RantWoman is not doing so well about convening groups of Friends to discuss the FCNL discernment on Reproductive health.
Most recent post with background links
RantWoman has sent email inquiries two directions locally. So far Crickets. RantWoman will try again on both next week after a clogged schedule this weekend.
RantWoman also tried to respond to something from a larger group. RantWoman walked on one person'f feet and feels badly; a related conversation got derailed by a round of pronoun policing. RantWooman is unclear whether she will try again.
RantWoman understands FCNL's desire for clear policy direction.
Look people, RantWoman does NOT think people need to unite behind single statements. RantWoman wants people to spend time in prayerful threshing, collect comments and send them off into the larger river of discernment.
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Repeating, RantWoman thinks it will be extremely valuable for Quakers from different states with different legal environments to talk to each other.
At this point, RantWoman is having enough trouble herding her own thoughts in helpful direction that RantWoman may simply offer up blog posts, let go of any need for feedback. trust that the FCNL policy committee and other Friends who might be involved in this discernment find something useful here.
Repeating the most recent set of popcorn kernels
Lately, RantWoman has been wrestling with parents' rights rhetoric.
Parents should of course talk to their own kids but everything to do with sex and sexuality melts too many Parents' brains. Many who are cool and realistic are now terrified by realities in their home states. This means need for at least mental and maybe electronic maps of where it is safe, legal, easy to get both abortion care and gender affirming care.
And YES, gender affirming care belongs in the conversation. That is, RantWoman really wants any policy statement to reflect both privacy in difficult personal decisions and respect for medical providers professional judgment over the uninformed depradations of random legislators with no medical qualification.
More pointed media bits.
TYT Antichoice activist thinks 10 year old should have her rapist's baby
This OH case has resurfaced for reasons explained near the end of the clip.
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