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Romina hace un año y medio fue violada por Eduardo "Pocho" Vargas, producto de esa violación quedó embarazada. Durante siete meses ocultó su embarazo, en el transcurso de ese tiempo intentó abortar con métodos caseros. Esta Justicia quiere condenarla a cadena perpetua. Urgente movilización Internacional por su libertad...
Posted: Sun, Jun 20, 2004 11:41pm PDT
CUNextTuesday, a new radical womyn's media collective is screening "Born In Flames" this Thursday, 8pm at Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia St, San Francisco. http://atasite.org...
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 5:27pm PDT
Womyn launch initiative to fight domestic violence by outting womyn-bashers....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 4:52am PDT
Who: Dorothy Fadiman, Emmy award-winning filmmaker, and representatives from the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom
When: 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 8
Where: State Capitol (North Steps - L Street), Sacramento...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 1:46pm PDT
"We are pleased that the court in San Francisco recognized that this ban is a broad attack on abortion beginning as early as 13 weeks in pregnancy," said Vicki Saporta, NAF President and CEO. "Today's ruling underscores the necessity of allowing women and their doctors to make medical decisions free from the interference of politicians."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:58am PDT
The federal abortion ban passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush last year is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, Federal District Court Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ruled today. The ban, challenged in Planned Parenthood v. Ashcroft, could have outlawed abortions as early as 12 to 15 weeks in pregnancy, including those that doctors say are safe and among the best to protect women's health....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:28am PDT
A federal judge declared unconstitutional Tuesday the federal government's first-ever attempt to outlaw a specific abortion procedure, saying the law would endanger women's health and violate their right of access to abortion....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:15am PDT
A federal judge Tuesday declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringes on a woman's right to choose.
The ruling applies to the nation's 900 or so Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform roughly half of all abortions in the United States....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:03am PDT
Federal Judge Declares 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban Unconstitutional;
Exposes Right-Wing Policy as Infringement on a Woman's Right to Choose...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:01am PDT
Night of Love & Rage! Friday, May 28th....
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 5:12pm PDT
The Abu Ghraib portraits of sexual humiliation and submission have
exposed the unbelievably tangled strands of racism, misogyny,
homophobia, national arrogance and hyper-masculinity that
characterize the U.S. military....
Posted: Sun, May 23, 2004 12:44am PDT
Ransack through the streets to a rally!...
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 9:01pm PDT
Big news! After tremendous outcry from outraged activists (that's
you!), the White House reached an agreement with Senate Democrats
yesterday and vowed to stop installing judicial nominees during
Congressional recesses....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 11:44pm PDT
Panelists, including attorney Beth Parker of Planned Parenthood and Jennifer Lahl, R.N., founder and national director of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, discuss the federal "partial-birth" abortion ban and the medical controversy igniting the national abortion debate....
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 2:41pm PDT
SF Park Code criminalizes just one of the genders...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 11:47am PDT
March for Women's Lives Report Back. Join journalist Rose Aguilar for a report back and video footage from the March, along with a panel discussion about reproductive rights. Thursday May 20th, 7:00 pm at New College of California, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 10:55pm PDT
it is with great sorrow y dolor en el corazon que hoy les doy la mala
noticia de la muerte de gloria anzaldua. todavia no se saben todos los
detalles de su muerte, pero por favor, si saben algo, please pass along
the
information...
ahorita no tengo las palabras que surgen dentro de mi... all i can say
for
now is that my heart goes out to the family and all those who know and
can
understand the detrimental magnitude of loosing one of the most
admirable,
inspiring, and ove...
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 4:56pm PDT
Your help is urgently needed to protest the cut of the In Defense of Prostitute Women’s Safety Project by Department on the Status of Women
BREAKING NEWS: Thanks to an outpouring of support from the community*, we won an agreement that the Commission on the Status of Women would hold a meeting on Thursday, May 20th at 4:00 at City Hall, Room 408 to examine the cutting of our grant!! Thanks to all of you who came out and supported the Project at the April 28th Commission Meeting! We w...
Posted: Sat, May 15, 2004 3:44pm PDT
Arianna Huffington and MoveOn.org's Joan Blades speak at "Rally the Vote," an event to promote the women's vote by encouraging women to register to vote and to take part in the upcoming presidential election....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 9:20am PDT
Please join NARAL Pro-Choice California with Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH) on Monday, June 7, 2004 for an educational evening with medical experts who will discuss the current news making the headlines...
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 11:19pm PDT