I am a woman in the United States of America. About 51% of the people in this country are also female (U.S. Census). 11% of the highest court in the land, the folks who decide, among other things, whether or not I'm forced to carry a fetus to term inside my own body whether or not I want to, are going to be female.
What the fuck am I supposed to say about that?
To make matters worse, I just tried to link to some information on this candidate from NARAL, and couldn't get to it because my state-of-Texas webfilter has "Pro-Choice" as a filtered (i.e. profane) category. Isn't that special?
Comments (7)
'Pro-choice' is filtered! Waaa? That is nuts.
Posted by beapea | July 20, 2005 10:42 AM
Out of curiosity, is "pro-life" a blocked term as well?
Posted by Anonymous | July 20, 2005 2:11 PM
I just checked, and it is.
Posted by Grace | July 20, 2005 2:15 PM
Grace, you mean "obscene" rather than "profane", right? I mean, it's not prohibited because of (explicitly) religious reasons, right?
Posted by Anna Phor | July 20, 2005 4:43 PM
It was a sarcastic comment, Anna--I meant profane in the sense of profanity, i.e. pro-choice is a bad word. I don't know what their actual rationale for blocking it is.
Posted by Grace | July 20, 2005 4:57 PM
Because pro-choice is an abomination, that's why! All those baby killers are going to infect our children, murder our grandmums, and leave jugs in the fridge with only 1/4 inch of milk left in them! After just reading the Feminist Majority's email about blocking this judicial nominee to protect our reproductive rights, I intentionally stepped on an insect today.
Posted by Scand79 | July 21, 2005 9:47 PM
Sorry. I think I need to go to bed.
Posted by Scand79 | July 21, 2005 9:48 PM