From the Irish Independent: A pregnant woman died in hospital following a miscarriage after her family requested an abortion to try to save her life. Three separate investigations are under way into the death which happened in Galway University Hospital. The 31-year-old married woman, Savita Halappanavar, is understood to have died from blood poisoning. [...] … Continue reading »
I spent last weekend in Bristol at UK Feminista’s Summer School 2012, staying with my good friend MadamJMo. After last year’s Summer School, I came away buzzing with energy and excitement about the future of feminism; this year though, I feel very different. It’s no reflection at all on UK Feminista or the hard work … Continue reading »
Yesterday marked the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act’s implementation, on 27th April 1968. Last week, British TV presenter Jameela Jamil tweeted, “red lipstick, high heels, chocolate and Ryan Gosling… are the best things that ever happened to women.” As so often happens in the wonderful world of Twitter, this sparked a brilliant discussion on the actual best … Continue reading »
Today is the 253rd anniversary of the birth of Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Born on this day in 1759, Wollstonecraft was the mother of feminism – and the mother of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley. Today is also the 44th anniversary of the implementation of the 1967 Abortion Act, which came into … Continue reading »
As a rule, I don’t blog about religion. Ever. Partly because my relationship with the Church is ambivalent at best, and partly because it lays me open to ridicule from secular feminists and abuse (murderer, baby killer, etc.) from the types of Christians I’m going to write about. But last night, unable to attend the … Continue reading »
In solidarity with everyone at the Pro-Choice protest tonight, outside the BPAS clinic in Bedford Square, Bloomsbury. Sadly I can’t be there, but do go along if you can, and oppose 40 Days For Life’s horrifying, US-style harassment of women.
In mid-August I wrote to my local MP, Grant Shapps, the Conservative Cabinet Minister for Housing, regarding the proposed changes to abortion counselling, which would mean abortion providers were no longer able to provide this service and it would, instead, be passed to anti-choice religious organisations. This week, Nadine Dorries et al look set to … Continue reading »
Along with 500 other feminists, I spent last weekend at the University of Birmingham, for UK Feminista’s Summer School. It was such an intense weekend that it’s hard to know where to start. After arriving at my brother’s house in Birmingham on Friday afternoon, the entire rest of the evening was spent discussing feminism, politics … Continue reading »
