Saturday, July 19, 2008

Miscellanea

* God, I am so glad this story is getting media coverage. "Congressional Democrats are criticizing the Bush administration for a draft proposal they say would change the definition of abortion and limit women's access to contraception."

* America is still pro-choice.

By a 63 - 33 percent margin, American voters support the 1973 Roe v Wade decision. But Americans remain divided on the issue of abortion:

* 19 percent say abortion should be legal in all cases;
* 38 percent say it should be legal in most cases;
* 24 percent say it should be illegal in most cases;
* 14 percent say it should be illegal in all cases.

* Jessica Valenti of Feministing is looking for personal stories about abstinence-only classes for a book she's writing.

* And isn't it amazing that Bush is suddenly talking about withdrawing from Iraq? It's almost like Obama is already in charge.