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[state of transgendered people in society]

So true, this discussion raises many valid topics. Many people can't accept the fact that the person can be born with genitalia, but self-identify themselves as an opposite sex. In the article that i wrote i shed light on the state of transgendered people in society.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9HtY1chchM


Booya

In an area where the mother is still the primary care giver of the baby, How can it be justified to let that woman die, especially if she had previous children?
This just angers me to no end.

Okay. I'll be the first to admit that I'm kind of obsessed with the abortion law that was passed in Nicaragua. Sorry about that, but it is kind of crazy. And the craziest thing is that it might have passed so easily because the Sandanistas are essentially "paying their dues" for the Catholic church's support during the revolution. Yep, that liberation theology will always come back to bite you in the ass...

But ANYWAY here is the article; just thought it was interesting.

By Héctor Tobar
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

  October 26, 2006

Nicaragua's legislature is expected today to approve a tough law that
outlaws all forms of abortion, including those procedures intended to
save the life of a pregnant woman.

The measure has been supported by most major political parties ahead
of the Nov. 5 presidential election, as they seek to win over voters
in this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country. Leaders of the Catholic
Church in Nicaragua helped draft the bill and have mobilized followers
to support it.

Medical associations in the country and international human rights
groups have strongly criticized the proposal.

Since the late 1980s, two other Latin American countries have adopted
similar measures ? El Salvador and Chile. At least 34 countries,
mostly in Africa and the Middle East, prohibit all abortions, without
exception, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, a
U.S.-based nonprofit advocacy group.

The new law would establish prison sentences of six to 30 years for
women who abort their pregnancies and the doctors who perform the
procedure.

Leaders of the leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front and the
ruling right-wing Liberal Alliance have said their representatives
will vote for the proposal. The two groups control all but one seat in
the 92-member legislature.

"The current law allows a small door in which abortions can be
performed, and we are trying to close that door," said Dr. Rafael
Cabrera, an obstetrician and leader of the Yes to Life Movement. "We
don't believe a child should be destroyed under the pretext that a
woman might die."

Cabrera and other backers of the law argue that medical science has
advanced sufficiently to allow doctors to bring a fetus to the point
of viability without endangering a woman's life.

But on Tuesday, doctors with the Nicaraguan Society of Gynecology and
Obstetrics told a Managua news conference that the measure would
endanger women and make doctors reluctant to perform life-saving
procedures.

"When a woman arrives at a hospital with vaginal bleeding we're
going to be afraid to do anything," said society President Efrain
Toruno, according to the newspaper El Nuevo Diario. "If we treat her
we could be prosecuted, and if we don't we could also be prosecuted."

Women's groups in Nicaragua charge that the proposed law is a cynical
preelection ploy that panders to the influence of the Catholic Church.
The text of the law, they note, is almost identical to a church
proposal drafted this year.

Outgoing President Enrique Bolanos fast-tracked the bill, using his
authority to present emergency legislation to the National Assembly.

"The worst message of this proposed law is that the lives of women
don't matter to this president, or to the government or the church,"
said Marta Maria Blandon, Central American director of Ipas, a
U.S.-based reproductive rights group.

Ipas estimates that 32,000 illegal abortions are performed in
Nicaragua each year, many under unsafe conditions. Only 24 abortions
authorized by law have been performed in the country in the last three
years.

In 2003, a 9-year-old rape victim received an abortion under the
current law's provisions.

Nearly all Latin American countries outlaw abortion, but most,
including Nicaragua, allow the procedure in cases of rape and to
preserve the life of a pregnant woman. Many countries, including
Mexico, are working to make abortion more accessible to women who
qualify for such exceptions.

"We see this proposal as part of a backlash," said Luisa Cabal of the
Center for Reproductive Rights. "This not only goes against a regional
and international trend, it would be a human rights violation in
itself."

Ambassadors from some of the countries that donate millions of dollars
in aid to Nicaragua, including Sweden and Finland, wrote to the
legislators this week urging them not to rush to approve the measure.
Nicaragua is one of the poorest nations in the hemisphere and depends
heavily on foreign aid.

Jose Miguel Vivanco, executive director of the Americas division of
U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, said approval of the law could lead to
lawsuits in international courts. Nicaragua is one of many Latin
American countries to recognize the authority of the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights, based in Costa Rica.

But domestic pressures to approve the measure are strong.

An antiabortion rally this month organized by church groups attracted
thousands. Many carried placards that read: "Don't support candidates
who favor abortion!"

Only one of the four leading candidates in the presidential election
has come out against the law ? Edmundo Jarquin of the Sandinista
Renovation Movement, a dissident faction of the Sandinista Front.

Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Front, who
holds a large lead in most polls, has spoken out in favor of the
measure. Ortega, who is seeking to return to the office he held in the
1980s, in September signed a declaration drafted by evangelical
leaders that declared the existing abortion laws in Nicaragua are "a
pretext to legalize all abortions."

The Sandinista Front ruled Nicaragua for a decade after leading a
successful revolution against dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979. The
leftists were known as pioneers of Latin American feminism.

Ana Maria Pizarro of the Autonomous Women's Movement said the
Sandinistas' backing of the tough new antiabortion law had caused a
private split among the party's top female leaders.

"The position of the party leadership is hypocritical and
opportunistic," Pizarro said. "They've created a crisis within the
women's movement of the Sandinista Front."

I found 'em. They're called Hazmat Modine and you can listen to that portion you heard online. Just search their name and NPR.

They are a really interesting mix of instrumentation and genre blending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4O2h4A4dfo

The Day King George was Crowned


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igycXBseoAg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIe2fPmGFYw

There have been several poster attempts in the past; perhaps recycling them would be a good idea?  Someone should have copies.  I don't. 

OK, Monday it is.  I've reserved MG 1099 for us for between 12:30 and 1:30.  Becker should be arriving in my office (MG 3004) around noon; she'll leave campus sometime around 2:00.  So if you have a class at 12:30, immediately before 12:30 or after 1:00 would also work to catch her.

Here's a flyer for you to print out and distribute:

http://phonon.truman.edu/~edis/Becker.pdf

Taner
http://www2.truman.edu/~edis/