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Lilly the Dog

January 17, 2014 /153 Comments/in Dog Blogging, Uncategorized /by Imani Gandy (ABL)

Good evening denizens of Balloon Juice! John has been harassing me to post a photo of my new dog Lilly, so much so that one would think that it was personal affront to him that I had not done so. So here she is! She’s a papillon/pomeranian mix and she’s five years old. So far […]

20-Week Abortion Bans and the Pathway to the Supreme Court

July 31, 2013 /36 Comments/in The War On Women, Vagina Outrage, Women's Rights Are Human Rights /by Imani Gandy (ABL)

I wrote this post about twenty-week abortion bans for RH Reality Check, and it explains what a circuit split is, so if you ever wanted to know what that means, you should read this! But you’ll have to click outside the blog which I know causes some of you great consternation. You have been thusly […]

#MotorcycleVagina: It’s a Thing Happening in North Carolina

July 10, 2013 /89 Comments/in The War On Women, Vagina Outrage, Women's Rights Are Human Rights /by Imani Gandy (ABL)

Last week, the North Carolina GOP attached a bunch of abortion restrictions to an anti-sharia law. The outrage was such that Governor Pat McCrory vowed to veto it unless significant changes were made to the bill. Hooray! Except, no — not really. Even though it appears that Governor McCrory will keep his word and veto […]

Senator Wendy Davis is Filibustering Anti-Choice Legislation in Texas

June 25, 2013 /142 Comments/in The War On Women, Vagina Outrage, Women's Rights Are Human Rights /by Imani Gandy (ABL)

Texas Senator Wendy Davis is currently on hour 4 of her 13 hour filibuster of #SB5, a pernicious bill that will result in all but five clinics being closed in Texas, and will ban abortion after 20 weeks. (You can watch the livestream here.) For the past several days, there have been protests at the […]

Fetal Fapping Isn’t a Thing That Happens

June 18, 2013 /150 Comments/in The War On Women, Vagina Outrage /by Imani Gandy (ABL)

Just in case you weren’t aware that reproductive rights and bodily autonomy for women hinges on a male and what he does or doesn’t do with his penis, here’s Texas Republican Congressman Michael Burgess — a former OB/GYN, no less — citing masturbating fetuses as a reason to outlaw virtually all abortions after 20 weeks. […]

Judge Edith Jones to Be Investigated for Alleged Racist Remarks

June 17, 2013 /70 Comments/in Activist Judges!, Assholes /by Imani Gandy (ABL)

Chief Justice John Roberts is apparently not amused by the alleged racist antics of Judge Edith Jones, who sits on the extraordinarily conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, located in Texas. Roberts has ordered the Judicial Council of the District of Columbia Circuit to review a Complaint of Judicial Misconduct filed by several civil rights organizations related […]

Update on #SaveBeatriz: El Salvador Ordered to Provide Beatriz Access to Life-Saving Care

May 30, 2013 /28 Comments/in The War On Women, Vagina Outrage, Women's Rights Are Human Rights /by Imani Gandy (ABL)

Via RH Reality Check: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San Jose, Costa Rica, the highest human rights court in the Americas, handed down Thursday a decision ordering the government of El Salvador to provide Beatriz with life-saving care. It ordered the state to provide the measures necessary to protect her life, health, and well-being, as well […]