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    MalcireStassa Edwards
    5/03/16 12:59pm

    Aren’t employers generally able to squash political discourse of any kind? I mean you can be straight up fired for political party association in many states.

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      crankylittlephotonMalcire
      5/03/16 1:13pm

      They are. She’s gonna have a very tough time proving her case. The terms of her contract most likely prevent her from doing anything which could damage the hospital. Physicians can be fired from hospital employement very, very easily.

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      DunlinMalcire
      5/03/16 1:18pm

      This occurred to me, too. I know many places have strict social media policies because employees are often seen as extensions of their workplace and what they post/say as individuals can reflect on the workplace and many businesses often care greatly about that, but I’m not sure how such existing policies would relate to her advocacy work.

      I don’t know that they could just squash it, per se, but it all depends on the contracts she’s signed and the policies in place.

      I admire her work and efforts, but I do see how the institution might be hesitant about taking a political stand by proxy even if I don’t agree with the hesitation.

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    TheVageniusStassa Edwards
    5/03/16 12:58pm

    Remember that whole “they hate us for our freedom?” Yeah, that’s what’s actually happening here. If fear of violence dissuades people from doing or speaking about abortion, their violence is working and is curtailing our freedom.

    Time for some advocacy. And perhaps special hate crime circumstances for people who commit violence, because this is absolutely about us being women.

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      Slay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)TheVagenius
      5/03/16 1:09pm

      If they can find trillions of dollars for the TSA, they can find the funds to provide proactive protection for abortion providers.

      Also, increase fines for fraudulent GOP partisan theocratic propaganda videos to $500,000 per instance, holding the GOP party itself responsible.

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      KeevaSSlay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)
      5/03/16 1:19pm

      If they can find multiple trillions for multiple pointless wars and rebuilding other countries, there is plenty to secure medical facilities. Except the GOP asshats in Congress refuse to even consider it while spending $1.5 million per pop to try to repeal the Affordable Care Act and who knows how many millions on the Blackburn committee investigating the false PP videos. But one penny to protect actual citizens actually exercising their right to health care and right to choose?

      Not going to happen while Team Misogyny is running Congress.

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    SqarrStassa Edwards
    5/03/16 12:51pm

    anti-abortion violence.

    Terrorism.

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      No1CurrAboutYourBonerSqarr
      5/03/16 5:49pm

      Exactly.

      ter·ror·ism

      ˈterəˌrizəm/

      noun
      1. the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
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      SqarrNo1CurrAboutYourBoner
      5/03/16 5:54pm

      Yes.

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    PsonicPsunspotStassa Edwards
    5/03/16 12:54pm

    Horvath-Cosper has the support of many abortion doctors.

    Am I the only one who finds the phrase “abortion doctors” strange and unnecessary? How about just calling them “doctors”?

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      HaHaYouFoolPsonicPsunspot
      5/03/16 12:56pm

      That phrasing has always struck me, too. It makes it sound like abortions are the only thing these doctors do, and that’s not true at all!

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      eliza8PsonicPsunspot
      5/03/16 1:32pm

      No, you’re not the only one. It plays right into anti-abortion activists’ framing of abortion as somehow different from routine reproductive health care, when we know about one-third of women have an abortion in their lifetimes.

      It sounds really strange when used by journalists or by anyone who is pro-choice.

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    recidiviciousStassa Edwards
    5/03/16 1:05pm

    I wish I could send her a gigantic thank you card. What a hero.

    GIF
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      Mayotonillarecidivicious
      5/03/16 1:32pm

      We should chip in and get her a gift card ;).

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      recidiviciousMayotonilla
      5/03/16 2:18pm

      I get there are probably very valid safety concerns with sending things to the doctors, but I wonder if their local PP could at least, I don’t know, pass on some messages of support or something?

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    LuaStassa Edwards
    5/03/16 12:58pm

    The more openly we talk about abortion (especially women and doctors who provide the service) the less stigma becomes attached to it and the less likely these right wing nutjobs will feel like martyrs for committing terrorism.

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      MalcireLua
      5/03/16 1:09pm

      True. But in the mean time speaking out could mean that the speaker or their hospital gets targeted next. So assuming that the hospital is being honest they arguably have some valid concerns in the immediate future. Though giving into fear is not something I would like to support.

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      Marzipan in your Pie PlateMalcire
      5/03/16 1:45pm

      I want to believe the hospital is mostly concerned about the safety of their patients, but I have a feeling this has more to do with their bottom line—bad media, boycotts by nutjob groups, liability if violence does happen...

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    Slay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)Stassa Edwards
    5/03/16 1:04pm

    The theocratic GOP who encourage violence via fraudulent videos and incendiary language need to be treated and classified as contrary to the constitution and enemies of democracy.

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      sybannStassa Edwards
      5/03/16 1:47pm

      “If she can’t speak out about abortion the way other doctors at the hospital do about what they work on, she is being treated differently and that is discrimination,” Ms. Borchelt said.”

      Not only that, it’s a legal procedure and she has a responsibility as a doctor to inform patients of their options. All of them.

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        lillie, warrior queenStassa Edwards
        5/03/16 6:07pm

        Silencing a woman for her protection. Right. You didn't want an incident at your hospital. Right.

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          Sqarrlillie, warrior queen
          5/03/16 6:13pm

          Yeah.

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        jillybean630Stassa Edwards
        5/03/16 6:12pm

        I went to high school with Diane. She is a brilliant and passionate human being and has always been this way. She uprooted her family to take this fellowship, as she wanted to be an abortion provider as opposed to just an OB/GYN. She did this because wanted to be an advocate and give women a safe and compassionate procedure, which I’m sure she delivers. She wrote the following editorial for the Washington Post a few months ago, she is very aware of the danger surrounding her job. I am absolutely disgusted her hospital would enact a gag order and I’m so proud of her for fighting this gross injustice.

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything...

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