Sister Sage's Musings » women’s health http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Sat, 05 Oct 2013 01:15:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Gee, That Was Fast! M-312 Dies and 24 Hours Later, M-408 Crawls out of The Woodwork! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/09/27/gee-that-was-fast-m-312-dies-and-24-hours-later-m-408-is-being-tabled/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/09/27/gee-that-was-fast-m-312-dies-and-24-hours-later-m-408-is-being-tabled/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:38:15 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=13050 Boys ‘n’ girls, I expressed concern that another hideous fetus bill or motion would be tabled sooner rather than later. I think many of us had that sick feeling.  This evening, we were Proven right.  The new wank face of fetus is Langley Harpercon, Mark Warawa AKA ra ra war.  He is supporting his . . . → Read More: Gee, That Was Fast! M-312 Dies and 24 Hours Later, M-408 Crawls out of The Woodwork!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/09/27/gee-that-was-fast-m-312-dies-and-24-hours-later-m-408-is-being-tabled/feed/ 4 The Battle For Our Reproductive Rights is Won…But Why Do I Think We Haven’t Won the War? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/09/27/the-battle-for-our-reproductive-rights-is-won-but-why-do-i-think-we-havent-won-the-war/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/09/27/the-battle-for-our-reproductive-rights-is-won-but-why-do-i-think-we-havent-won-the-war/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:43:43 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=13047 I know I haven’t written about ol’ Wankworth and his wankiness in some time.  Then again, I haven’t blogged about much of anything as of late.  I must offer my 2 cents here, boys ‘n’ girls.  I’m happy that this M-312 never came to light. Relieved, actually. However,  why do I get this sinking feeling . . . → Read More: The Battle For Our Reproductive Rights is Won…But Why Do I Think We Haven’t Won the War?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/09/27/the-battle-for-our-reproductive-rights-is-won-but-why-do-i-think-we-havent-won-the-war/feed/ 0 Harper’s war on women marches on http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/24/harpers-war-on-women-marches-on/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/24/harpers-war-on-women-marches-on/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:12:55 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=12262 Actually, it’s the Conservative war on the poor, science, pleasure seekers, the arts, common sense, atheists, liberals, the environment, CBC, progressives but mostly against women.

Six federally funded organizations devoted to research and communication in women’s health learned this week that their funding will end March 31, 2013.

The Program is critical to funding innovative . . . → Read More: Harper’s war on women marches on]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/24/harpers-war-on-women-marches-on/feed/ 0 Brian Lilley Apparently Has Problems With Women Having Access To Health Care http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/05/brian-lilley-apparently-has-problems-with-women-having-access-to-health-care/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/05/brian-lilley-apparently-has-problems-with-women-having-access-to-health-care/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:11:04 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=12099 Ol’ Brian is livid, I tell you, boys ‘n’ girls, just livid! He must be still smarting from Justin Trudeau showing Senator Brazeau who’s boss in the boxing ring last week-end.  Nah! He’s always been that wingnutty.  Brian’s latest beef at the silly Lilley pad?  A large Planned Parenthood complex being built next to . . . → Read More: Brian Lilley Apparently Has Problems With Women Having Access To Health Care]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/05/brian-lilley-apparently-has-problems-with-women-having-access-to-health-care/feed/ 3 Woody-Worthless! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/03/woody-worthless/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/03/woody-worthless/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:08:01 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=12093 Boys ‘n’ girls, it seems that that abortion debate is going to be reopened, whether we want it to or not.  Yikes!  Even certain “progressive” bloggers seem to be taking a shine to it.  This one seems to not like it when a reporter is doing his/her job when questioning ol’ Woody-Worthless. Oh, and . . . → Read More: Woody-Worthless!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/04/03/woody-worthless/feed/ 11 Hey, Andrea Mrozek! Why Don’t You Practice what You Preach? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/08/hey-andrea-mrozek-why-dont-you-practice-what-you-preach/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/08/hey-andrea-mrozek-why-dont-you-practice-what-you-preach/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:27:00 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10767 No, not at that dreadful site, Prowoman Pro-fetus.  Her other activity, as manager of research and Communications at the Institute of Stepford wifery.  You, boys ‘n’ girls, perhaps know it as the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada. Yes, today, Andrea, like so many right wingnuts, has decided to have a crack at some . . . → Read More: Hey, Andrea Mrozek! Why Don’t You Practice what You Preach?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/11/08/hey-andrea-mrozek-why-dont-you-practice-what-you-preach/feed/ 2 In The World According To ‘Pro-Lifers’ It’s Best To Just Let Women Die http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/14/in-the-world-according-to-pro-lifers-its-best-to-just-let-women-die/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/14/in-the-world-according-to-pro-lifers-its-best-to-just-let-women-die/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:18:46 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=10331 In some cases, horrific, gory deaths at that.  Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, with every fetus fetish bill Rethuglicans, with the help of some ‘friendly’ Democrats,  they pass or attempt to pass in a feverish attempt to circumvent Roe v Wade, it just never seems enough for them, nor for their fetus fetish lobbyists. The . . . → Read More: In The World According To ‘Pro-Lifers’ It’s Best To Just Let Women Die]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/10/14/in-the-world-according-to-pro-lifers-its-best-to-just-let-women-die/feed/ 0 Surprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/09/29/surprised-stevie-hasnt-scolded-bratty-brad-for-his-tantrum-im-not/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/09/29/surprised-stevie-hasnt-scolded-bratty-brad-for-his-tantrum-im-not/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:24:12 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=9931 Harpercon MP for Saskatoon-Humboldt and Fetus Fetishist extraordinaire, Brad Trost is having a temper tantrum as of late:

Late in the afternoon of Thursday, September 22nd, I received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) about a news story on the CBC that had run earlier in the day. The CBC . . . → Read More: Surprised Stevie Hasn’t Scolded Bratty Brad For His Tantrum? I’m Not]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/09/29/surprised-stevie-hasnt-scolded-bratty-brad-for-his-tantrum-im-not/feed/ 0 Fetus Billboard Boy Would Rather Go To Jail Than Take Down His Billboard http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/24/fetus-billboard-boy-would-rather-go-to-jail-than-take-down-his-billboard/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/24/fetus-billboard-boy-would-rather-go-to-jail-than-take-down-his-billboard/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:52:55 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8410 Remember that gawd awful image below?  Is it just me? Or does he really look diabolical? He looks like he’s about to devour that invisible baby.

 

Yes, #gregfultzisacreep, that billboard boy has been ordered to take down his billboard immediately.

But Fultz’s attorney said his client is adamant about protecting his free . . . → Read More: Fetus Billboard Boy Would Rather Go To Jail Than Take Down His Billboard]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/24/fetus-billboard-boy-would-rather-go-to-jail-than-take-down-his-billboard/feed/ 5 Andrea Mrozek And Her Hens Seem To Have No Problem With Misogynistic Women Batterers And I’m Banned From Commenting Over There? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/10/andrea-mrozek-and-her-hens-seem-to-have-no-problem-with-misogynistic-women-batterers-and-im-banned-from-commenting-over-there/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/10/andrea-mrozek-and-her-hens-seem-to-have-no-problem-with-misogynistic-women-batterers-and-im-banned-from-commenting-over-there/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:53:52 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8256 Before I begin, I tried leaving a comment over at Andrea Mrosek’s latest screed over there just a few minutes ago, and found that I was banned; comment rejected.  Oh well. That fetus fetish hen house of horrors   are to be added to a very long list of others who won’t let me near . . . → Read More: Andrea Mrozek And Her Hens Seem To Have No Problem With Misogynistic Women Batterers And I’m Banned From Commenting Over There?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/10/andrea-mrozek-and-her-hens-seem-to-have-no-problem-with-misogynistic-women-batterers-and-im-banned-from-commenting-over-there/feed/ 11 The Beginnings of a New Trend–Outmoded Thinking is Now New-Moded Thinking-Yikes!! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/25/the-beginnings-of-a-new-trend-outmoded-thinking-is-now-new-moded-thinking-yikes/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/25/the-beginnings-of-a-new-trend-outmoded-thinking-is-now-new-moded-thinking-yikes/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:25:24 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=6679 Kim Fraser from CJAD devoted the first half of her show,  today,  discussing Manitoba Judge Robert Dewar’s lenient sentence on a convicted rapist today.  Kim, needless to say, as any woman would and should,  was outraged enough to devote more than the usual half hour she usually devotes to a show. Good on her– . . . → Read More: The Beginnings of a New Trend–Outmoded Thinking is Now New-Moded Thinking-Yikes!!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/25/the-beginnings-of-a-new-trend-outmoded-thinking-is-now-new-moded-thinking-yikes/feed/ 0 Meet America’s Wingnuttiest Tea-baggiest Ass-Hole To Date! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/23/meet-americas-wingnuttiest-tea-baggiest-ass-hole-to-date/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/23/meet-americas-wingnuttiest-tea-baggiest-ass-hole-to-date/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:48:18 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=6669 Well, these Rethuglican, tea-baggin’ wingnuts are all busy trying to, well, out-wingnut each other. Recently, in South-Dakota, an insane bill some would feverishly love to see tabled. So insane and unbelievable, well, I’ll just take a direct quote from the above link, because I certainly couldn’t make it sound believable.

The bill stated, “Homicide . . . → Read More: Meet America’s Wingnuttiest Tea-baggiest Ass-Hole To Date!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/23/meet-americas-wingnuttiest-tea-baggiest-ass-hole-to-date/feed/ 1 Toronto Cop’s Advice To Women On Protecting Themselves? “Don’t Dress Like a Slut”! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/16/toronto-cops-advice-to-women-on-protecting-themselves-dont-dress-like-a-slut/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/16/toronto-cops-advice-to-women-on-protecting-themselves-dont-dress-like-a-slut/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:22:42 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=6596 This falls into the ‘we really shouldn’t be surprised’ files.  Believing is reading:

Students and staff at Osgoode Hall Law School are demanding an apology and explanation from the Toronto Police Service after one of their officers suggested women can avoid sexual assault by not dressing like a “slut.”

On Jan. 24, a campus . . . → Read More: Toronto Cop’s Advice To Women On Protecting Themselves? “Don’t Dress Like a Slut”!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/02/16/toronto-cops-advice-to-women-on-protecting-themselves-dont-dress-like-a-slut/feed/ 8 Who Knew That Concerns About Conjugal Violence Could Be Reduced To a Simple Wedge Issue? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/14/who-knew-that-concerns-about-conjugal-violence-could-be-reduced-to-a-simple-wedge-issue/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/14/who-knew-that-concerns-about-conjugal-violence-could-be-reduced-to-a-simple-wedge-issue/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:10:50 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=3596 That’s exactly what Lorne Gunter did in his column this morning.

When Heather Mallick writes in the Toronto Star that women worry about the end of the registry because it protects them against having “their own personal bodies torn apart by bullets,” that’s somehow not a wedge? When she adds “there are women walking . . . → Read More: Who Knew That Concerns About Conjugal Violence Could Be Reduced To a Simple Wedge Issue?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/14/who-knew-that-concerns-about-conjugal-violence-could-be-reduced-to-a-simple-wedge-issue/feed/ 2 How About Debunking Some Abortion Accessibility Myths? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/21/how-about-debunking-some-abortion-accessibility-myths/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/21/how-about-debunking-some-abortion-accessibility-myths/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:35:21 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2390 So much for shrieking fetus fetishists rantings about gov’t funded third trimester abortions happening on a regular basis. For those bitching about our tax dollars going into abortions should know that it is not the case for all abortions; particularly if a woman seeking an abortion lives either on a native reserve or in . . . → Read More: How About Debunking Some Abortion Accessibility Myths?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/06/21/how-about-debunking-some-abortion-accessibility-myths/feed/ 0 More From Cardinal Ouellete…Yes! He Must Register as a Lobbyist!! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/27/more-from-cardinal-ouellet/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/27/more-from-cardinal-ouellet/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 20:46:38 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=2033 Yes, he’s at it again and yes, he is indeed calling for not only debate but changes to existing abortion laws in Canada.

I have a question, Cardy: if abortion is, as you say, a ‘moral disorder’  then what do you call your priests who committed pedophilia? Or better still, the cover up by . . . → Read More: More From Cardinal Ouellete…Yes! He Must Register as a Lobbyist!!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/27/more-from-cardinal-ouellet/feed/ 0 JoJo Blue Like You: Three Liberal MPs Aren’t Going to Save Your Fetus Fetish http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/20/jojo-blue-like-you-three-liberal-mps-arent-going-to-save-your-fetus-fetish/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/20/jojo-blue-like-you-three-liberal-mps-arent-going-to-save-your-fetus-fetish/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 02:05:45 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1914 Same for any other pro-lifer: Canada is pro-choice:  deal with it. We will be damned if we’re set back by 40+ years to suit your sick fetish for a clump of cells.  What’s gotten Jojo’s knickers in a bunch is that Steve has publicly decided vote against Rod Bruinooge’s private members’ bill C-510. Publicly, . . . → Read More: JoJo Blue Like You: Three Liberal MPs Aren’t Going to Save Your Fetus Fetish]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/20/jojo-blue-like-you-three-liberal-mps-arent-going-to-save-your-fetus-fetish/feed/ 3 Moments Like These Make Me Proud To Be a Quebecer–A Few Jabs From Our Side http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/19/moments-like-these-make-me-proud-to-be-a-quebecer-a-few-jabs-from-our-side/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/19/moments-like-these-make-me-proud-to-be-a-quebecer-a-few-jabs-from-our-side/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 00:05:46 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1883 Thanks Dammit Janet for bringing  it up.

Bitter political rivals: Separatists v Federalists; scandals, and  constant disagreements over language issues, but what warmed my heart today was every MNA got together and in a vote of  109- 0, adopted a pro-choice motion. Imagine that in Catholic Quebec; home of Cardinal Ouellette with foot in . . . → Read More: Moments Like These Make Me Proud To Be a Quebecer–A Few Jabs From Our Side]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/19/moments-like-these-make-me-proud-to-be-a-quebecer-a-few-jabs-from-our-side/feed/ 2 Cover-ups, Abuses, Denials and Insults Aren’t Going to Draw More to The Catholic Church, Right Babs? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/18/cover-ups-abuses-denials-and-insults-arent-going-to-draw-more-to-the-catholic-church-right-babs/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/18/cover-ups-abuses-denials-and-insults-arent-going-to-draw-more-to-the-catholic-church-right-babs/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 17:43:53 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1854 When the scandals broke out yet again about priests sexually abusing childen and subsequent cover ups by Catholic Church officials, my mother mused, wondering if my maternal grandmother were still alive, what would she have thought of those scandals? How would she have handled them? I never answered, that is, until now.

My maternal . . . → Read More: Cover-ups, Abuses, Denials and Insults Aren’t Going to Draw More to The Catholic Church, Right Babs?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/18/cover-ups-abuses-denials-and-insults-arent-going-to-draw-more-to-the-catholic-church-right-babs/feed/ 0 The Abortion Debate is Baaacckkkk!!! But We Already Knew That http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/14/the-abortion-debate-is-baaacckkkk/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/14/the-abortion-debate-is-baaacckkkk/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 11:28:38 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=1787 Oh Gawd! And they’re as wingnutty as evah!! Watch the videos and read about the Hootenanny at Parliament Hill here. You can also read and see a short clip here.

Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition, proves to be a sadist, basically, in advocating even forcing a rape victim to have her baby. . . . → Read More: The Abortion Debate is Baaacckkkk!!! But We Already Knew That]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/05/14/the-abortion-debate-is-baaacckkkk/feed/ 0