I need help!
Nic's very EXCELLENT post on what little things we can start doing to make a difference, remind me of that other sad little blog site I have "Easy Activism".
I have totally ignored this very nice concept. Guilt guilt...but I do think it could be a very good tool to have. But man, I really really have so much going on...too much really..I feel overwhelmed. I just cannot donate a certain set amount of time everyday to keep it up they way it should be.
So here's the thing...what of it was a team blog? And others can be able to post as members and stick stuff up... we could take turns!! Share! I am thinking some people are real good at finding all sorts of things we should be doing...like now it is the bad starbucks cup...or when we had the Pizza bites from Pizza hut..and the MA bills have issues now too and need big writing/noise made.So really..anyone want in?? I can easily add authors..and then, we can have a kick ass area for people to make a difference everyday.
Think about it..say yes..even if you find a thing or two a month that makes you want to change...heck, it doesn;t even have to be about just adoption. Reproductive issues, global warmng..whatever you pet peeve might be! I am NOT going to be all picky like!
And then there is the Carnival Same deal...I can add authors. It should be a "best of" adoption blogging. Now MagicPointeShoes has been an angel and keeps sending stuff my way.. she submits to me all the live long. And I suck..I just do not have the time to make the damn posts. KimKim is also fabulous about finding new bloggers and great posts. Yes, I am calling you out by name. HELP ME!! Please..for the love of pete and all that is holy. I will give out passwords..do what you will. I really really would love the dern thing to be more current..the best of adoption blog posts. After all, last I looked we are still the ONLY adoption related carnival on the dern carnival site. And that is HUGE. It exposes many non adoption effected public to what we have to say. But again, I suck. I am lame. There is a reason for this title.
please...join in...help me...
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MagicPointeShoe is a genius researcher, she truly is. If I ever need to find something she knows where to look.
ReplyDeleteIf you want help with the Carnival I love to help, only co-help because I am swamped with students, workshops and my new vocal group but I love finding great posts. And the Carnival blog is brilliant.
E-mail me if you need an extra pair of hands.
I was totally going to email you about this anyway! Hook me up.
ReplyDeleteFound this, you might want to look into it more.... Lia
ReplyDeleteHouston & Texas News
March 23, 2007, 12:39PM
Patrick's adoption incentive is baby selling, some say
By JANET ELLIOTT
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
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AUSTIN — Houston state Sen. Dan Patrick wants the state to pay $500 to women who give their babies up for adoption instead of aborting them, an idea some say borders on baby selling.
"We want that lady to have an incentive that makes her stop and think about having an abortion and that gives her a reason to put her baby up for adoption," said Patrick, a radio broadcaster who champions conservative causes such as abortion and tightening the border.
The Republican lawmaker's Senate Bill 1567 was referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday. No committee hearing has been scheduled for the bill, which has yet to draw any co-sponsors.
"My goal is to save as many babies as we possibly can," said Patrick, who also has a bill to trigger an abortion ban in Texas should the U.S. Supreme Court ever reverse its landmark 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, legalizing abortion.
Critics say his bill doesn't recognize the complex issues involved in a woman's decision to place her baby for adoption and comes dangerously close to baby selling.
One anti-abortion group — while supporting the goal of encouraging adoption over abortion — expressed caution.
"We just need to make sure there isn't even the perception of baby buying going on," said Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life.
An organization that supports a woman's right to choose said Patrick's bill is terrible.
"It's the stuff nightmares are made of," said Fran Hagerty of the Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas. "This is insulting to women and also insulting to all the great charitable organizations out there that do wonderful work finding adoptive parents and taking care of the birth mother."
It is a crime in Texas to offer to give a thing of value to another for acquiring a child for purposes of adoption. Exceptions are made for necessary pregnancy-related expense that benefit the mother.
Patrick said the payments would not be akin to baby selling.
"We're just giving someone an incentive to put your baby up for adoption," he said. "Then the baby goes through the normal adoptive process. No one is coming in here and buying a baby."
Another group that advocates reproductive freedom said the emphasis should be on preventing unplanned pregnancies by providing women with birth-control options.
"If Sen. Dan Patrick wants to improve women's health care options, then he should support the Prevention First Act, which includes common sense ways to reduce the need for abortion," said Carol Drennan, interim executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, in a prepared statement.
The head of a national adoption-policy group said a recent study on birth mothers who gave up their children found that many experienced lifelong guilt over their decision.
Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, said good adoption practice means presenting all options on a level playing field.
"You let women respectfully make the best decision they can at an excruciatingly difficult time. Introducing money into the mix can be coercive," Pertman said.
If the bill reduced the 77,374 abortions performed in Texas in 2005 by 5 percent, more than 3,000 babies' lives would be saved, Patrick said.
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Yep, hook me up too. Both sites (Carnival and Activism blog.) Email me at my blog email, ok? paragraphein@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteOk kids...you have emails form the bloggies to be authors....the actual Carnial site..I cannot add authors too, but thats jjust uopdating the main carnival site..not the blog, so that is not a biggie and I can just give you all the name and PW.
ReplyDeleteHi, Claud,
ReplyDeleteI have been bad bad bad about keeping up, but will definitely try. One thought: maybe consolidating into one site with different sections for the activism info, best-of-blogs, and other info would simplify.
And please tell us about fixadoption.com, which I saw in a comment you left on another blog - it sounds like something really terrific!