Saturday, March 11, 2006

A uterus is not a social handicap. It's an organ of a female body.



It's Saturday Night (in the hot tub.)

Kinky is my middle name.

I want my contraception.

I want my 'morning after pill.'

In case I need an abortion that is a sexual right I demand.

I want safety in my life as a women free of oppression of my gender for complete and absolute expression entitled to me by the USA Constitution and all the brave women that have gone before me.

We didn't burn our bras so our children would be slaves to impoverishment and lack of opportunity !

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My Guy by Diana Ross

Nothing you could say could tear me away from my guy (my guy)
Nothing you could do, 'cause I'm stuck like glue to my guy (myguy)
I'm sticking to my guy like a stamp to a letter
Like birds of a feather, we stick together
I'm tellin' you from the start I can't be torn apart from my guy

Nothing you could do could make me untrue to my guy (my guy)
Nothing you could buy could make me tell a lie to my guy (my guy)
I gave my guy my word of honour to be faithful, and I'm gonna
You best be believing I won't be deceiving my guy

As a matter of opinion
I think he's tops
My opinion is he's the cream of the crop
As a matter of taste, to be exact
He's my ideal, as a matter of fact

No muscle bound man could take my hand from my guy (my guy)
No handsome face could ever take the place of my guy (my guy)
He may not be a movie star, but when it comes to bein' happy, we are

There's not a man today who could take me away from my guy

No muscle bound man could take my hand from my guy (my guy)
No handsome face could ever take the place of my guy (my guy)
He may not be a movie star, but when it comes to bein' happy, we are

There's not a man today who could take me away from my guy
(What you say ?)
There's not a man today who could take me away from my guy
(One more time)
There's not a man today who could take me away from my guy

Hollywood reflects our playfulness. (Click on.)



It's Saturday Night with the former couple, Tom and Nichole.

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They do not corrupt our society. They would not be successful if they were adverse to our culture.

Britney Spears in the 'click on' article in "People Magazine" is financially privileged, but, also a career woman. She was 24 years old when she had her first child and after she established a blockbuster career in entertainment.

Defining Intimacy in Romantic Relationships (It is a little dated. 1993. But it is a good reference point.)



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Intimacy in Marriage

Robert F. Stahman, quote from above address given at the Bob Jones University Families Under Fire conference, 2004, "A loving and joyful marriage is one in which both partners are intimate with each other and are both nonsexually and sexually fulfilled and nurtured."


e-mail :: conferences@byu.edu

The Families Under Fire conference is an annual event designed to give specific hands-on information and hope to families and church leaders who are struggling or dealing with real and often tragic problems attacking our society, families, and individuals today. This conference features speakers who are experts in the fields of therapy, counseling, and family issues.




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The Assessment of Social Intimacy

Research exploring the psychological importance of closeness with others has been hampered by the absence of a reliable and valid measure of this variable. The development of the Miller Social Intimacy Scale (MSIS), a 17-item measure of the maximum level of intimacy currently experienced, is presented. Evidence for internal consistency and test–retest reliability as well as for convergent, discriminant and construct validity is discussed in the context of the need for further scientific exploration of this important phenomenon.





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Out-of-pocket financial burden for low-income families with children:




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Low Income adults without health insurance cannot afford contraception in some cases. At times the cost of condoms are out of the question. Are they never allowed to rise above the poverty level ? What kind of a society is this ?

Currently, sexual health, choice and reproductive freedom in America are for those that can afford it. The Lower Classes including the Lower Middle Class find comfort in religious boundaries in defined large families and pregnancy as virtue. It is all they have. Any responsible religious leader will never advocate poverty for their flock nor adverse health in the reality of that poverty.

Bush's priorities for a ? moral ? America are cruel and contrived but taken seriously by those that seek life without quality as a means of definition. It is not their fault. Religion's acceptance however is their comfort.

Giving every opportunity to a well conceived and well loved child is more moral than any aspect of 'enforced pregnancy abuse' of women and their spouses.

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Socioeconomic disparities have been documented for children and adults in access to and use of health care, and in health outcomes (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2003). Socioeconomic disparities may also exist in the financial burden of illness, particularly since low-income individuals are more likely to lack the protection of health insurance (Holl et al. 1995; Institute of Medicine Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance 2001). Even with insurance, cost is still reported as a large barrier to receiving needed care for those with lower incomes (Davidoff 2004).

The Political Shenanigans of The Religious Right are full of lies and deceptions. Voter beware !

She went on to further criticize the two Senators, noting they had voted for anti-choice on another bill last year and ended the letter by stating the two had “ducked the responsibility to help prevent unwanted pregnancies.”

On the surface it looked like a legitimate letter. However, when I saw she was from south Oklahoma City the first question that popped into my mind was why is she sending me this letter, other than the fact Susan Paddack is mentioned in it?

Wanda lives in Leftwich’s Senate District, but why send the letter to us if she isn’t a constituent of Paddack’s?

I decided to check into the matter before giving the letter the green light. As it turned out, the letter stretched the truth a bit.

Sen. Cain told me he never polled any of the senators on his committee, therefore Leftwich and Paddack didn’t even know Cain was even considering the bills.

“I did not place SB 426 or SB 1907 on the agenda, because I felt neither bill would pass in the Senate or House this year,” Cain said.“I never polled Senator Paddack or Senator Leftwich about their votes, but I knew they had previously supported the pro-life position.”

Cain added that a pro-life group at the Capitol would “use this vote for contraception to punish both Senators, and I felt that it would be unfair to ask them to make a tough vote when the bill had no chance of passage.”

Cain’s decision to not add the two bills on his committee’s agenda was because he knew they wouldn’t pass in the Senate or House, not because of some lack of support from Leftwich or Paddack.Furthermore, both Senators never were told about the bills.

“He never discussed either bill with me that is mentioned in the letter to the editor. Nor did any other constituent or lobbyist discuss these bills,” Paddack said.

It wasn’t until she received my inquiry into the matter that she was made aware of the bills.

“It is very unfortunate that we live in a time when some people no longer value taking the time to find out the truth. When a person sends information to a newspaper that is not true, you immediately question their intent. It is clear that this is meant to confuse the wonderful people in this district,” Paddack added.





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This is religious coercion.



THIS IS CARROT AND STICK TACTICS AGAINST YOUNG WOMEN at a time in their lives when they need guidance and not lectures.

Clients who go through parenting programs are eligible to earn "mommy bucks" they use to buy baby items donated to the center.

The center also goes into 13 of the 16 area high schools to present its Straight Talk program encouraging teens not to have sex until they are married, she said.

"We try to get kids to see the positive choices they have. Being pregnant at the age of 17 isn't a positive choice," she said.

Its Pregnancy Loss Recovery program offers "Forgiven and Set Free" Bible studies for women who have had abortions, according to the center's 501(c)(3) Internal Revenue Service records at www.guidestar.org on the Web.

"Most of the women who come to us are between the ages of 16 and 22. They are older high school and college-age students," she said.

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The wall between Church and State needs to be restored. A pharmacy is NOT a church. (Click on)

As religious organizations committed to protecting women’s health, we are dissatisfied with the Food and Drug Administration’s continued tactics to delay approving the emergency contraceptive Plan B as an over-the-counter medication. We believe that the FDA has an obligation to make decisions that promote public health and are based on sound science. FDA’s drug center, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) reviewed the application for Plan B and concluded that “the available scientific data are sufficient to support the safe use of Plan B as an over the counter product, but only for women who are 17 years of age or older.” By over-ruling the Agency’s own scientific panels, the FDA leadership has both compromised its mission and raised serious questions about inappropriate political influence. The current 60-day comment period regarding packaging and marketing issues sidesteps the FDA’s mission to promote public health. Suitable packaging and proper distribution of the product will best be determined by Plan B’s manufacturers, Barr Laboratories, and appropriate FDA officials.

IS THE PROBLEM that ministers aren't good at ministering the church morals and they need help from Bush and his crony Supreme Court?




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Pharmacy refusals to fill scripts sets debate State rift centers on Plan B contraceptive

By JULIE DAVIDOWP-I REPORTER

The Washington State Board of Pharmacy is considering a policy that would outline if and when pharmacists could refuse to fill prescriptions due to moral, religious or ethical objections.

The discussion is clearly aimed at clarifying whether pharmacists can turn away prescriptions for Plan B, the emergency contraceptive that has caused controversy nationwide, although such a conscience clause could pertain to other areas as well.

Pharmacists should have the right to decline work that conflicts with their beliefs as long as they respect the patient, said Rod Shafer, executive director of the Washington State Pharmacy Association, a professional organization for pharmacists.

"We are not dispensing machines," Shafer said. "We are professionals who have as many rights as anybody else.

"The question is, how do you make sure that that ability (to refuse to dispense) is in place while still maintaining the patient is able to get what they desire if it's legally and medically appropriate?"

But reproductive-rights advocates say pharmacists are bound by state laws to dispense prescribed medications regardless of their personal convictions.

The only legal alternative would be if another pharmacist at the same facility could take over, said Nancy Sapiro, with the Northwest Women's Law Center.

The attack on "Roe v. Wade" is bigoted against women and racist to low income couples !



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Those that seek abortions stretch across the socio-economic spectrum. The most relief obtained from abortion law falls among the poorest of us knowing that welfare is not the place to raise children.

The Lower Middle Class and Poor in the USA are dominated by American Blacks. I don't want to hear about stereotypes, it is the failure of government for the disparity in Black Poverty and Incarceration ! This administration has attacked solidly opportunities in education, equal opportunity and the offices of Civil Rights.

Planned Parenthood leader faces Roe v. Wade challenge

Ann Richards' daughter says foes 'going for broke'

By ROBIN FINNNew York Times

NEW YORK - Cecile Richards, the new and instantly embattled president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, would like those retro "folks" — her word — intent on knocking her organization, and the entire abortion rights movement, off the map to know she takes after her maternal grandmother.


That would be the tall, whip-thin woman who, nine-months pregnant and bedridden, took a timeout from home-birthing a future governor of Texas — Richards' mother, Ann — to wring the neck of the chicken her family was having for dinner. Plucky.

"I love the idea of that story, and I'm sure it's true," says Richards, a 5-foot-10-inch antithesis of a shrinking violet.

Her arrival at her office in Planned Parenthood's New York City headquarters has coincided with a law in South Dakota that makes it a felony to perform an abortion unless a pregnant woman's life is in danger......

We aren't going back to that barbaric treatment of women !



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WOMEN are NOT baby factories !

We want a quality of life never afforded our mothers or grandmothers.

The gender abuse of women will stop !

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN

A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribe procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother's life. A licensed physician (Hallford), who had two state abortion prosecutions pending against him, was permitted to intervene. A childless married couple (the Does), the wife not being pregnant, separately attacked the laws, basing alleged injury on the future possibilities of contraceptive failure, pregnancy, unpreparedness for parenthood, and impairment of the wife's health. A three-judge District Court, which consolidated the actions, held that Roe and Hallford, and members of their classes, had standing to sue and presented justiciable controversies. Ruling that declaratory, though not injunctive, relief was warranted, the court declared the abortion statutes void as vague and overbroadly infringing those plaintiffs' Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The court ruled the Does' complaint not justiciable. Appellants directly appealed to this Court on the injunctive rulings, and appellee cross-appealed from the District Court's grant of declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford. Held:


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"Georgy Girl" by The Seekers. Words by Jim Dale and Music by Tom Springfield

Hey there, Georgy girl
Swingin' down the street so fancy-free
Nobody you meet could ever see the loneliness there - inside you
Hey there, Georgy girl
Why do all the boys just pass you by?
Could it be you just don't try or is it the clothes you wear?

You're always window shopping but never stopping to buy
So shed those dowdy feathers and fly - a little bit

Hey there, Georgy girl
There's another Georgy deep inside
Bring out all the love you hide and, oh, what a change there'd be
The world would see a new Georgy girl

[Instrumental Interlude]

Hey there, Georgy girl
Dreamin'; of the someone you could be
Life is a reality, you can't always run away
Don't be so scared of changing and rearranging yourself
It's time for jumping down from the shelf - a little bit

Hey there, Georgy girl
There's another Georgy deep inside
Bring out all the love you hide and, oh, what a change there'd be
The world would see a new Georgy girl

(Hey there, Georgy girl)
Wake up, Georgy girl
(Hey there, Georgy girl)
Come on, Georgy girl

[Fade]

(Hey there, Georgy girl)
Wake up, Georgy girl