You have to check out this blog:

http://www.iamemilyx.blogspot.com/

The anti-choice crowd have started a 40-day picketing campaign against Planned Parenthood, and Planned Parenthood is responding by collecting donations for each picketer counted. I pledged $0.10/picketer. Picket away! Call all your friends to join you! More money for womens' health and reproductive freedom!

The misinformation these poor people are spreading to fight abortion is just pathetic. Note that I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. Some of them know damn well how wrong their information is (like the ludicrous opinion that abortion causes breast cancer) but they nonetheless will stop at nothing to control every woman's body in the name of "morality."

But there's an awakening going on, thanks to the SCHIP clusterfuck. Even the religious community is publicly acknowledging that being "pro-life" doesn't stop at forcing someone to have a child. Provision must be made for all children to be adequately loved, fed, sheltered, and kept healthy. In fact, some groups are even questioning how you can be "pro-life" and still support our participation in the Iraq civil war. If your senator or representative is opposing SCHIP, Democrat or Republican, call them and make your voice heard.

Sorry I've been slacking lately -- I wanted this blog to be mainly dive stuff but there hasn't been any action to speak of. Also, I've been growing tired (and frustrated) with the political stuff.

Seventeen days until I leave for the Galapagos! I'll put a few more posts up between now and then, but won't have access to a computer while I'm gone.