Thursday, April 19, 2007
SWOP homepageI'm done with men making decisions about women's sexual health!!
It's enough. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold a ban on partial-birth abortions.
8 out of the 9 judges are men. It's disgusting really.
The Journal then followed on to quote 2 men on the matter. Richardson and the Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan.
This one is just to easy to jump on the band wagon, but I'm getting on. Gloves are off.
Sheehan was quoted saying: “Those who believe in the dignity of human life got a wonderful blessing today when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth abortion Ban.” Enough already.
If he, the Catholic Church or any religious behavior controlling monster really beleived in dignified life, why aren't they fighting the living wage battle, the health care battle, or the immigration battle.
We live in a white-supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy. That, Archbishop Sheehan is NOT DIGNIFIED. Human life under these conditions are not dignified by the people that run this system for profit.
If you really want to bless us, make concrete changes to the economic and social strucutres in place. This new decision to uphold this ban is not only a set back for women, it's a precedent for dictatorship.
I'm a mother of 2. I found out that I was pregnant with my kids when I was already 9 weeks into the pregnancy. I have been fortunate enough to be in a space where I beleive that I can be a mother. If I wasn't, with this new law I would only have 3 weeks to make a life changing decision. I'm 28 years old.
The space for a 15 year old may be different, or the space of a woman in a relationship that she is not happy with may also differ.
3 weeks is not enough to decide if you need to move, or buy a house, or change jobs, or go on a diet, or stay on a diet. Yet why do you think it's enough to decide whether or not to take a pregnencay to term?
You Archbishop Sheehan, Supreme Court Judges and supporters of this ban have created the conditions for another health crisis, you will be held responsable for any death of a woman who took matters into her own hands, after 12 weeks of pregnancy. I will hold YOU accountable.
Read the article here: ABQ Journal
Labels: abortion, pro-choice, sexual health, women
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
SWOP homepageIn Oaxaca, Women Rise
Women continue to be fundamental to the movement for revolutionary change. I am deeply saddened by these mothers being tagged as "urban guerrillas" sacrificing their own safety and of their children. They have no choice, but I am hopeful they will create new choices and a better life for everyone.
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Article By John Gibler - Mar 27 2007
Putting their personal lives on hold, women in the Mexican state of Oaxaca helped shut down the government, took over a TV station, and stood up to police violence.
"Everything is the movement," says Patricia Jimenez Alvarado, looking at me across her kitchen table. "You don’t have a personal life anymore." She leans her face into her open palms, and weeps.
Jimenez, in her mid-forties, is a thesis advisor at Oaxaca State University by profession. But the government of Oaxaca accuses her of being an "urban guerrilla." Her house and car have just been broken into and searched. She regularly receives text-message death threats on her cellular phone. A warrant has been issued for her arrest. And for the first time in her children’s lives, she has missed their birthdays—several months ago she sent her children to live with her sister-in-law to keep them safe.
Sitting down with me for this interview is the first moment of calm she’s had since mid-June, Jimenez says. That’s when she and thousands of other women—many of whom had never participated in a march or rally before—orchestrated the takeover of the state television and radio stations and broadcast live their opposition to state violence. Their actions earned these women a place among Oaxaca’s most wanted activists, sought by the para-police gangs that serve the state government.
To read the rest of this article click here.
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Article By John Gibler - Mar 27 2007
Putting their personal lives on hold, women in the Mexican state of Oaxaca helped shut down the government, took over a TV station, and stood up to police violence.
"Everything is the movement," says Patricia Jimenez Alvarado, looking at me across her kitchen table. "You don’t have a personal life anymore." She leans her face into her open palms, and weeps.
Jimenez, in her mid-forties, is a thesis advisor at Oaxaca State University by profession. But the government of Oaxaca accuses her of being an "urban guerrilla." Her house and car have just been broken into and searched. She regularly receives text-message death threats on her cellular phone. A warrant has been issued for her arrest. And for the first time in her children’s lives, she has missed their birthdays—several months ago she sent her children to live with her sister-in-law to keep them safe.
Sitting down with me for this interview is the first moment of calm she’s had since mid-June, Jimenez says. That’s when she and thousands of other women—many of whom had never participated in a march or rally before—orchestrated the takeover of the state television and radio stations and broadcast live their opposition to state violence. Their actions earned these women a place among Oaxaca’s most wanted activists, sought by the para-police gangs that serve the state government.
To read the rest of this article click here.
Labels: feminism, oaxaca, women
