February 2012
“Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of the lack of state regulation over vasectomies,” said Rep. Yasmin Neal, author of the bill. “It is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly, while women’s ability to decide is constantly up for debate throughout the United States.”
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Democratic women in GA seek a state ban on vasectomies.
This is an actual bill they are proposing to point out the wrongness of the constant stream of abortion restrictions and bans being proposed. Mostly it highlights the hypocrisy of forcing restrictions on women “for the babeez” but not doing the same thing to men.
(via drst)
Whoah! Things are getting surreal. Even more than before.
(via fresafresca)
“This is the worst war we’ve ever seen. And they’re getting away with it.”
—The late journalist Marie Colvin, as written in a personal obituary penned by Channel 4’s Lindsey Hilsum. Colvin, a reporter for the Sunday Times, was one of two western journalists killed after the shelling of a neighborhood in Homs, Syria on Wednesday. [Channel 4] (via lewisandafrisbee)
Cats have been genetically modified to glow in the dark.
These cats mark an advance in AIDS research, as the modified cells are able to resist the FIV virus that causes AIDS in cats.
