Attack of the 5-foot woman

Why you should always let doctors cut you open

  A New Jersey court of appeal upheld the court’s decision to take a newborn baby away from her birth parents because the mother refused a caesarean section.

The mother refused the c-section which the doctor recommended because the baby was in distress. In the end the baby was born vaginally and totally healthy.

The baby was taken away immediately after birth and put into foster care.

Because the naughty mum disobeyed her OB and was “combative”, “uncooperative”, “irrational”, and “erratic” (unlike the usual stoic, pliant women in labour) she’s lost custody of her child.

The court used the woman’s psychiatric history as a major factor in the decision. If she hadn’t refused the major abdominal surgery, her past psychiatric care would never have been questioned.

If being a difficult labouring mother means your baby can be taken away in the United States, it’s no wonder there’s a movement of women deciding to give birth at home.

We don't support your kind of tourism

Tourism Minister Diane Ablonczy has had her wrist slapped after giving $400,000 to support the Pride Parade in Toronto.

Some hardliners in the Conservative party have their panties in a twist because of the funding that was used to help people with disabilities enjoy the parade.

“The pro-life and the pro-family community should know and understand that the tourism funding money that went to the gay pride parade in Toronto was not government policy, was not supported by – I think it’s safe to say by a large majority – of the MPs,” Trost (Saskatchewan Conservative MP Brad Trost) said in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, a website founded by the Campaign Life organization.

And now the cabinet minister has been disciplined for the controversy, losing her power to announce handouts from the $190 million Marquee Tourism Events Program and the decision is being reviewed to “make sure that we have value for taxpayer money”.

Funny that the decision to give $400,000 to the Pride Parade has to be reviewed for value but the $2 million given to the Calgary Stampede isn’t a concern. Wait it might not be funny, it could just be plain homophobic - I always get those two mixed up.

The one thing I’m having trouble understanding is if the “majority” of Conservative MPs would not support the gay pride parade, why did the party have a big float in the Toronto Pride Parade?

I only wish I’d taken a picture of the Conservatives participating in the parade that I could post here, but compared to all the elaborate floats and costumes it was pretty dull.

Supporting women's rights activists in Honduras

Women’s rights advocates in Honduras are calling for peace as their country is gripped by an ongoing political-military coup.

“In the face of these terrible events we request International Cooperation to demand the return of the rule of law, and an end to the persecution of Cabinet members, government officials supporting Manuel Zelaya Rosales, leaders of social movements and the media. We call for an end to all forms of brutal violence and that fascism is not imposed on our society because the majority of Hondurans advocate for peace, solidarity and respect for human rights.”

Honduras popular leftist president has been forced into exile and many known poverty and human rights activists are being targeted by the new government.

Between the harassment, curfew, lack of electricity and fear in the population, it’s almost impossible for the social advocates to continue their work.

If you want to help you can contribute to the Horizons of Friendship emergency fund for Honduras. The money will go towards supporting programs and people hit financially by the coup and hiring legal help for arrested human rights activists.