as Christians will only alienate our population if we continue in the mode of confrontation.

Hmm.

The purpose of this display is marking the line between the world and the Church, a statement of unity with the Pope and bishops.  It may not be the best pro-life move (counseling and ultrasounds are far more immediately effective), but it is a great moment for the seminarians in formation and the strength of the Church.

The confrontational language has a great appeal to a certain segment of the population (ie, most men).  It makes clear what has been lost for a generation or two, that the Church will stand against the spirit of the age.  That Her priests, to the man, will fight and die for Christ (red in clerical garb is a reminder of martyrdom).

Most importantly, the spiritual worth of hundreds of rosaries prayed for a single intention, is bound to have some effect, on the seminarians, the workers at the ‘clinic’, the women entering.  But these results only show in God’s own time. 

I recognize all of this, but one must realize that this act is reaching no one at all. It’s a masturbatory act, if you’ll forgive the word, that pleases and speaks to only the devout and serves to alienate the Church from the people on the outside, reestablishing hardened boundaries that so many Americans have against organized religion. People will walk past this, roll their eyes and get annoyed, and move on. The clearly militaristic imagery purposefully on display here is unhelpful at best, damaging at worst.

Not only alienate those on the outside. Not all members of the church are pro-life.

Imagine if they spent every Saturday running a free child care facility, or volunteering at a women’s shelter, or spending time with kids in the foster care system. Imagine if they stood like this outside their congressional rep’s office, demanding accountability for childhood disease and poverty. Imagine if they cared about people who were already born, instead of being judgmental of people exercising their legal and medical right.

-Jess

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b-mommy: a-colourfullife: This is Richard Hayne, President and CEO of Urban Outfitters. He’s also a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him. He’s against gay marriage and abortion.His company pulled a pro-gay shirt back in 08, they also blatantly ripped off an Etsy designers work, featured a t-shirt for women that said “eat less” and most recently had a card with a “tranny” slur on in.Why do you shop at this store? I imagine because you weren’t aware of these facts. Now you are, so stop shopping there. He also owns Anthropologie and Free People. For the longest time I justified shopping at shitty places because everywhere is pretty terrible and I’m broke (UO is normally expensive but their outlet stores are cheap as hell). But the fact is, while it’s true that it’s pretty hard to find anywhere that doesn’t employ people under terrible working conditions (at least that I can afford), there are limited numbers of places that do that AND are openly terrible people in general. So I’ve given up UO and Anthropologie for good, just like I never shopped at American Apparel. I love their clothes, it’s really too bad, but I simply cannot - no matter how adorable the tiny queer boy behind the counter - justify giving this guy more of my money.
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b-mommy:

a-colourfullife:

This is Richard Hayne, President and CEO of Urban Outfitters. He’s also a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him. He’s against gay marriage and abortion.

His company pulled a pro-gay shirt back in 08, they also blatantly ripped off an Etsy designers work, featured a t-shirt for women that said “eat less” and most recently had a card with a “tranny” slur on in.

Why do you shop at this store? I imagine because you weren’t aware of these facts. Now you are, so stop shopping there.

He also owns Anthropologie and Free People.

For the longest time I justified shopping at shitty places because everywhere is pretty terrible and I’m broke (UO is normally expensive but their outlet stores are cheap as hell). But the fact is, while it’s true that it’s pretty hard to find anywhere that doesn’t employ people under terrible working conditions (at least that I can afford), there are limited numbers of places that do that AND are openly terrible people in general.

So I’ve given up UO and Anthropologie for good, just like I never shopped at American Apparel. I love their clothes, it’s really too bad, but I simply cannot - no matter how adorable the tiny queer boy behind the counter - justify giving this guy more of my money.

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Source: a-colourfullife