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Surprise! That New Planned Parenthood ‘Sting’ Video Was Deceptively Edited

laurenvauren:

Militantly anti-abortion rights group Live Action sure acted like it had exposed some big-time fuckery in its latest Planned Parenthood hidden camera sting operation. From a casual observer’s perspective, the sting captured what appears to be footage of a Planned Parenthood employee enthusiastically endorsing sex-selective abortion for a woman who claimed that she didn’t want another baby girl. But this edition, like every other undercover sting video Live Action has ever produced, was edited heavily, omitting key moments in the interaction and artificially making Planned Parenthood look artificially bad. I’m shocked!

Not that the original sting video Live Action released was that damning to begin with — a swift response statement from Planned Parenthood clarified that employees of the family planning organization are to follow a specific protocol in sensitive situations like the one presented by the Live Action actor, and that the employee featured in the video didn’t follow protocol.

Regardless, the employee did do a few things that weren’t included in Live Action’s final cut. For one thing, the employee asked the pregnant woman if they’d considered adoption instead of abortion. She also declined to give credence to tests that purport to help couples determine the sex of the fetus early in pregnancy. She also asked the woman if she was sure, 100% sure, that she wanted to terminate her pregnancy. When the Live Action actress asked the Planned Parenthood if there was a specific doctor she’d recommend to perform a sex-selective abortion, the Planned Parenthood employee said she didn’t know of any provider who specifically specialized in sex selection.

Read the informative article about the supposed “sting” operation here. 

siddharthasmama: LMAO

siddharthasmama:

LMAO

(Source: msjeng)

siddharthasmama: safe-legal-abortion-is-prolife: omegashogun: vonsuellosvenue: Sad but true Abortion has killed 14 million black babies since 1970. Somehow this was considered to be a racist billboard and taken down even though what they’re saying is true. It’s racist because it frames the Black community, and black women* in particular, as violent and dangerous. Are the people who made the billboard concerned about the black community or are they just playing on stereotypes of POC in order to achieve their ends? They are attempting to elicit sympathy and concern for black children while simultaneously vilifying black women (and other people who are able to get pregnant). That’s why it’s racist. Another problem with this billboard is that it makes it seem as if black women* are being somehow targeted for abortion services. This is ridiculous. It’s true that in the US black women* are disproportionately represented when it comes to abortion. But what anti-abortion advocates either haven’t seemed to figure out (or hope that the general public isn’t able to figure out) is that there is an important intervening variable they’re ignoring: economic status. People with lower socioeconomic status and less stable financial situations are more likely to choose abortion due to the fact that they are unable to afford a(nother) pregnancy or child. Is there racism involved here? Certainly. And though it may be reflected in the racial and ethnic breakdown abortion rates, it would be an incorrect conclusion to label the existence of safe, legal abortion as the problem. The problem lies in the institutional and systemic racism that keeps black people (and black women especially) in poverty. Of course it’s sad when a person has to terminate an otherwise wanted pregnancy because they can’t afford it or afford to take care of the resulting child. But the way to fix this is not by diverting attention from the real problem by creating a false enemy out of abortion— it’s by attacking the systems and institutions that cause a person to be lacking financial resources in the first place. This includes attacking institutional and systemic racism, misogyny, ciscentrism, and transphobia. side note: I can’t find the article at the moment, but there’s an interview with the mom of the girl in the picture where she says she was upset that her daughter’s image was being used in this way. are there really people who don’t find this propaganda racist as hell? It’s too hot today — reblogging for commentary.

siddharthasmama:

safe-legal-abortion-is-prolife:

omegashogun:

vonsuellosvenue:

Sad but true Abortion has killed 14 million black babies since 1970.

Somehow this was considered to be a racist billboard and taken down even though what they’re saying is true.

It’s racist because it frames the Black community, and black women* in particular, as violent and dangerous. Are the people who made the billboard concerned about the black community or are they just playing on stereotypes of POC in order to achieve their ends? They are attempting to elicit sympathy and concern for black children while simultaneously vilifying black women (and other people who are able to get pregnant). That’s why it’s racist.

Another problem with this billboard is that it makes it seem as if black women* are being somehow targeted for abortion services. This is ridiculous. It’s true that in the US black women* are disproportionately represented when it comes to abortion. But what anti-abortion advocates either haven’t seemed to figure out (or hope that the general public isn’t able to figure out) is that there is an important intervening variable they’re ignoring: economic status. People with lower socioeconomic status and less stable financial situations are more likely to choose abortion due to the fact that they are unable to afford a(nother) pregnancy or child.

Is there racism involved here? Certainly. And though it may be reflected in the racial and ethnic breakdown abortion rates, it would be an incorrect conclusion to label the existence of safe, legal abortion as the problem. The problem lies in the institutional and systemic racism that keeps black people (and black women especially) in poverty. Of course it’s sad when a person has to terminate an otherwise wanted pregnancy because they can’t afford it or afford to take care of the resulting child. But the way to fix this is not by diverting attention from the real problem by creating a false enemy out of abortion— it’s by attacking the systems and institutions that cause a person to be lacking financial resources in the first place. This includes attacking institutional and systemic racism, misogyny, ciscentrism, and transphobia.

side note: I can’t find the article at the moment, but there’s an interview with the mom of the girl in the picture where she says she was upset that her daughter’s image was being used in this way.

are there really people who don’t find this propaganda racist as hell? It’s too hot today — reblogging for commentary.

wealldraw:

honeymoon

bossqueer: shawtygotskillz: chavelitalanegrita: tattoosandtiaras: blackfashion: <3 Cutieeeeeeee!! she’s so fierce that lean?! werque. Awwwwwh! <3 bahaha damn yes she is very fierce

bossqueer:

shawtygotskillz:

chavelitalanegrita:

tattoosandtiaras:

blackfashion:

<3

Cutieeeeeeee!!

she’s so fierce

that lean?! werque.

Awwwwwh! <3

bahaha damn yes she is very fierce

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In Maryland, Male Student Suspended for Wearing a Skirt

thisgingersnapsback:

peacel0vemusic:

transradical:

accio-mermaid:

Warren Evans, an openly bisexual student at Calvert High School, was suspended for wearing a skirt, [allegedly] violating the school’s dress code.

Evans says the school is discriminating against him and does not believe he violated any dress code.

“I don’t think so. Why not? It didn’t say anywhere in the code of conduct or dress code that says boys can’t dress like girls,” Evans commented.

The school district’s dress code policy states schools can regulate dress or even hair lengths.

Students at the school told News4’s Shomari Stone that female students wear skirts of the same length that Evans wore, but they were not suspended.

School officials will not comment on the suspension. They did say the dress code applies to all students, regardless of gender.

Public schools being used for taxpayer-sponsored gender policing. Just warms your heart, don’t it?

Oh, yeah. This is just fantastic. I hate stupid school systems. By the way, kid looks freaking hot. Just sayin’.

Oh my god he looks fabulous

He shouldn’t have been suspended they should have made him Principal.

This happened in Maryland…

I need feminism because:

whoneedsfeminism:

I shouldn’t have to lay awake at night afraid that someday I might need an abortion and not be able to get one.

filthylittlemuggle:

rainbowfied-unicorn:

Dear United States of America,

take notes.

Sincerely,

Human Rights

I’m not even American, but here here!

It’s really not that bad, don’t worry!

(Source: therealtaylor)

fsufeminist:

my-little-underground:

Goodbye, Kristen Wiig.

I cried. I will not lie! She was one of the best things on SNL for seven years.

I still haven’t seen this. I don’t know how I’d function.

I cried. :’(

(Source: )

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