An anniversary of a loss

Somehow it's already May 31 again. It's my sibling's twentieth birthday, and it's the third anniversary of Dr. George Tille...

Dr. Tiller's Late Abortion Patients

Last night, I went to make a cup of tea. All the cups I normally use were in the sink (whoops), so I reached to the back of the shelf where ...

Two Years

Take at the St. Louis Vigil for Dr. George Tiller on June 1, 2009. It was two years ago today that Dr. Tiller was gunned down in church and ...

The Least Balanced Among Them

Sparky wrote a post about the Rachel Maddow documentary "The Assassination of Dr. Tiller." I watched it, and thought it was very ...

Thanks, Rachel Maddow

you are the shit If you haven't already heard of or watched it, last night Rachel Maddow's show did a special episode on Dr. Tiller...

Trust

I'm not an optimist by nature, but by God, I force myself to be one. There's enough negativity in and around abortion care; no one ...

"With all that you have to deal with..."

"Can I ask you a question? With all that you have to deal with, why do you still do this?" "Because I remember when it was il...

You know what also stops a beating heart? Murder.

This past Sunday, I was driving home to spend Memorial Day with my family, my handbag on the seat beside me with a Dr. Tiller memorial butto...

Remembrance

I’m grateful for vulva flower’s post yesterday, on Memorial Day, reminding us to remember the man who served so many women, yet lost his li...

Thank You Dr. Tiller

It’s hard to believe that one year ago, on May 31st, I received a phone call from a fellow abortioneer around noon. Dr. George Tiller had b...

Gathering for Love

It is a gorgeous, sunny Sunday afternoon and I am with my family. I flew home last night, just in time to attend a beautiful outdoor weddin...

In Memoriam

Dear Dr. Tiller, The one year anniversary of your murder is coming up in about two weeks. May 31, 2009. I can't believe it has already b...

Justice

Guilty on all counts. I tried not to pay a lot of attention to the trial of Scott Roeder, now convicted of 1 st degree murder for ki...

Placeholder post

We normally have a full post up on Wednesdays, but for right now I'm just pinch-hitting for Anti-Anti. It's actually three in the mo...

Happy New Year!

A toast: Here’s to a new year/new decade for reproductive freedom for all. I truly believe that this decade will be the decade that we mak...

"Dignity"

As soon as I heard about it, I anticipated last Friday's episode of Law and Order entitled "Dignity". This episode was a suppo...

It's Always Sunny

This morning I woke up and it was brilliantly sunny and gorgeous outside. It's Sunday of course. I don't know if i can properly verb...