On Thursday, Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) spoke at a press conference against state funding for Planned Parenthood. He blasted the organization for supporting a women’s right to choose, saying that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving them disabled children:

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican.

“In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.”

I have no words right now because at the moment I am too busy screaming obscenities at my computer screen.

EDIT: Turns out I do have words.  FUCK YOU YOU ABLEIST PIECE OF SHIT.  Not that it’s any of your business but my mother never had an abortion yet here I am disabilities (yes PLURAL) and all.  GO DIE IN A FIRE.  Better yet, come back and talk to me when you get your MD.

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8 months ago

# ableism # ableist # sexism # sexist # feminism # feminist # disabilities # disability # discrimination # i hate it here # what the hell is wrong with you

disabledtalk:

Submitting this on behalf of and by request of Anna Johnson of Glens Falls, NY.

RAGE.

Background: I am on disability. As such, I use the Medicab service to get to doctor appointments and such. I go to Planned Parenthood for my women’s care services.

Today I called them to set up a ride for tomorrow. I have an appointment at Planned Parenthood because of some ongoing problems, and the nurse who saw me there last week wanted me to see their doctor, who only comes in a few days a week. So, appointment, 10:15 am. Schedule cab ride there and cab ride home. I’ve never had a problem with that before.

I call, and when asked, I say that I need to set up a ride for tomorrow. They ask me where. I say, “Planned Parenthood,” and give the street address.

“I’m sorry, we don’t do calls to Planned Parenthood. We don’t do abortions,” says the guy on the other end.

At that point my jaw hit the floor.

“This is an appointment with a doctor,” I said, steam coming out of my ears.

“What’s the doctor’s name?” he asks.

I tell him.

“I’ll have to check with my supervisor,” he says.

I wait a few moments. He comes back and says, “It’s okay since it’s just a doctor’s appointment.”

I manage to be civil, and finally hang up.

Still. Whiskey. Tango. Fuck. First, that he assumed that I would be having an abortion simply on the grounds that I was going to Planned Parenthood (I live in a not-too-wealthy, somewhat rural area - a lot of women depend on PP for well-woman care). Second, so what if it was an abortion? They should still provide transportation for women who need it!

Asscactus. I have not the words.

-submitted by clockworkcrow

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9 months ago

# ableism # ableist # discrimination # disabilities # disability # invisible disability # invisible disabilities # disability rights # oppression # i hate it here # what the hell is wrong with you

disabledtalk:

(tw ableism, institutionalized ableism, racism) Suspensions Are Higher for Disabled Students, Federal Data Indicates

Students with disabilities are almost twice as likely to be suspended from school as nondisabled students, with the highest rates among black children with disabilities.

According to a new analysis of Department of Education data, 13 percent of disabled students in kindergarten through 12th grade were suspended during the 2009-10 school year, compared with 7 percent of students without disabilities. Among black children with disabilities, which included those with learning difficulties, the rate was much higher: one out of every four was suspended at least once that school year.

The Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted the study of data from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, which originally released the raw statistics in March.

Policy makers and civil rights leaders worry about out-of-school suspensions because they often presage dropouts and can raise a child’s risk of future incarceration. Districts with high suspension rates also tend to be correlated with lower student achievement as measured by test scores.

The analysis, which reviewed data at the state and district levels, found that in 10 states, including California, Connecticut, Delaware and Illinois, more than a quarter of black students with disabilities were suspended in 2009-10. In Illinois, the rate was close to 42 percent, compared with about 8 percent for white students. New York and Florida were not included because of problems with their data.

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9 months ago

# eugenics # discrimination # disabilities # disability # oppression # ableism # ableist # i hate it here # what the hell is wrong with you # my life on disability # invisible disability # invisible disabilities

wylie99998:

One of the most dominant forms of discrimination is that of able bodyism. People with disabilities are pretty much never shown in the media, and when they are they are met with pity or even revulsion. Even worse disabled people have become the target of eugenics movements. I support the right to…

Never mind that people with psychiatric disabilities are always the bogeyman who commits unspeakable crimes because of their illness.  We (almost?) never see a representation of someone who is bipolar or schizophrenic, etc (those seem to be the most popular, but I do remember hearing a few Borderlines in there too) who isn’t a serial killer.

On the eugenics point: you can’t screen for psychiatric disabilities and A LOT OF US HAVE THEM.  So what’s the solution to that?  You gonna round us up and euthanize us for the “good of society?”

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9 months ago

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logicgates:

The other day I was boarding a plane and I couldn’t lift my luggage into the overhead compartment. A flight attendant came over to help me after a few fruitless minutes of me attempting to lift my suitcase above my head only to repeatedly drop it on my face. 

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