December 7, 2011 / 11:01AM 498 notes

House Considers “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act,” I.e. the We-Don’t-Trust-Women-Of-Color Act →

strugglingtobeheard:

stfusexists:

fuckyeahfeminists:

I’m writing today to ask my fellow women of color reproductive justice activists and our allies to take a united stand against the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act(PRENDA), a race- and sex-specific anti-abortion bill thatwent before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution today. I cannot repeat enough times the urgency of moving quickly to act in solidarity.

Click here to contact your Congressperson to tell them that you strongly oppose this racist and anti-woman legislation.

http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/12/06/house-considers-prenatal-nondiscrimination-ac/

“This is a federal version of legislation that a coalition of women-of-color organizations defeated at the local level in Georgia. It attempts to restrict women of color’s access to abortion and prenatal care in the name of “civil rights.” This bill seeks to protect “unborn Americans” by banning race- and sex-selection abortions.However, the argument that fetuses must be protected from the women of color relies on racist stereotypes about entire communities:

  • First, that Black women are selfish, irresponsible, and incapable of making reproductive decisions on their own behalf
  • Second, that Asian women mindlessly reproduce “son preference” and bring “dangerous values” into the country.”
This is incredibly important and I’m asking all of you to help. We need to move on this immediately. 

This sounds like, only white women can have abortions. And Susan B. Anthony, wasn’t she a racist fuck? The fuck is with the putting of names like this on legislation that absolutely sucks? Ugh, this pissed me off. Signal boost.

what now? hell no. i can’t even believe this is a thing, but of course it would be. this is just so backwards, the way to support Women of Color and families is NOT through limiting reproductive options. I mean lets tear down a prison first, leave abortion services and providers alone. let this bill die. die bill. die. 

reproductive justice

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    Signal boost. Also, House of Reps, u r dumb
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    I remember that shit here in Georgia. Did you know that some of those billboards are still up in some places but people...
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    Yes, because white women are fucking perfect. I’m so sick of this fucking country. I really am. This shit.
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    Took me a while to get the gist of the Act…
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    Really, America, damn it.
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    *Replace “pregnant woman/women” with pregnant person/people.
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