by Carder Women’s stories about abortion are slowly, thoughtfully, and carefully coming into the mainstream. And as they do, the word itself – abortion – becomes less stigmatized, more human. This week’s “Girls” was an abrupt and necessary reminder that there is not just one type of abortion experience. Whether it was too abrupt, casual, […]
But in Girls, the abortion talk is the comic relief. The show’s second episode, “Vagina Panic,” is partially set in a Manhattan health clinic. Shoshanna, Marnie, and Hannah have shown up to support their fourth friend, flighty, pregnant Jessa (she’s the Samantha of the group). But Jessa’s too flaky — and too frightened — to […]
Hollywood Reporter reported October 21: Alan Ball [pictured right] is switching genres. The True Blood showrunner is developing Wichita, an hourlong drama about a Kansas surgeon who inadvertently becomes the focal point of a contemporary political, cultural and ethical war. Ball is set to executive produce the HBO project with writer Devin Friedman, the author […]
by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Apparently, Cher’s mom almost aborted her: My mother told me once about how she got pregnant with me and didn’t want to be with my dad; she was just so young and inexperienced. My grandmother said, ‘You have a bright future.’ She actually suggested an abortion, so my […]
The HBO movie, April 22 post. Most likely You Don’t Know Jack will end up pleasing and displeasing both sides of the assisted suicide/euthanasia issue, as this
by JivinJ, host of the blog, likes the HBO biopic film about him entitled You Don’t Know Jack: “I thought it was superb,” says Kevorkian, who liked the authenticity of Pacino’s performance. “He handled it the way I did it in court. He yelled like I yelled. And he had outbursts like I had. It’s […]
UPDATE, 4/23, 10:35a: Both LifeNews.com anticipate a sympathetic portrayal of Kevorkian in You Don’t Know Jack, which may well be. LifeNews.com points out even Kevorkian likes the film. We can certainly review it here after it airs Saturday night. Pro-lifer Lynn Mill’s view after screening the movie on April 21 was that it portrayed him […]
by JivinJ, host of the blog, Abortioneer discusses what breaks her heart: The most heartbreaking case isn’t the 12 year old who was raped by her stepfather. It’s not the woman who is pregnant with a very much wanted pregnancy, thanks to donor insemination, and who now has to terminate because of severe anomalies…. But […]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
