my brain was fried over the weekend so I just doubled down on my donation this morning
― have a nice blood (mh), Monday, 24 March 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
arghh didn't go through, forgot I received a call on friday about a (correctly) suspected %950 fraudulent charge and they cancelled my card and are sending one with a new number. I normally use an AmEx card but they don't accept it, so will have to wait a few days, and also double down....
my email acct was hacked into last week too....
― Lee626, Monday, 24 March 2014 13:59 (ten years ago) link
Aw, that sucks about the fraud and hacking but thank you (and MH) so much!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 24 March 2014 14:03 (ten years ago) link
Uh fyi visa just called me too WHAT KINDA SCAM IS THIS
― treeship's assailing (darraghmac), Monday, 24 March 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
dont panic tho it was just part of a pattern check, stand down
― treeship's assailing (darraghmac), Monday, 24 March 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
I'm gonna be honest I was a little put off that I couldn't use PayPal, didn't want to give my CC info directly
― Nhex, Monday, 24 March 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I will mention that! Are you OC by any chance?
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 24 March 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
That's not me, I haven't chipped in yet
― Nhex, Monday, 24 March 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
Oh! OK! I have no idea who that is. Interesting!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 24 March 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Hi guys. So the woman I'm "bowling" with is a former co-worker from when I interned at an organization dedicated to enabling communities to both prevent teen pregnancies and to increase opportunities for youth and young parents. She still works there now and is awesome. While I plan on volunteering with the EMA fund starting in the fall, she does so now and posted this earlier. It's worth sharing.
"The other night I went to a meeting of Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund volunteers. We spent a long time talking about difficult situations we had worked through with callers. It reminded me how vital our work is and most people don't know what our callers are dealing with. I'd like to share a few stories.
1. One caller was in her 20s and was in the military. She had been raped at a college party. Because military health insurance doesn't cover abortion, she turned to us. We were able to make her a $200 grant to cover what she couldn't pay for on her own.
2. Another caller was an employee of a Catholic school. Her insurance wouldn't cover the abortion and because she was a single woman, she would be fired if her employer knew she was pregnant. We gave her a grant.
3. A caller I worked with, in her 30s, had just left her abusive husband. She had been laid off from her job. She couldn't use her insurance because her husband was the policyholder and she was afraid for her safety if he found out. With the discount we get from Planned Parenthood, and a grant from us, she was able to have her abortion.
4. Another caller was an African immigrant whose birth control had failed. Because our state health insurance website has been riddled with glitches like Healthcare.gov, she was unable to get enrolled in our state insurance plan in time for the procedure, which was the next day. We gave her a grant.
We fund everyone who needs us, regardless of age, religion, or whether they are pro choice or not (yes, women who are against abortion have abortions and we help them too). We offer a nonjudgmental listening ear. We believe each person makes the best decisions for herself and her family.
Please donate."
http://bowlathon.nnaf.org/nnafbowl/participantpage.asp?uid=7819&fundid=1864#.UycCQG7E07U.facebook
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Sunday, 30 March 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
Supported a local Cleveland friend in her Bowlathon fundraising since Ohio has decided to jump on the TRAP train like we don't have any other fucking problems. Sent you something as well this morning, ENBB. Keep fighting the good fight!
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 12:21 (ten years ago) link
Thank you, Phil - I just saw! <3
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 12:38 (ten years ago) link
> Another caller was an employee of a Catholic school. Her insurance wouldn't cover the abortion and because she was a single woman, she would be fired if her employer knew she was pregnant.
That BTW is illegal in every US state. Although employers of course will claim the dismissal was for some other reason; it often takes several similar cases from the same employer before a solid legal case can be made.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
She's an employee of a church and they can have morals clauses, can't they?
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 13:42 (ten years ago) link
idk, I was thinking that Catholic schools had some weird exemptions but I might be dreaming that up
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 13:43 (ten years ago) link
state-by-state religious employer exemptions rundown:
http://www.sidley.com/db30/cgi-bin/pubs/final_religious%20institutions%20practice%20group.pdf
In a few states you can legally fire someone for becoming pregnant, but only if pregnancy somehow interferes with doing her job. In most states with religious exemptions, religious institutions and schools are allowed to give preference to people sharing their religious beliefs when hiring or terminating employees, i.e. if a Protestant taught at a Muslim school and routinely advocated Christian tenets or made derogatory statements about Islamic principles, s/he could legally be fired. But employees' personal lives, such as becoming parents, are gernerally considered protected by the constitutional right to privacy. So unless the pregnant Catholic school teacher used her situation to lash out to her students about why Catholicism shouldn't look down on single parenthood, she is in the clear.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
good to know!
― have a nice blood/orange bitters cocktail (mh), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Hi guys. The triathlon is this week so if you've been meaning to donate time is running out. Also, I'm really close to reaching my goal and I would love to hit it by Thursday. Please donate if you want to and can and thanks to all who have so far!! :D
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Sunday, 13 April 2014 13:05 (ten years ago) link
Even five bucks is a big help! :)
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Sunday, 13 April 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
ugh
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/06/26/supreme-court-buffer-zone-decision-sparks-varying-reactions-outside-clinics/PAnSLlvVf3k3hiKbU1pzzM/story.html
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 27 June 2014 12:25 (nine years ago) link
arrrgh
― guwop (crüt), Friday, 27 June 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/10/court-blocks-abortion-limits-in-texas/
good news
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 15 October 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
kinda teared up at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQT1jmHEApU&feature=youtu.be
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
Texas passed a law that made 1/3 of their abortion clinics close in the past 6 months and that thousands of rural TX women now have no legal access to abortion
Some good news on this front:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/29/politics/texas-abortion-clinic-supreme-court/index.html
― Lee626, Monday, 29 June 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
Not sure how much if any national exposure the story got but a couple weeks ago the Planned Parenthood office in my tiny middle-of-nowhere college town was firebombed and is currently shut down until they can regroup and rebuild.
Anyway, if all the recent bullshit about Planned Parenthood has gotten you riled up and you were thinking of donating money anyway, might I suggest specifically targeting your donation towards this particular branch.
― joygoat, Saturday, 19 September 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Harris-grand-jury-indicts-pair-behind-Planned-6782865.php
so much schadenfreude
― its subtle brume (DJP), Monday, 25 January 2016 22:09 (eight years ago) link
I think I got drunk just reading that
― service desk hardman (El Tomboto), Monday, 25 January 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
Sometimes the right things happen.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 11:57 (eight years ago) link
This is a good move:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/polish-women-strike-abortion-laws-restrictions-changes-economy-a7339141.html
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Friday, 30 September 2016 13:10 (seven years ago) link
what a creep
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/03/25/oklahoma-lawmaker-defends-pregnancy-from-rape-and-incest-as-beauty-from-ashes/
― Lee626, Saturday, 25 March 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
But would he volunteer to take full responsibility and ownership of that bit of beauty from the ashes? Including college costs? If he palms off all the responsibility onto God, that really stinks. <- I have that straight from God, incidentally.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 26 March 2017 03:02 (seven years ago) link
I swear to dog . . .
House Republicans saved a front-row seat in the hearing on an abortion ban for ... a sonogram. #NoAbortionBan pic.twitter.com/02dfHcJVan— NARAL (@NARAL) November 1, 2017
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
....pre-birthers?
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link