"sorry, miss, but we've seized your womb as evidence"

mediagirl brought this one to my attention. first read:

Woman Faces Charges After Teen had Abortion

WECT Online, 26 October 2005

A New Hanover County social worker is still on the job after facing charges dealing with a teenager's abortion. Susan Taylor was charged with obstruction of justice.

The sheriff's office was investigating a statutory rape case involving a 14-year-old girl, but now their evidence is gone, the fetus.

The sheriff's office says Taylor involved herself in the criminal investigation, in direct conflict with the case. It resulted in the loss of critical evidence and this was the basis for the arrest.

A spokesperson for New Hanover County Social Services says Taylor will continue to work until the investigation is complete.

yeah, that's right.

because a 14yo rape victim should be impounded as evidence.

listen, if you need evidence, you take the remains of the aborted fetus, not the child what were raped. this is the most back-ass bullshit i've ever heard of - girl-child is pregnant (through "statutory rape" - what that actually means in this case remains unclear) and they want her to stay pregnant so they can use her body as evidence?

what the fuck.

i realise that my social commentary isn't ever terribly deep. i guess i just can't stand to deal with this kind of shit, and my only response is to want to whack people with a five-iron. i mean, what am i supposed to say? the only thing i figured i could do useful was to add this link to mediaGirl's web shop.

fuck do american women ever need to go on strike - and it's timely. here's what i learned from reading pinko feminist hellcat's recent post, bang those pots & pans:

On October 24 1975, 90% of Iceland's women refused to work, cook or look after children. The effect was incredible, recalls Annadis Rudolfsdottir.

i mean, fuck. i was six months old then, and now i'm 30. and iceland's women gave the collective finger then and got what they are due, and we're still fucking barefoot and in the kitchen.

In Reykjavík an estimated 25,000 women gathered to listen to speeches, sing and discuss matters - an astonishing number considering that Iceland's population was then just under 220,000. The women were from all walks of life, young and old, grannies and schoolgirls; some wore their uniforms from work, others had dressed up.

and what results? well, nothing is perfect. there are still problems - and iceland's women are expected to strike again on 30 october. but consider this:

It was a spur to action and many feel that the solidarity women showed that day paved the way for the election five years later of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the world's first democratically elected female president.

Finnbogadóttir firmly believes that too. "After October 24, women thought it was time a woman became president," she says. "The finger was pointed at me and I accepted the challenge."

that's right, bitches. they elected their first woman president - and we elected the rot-brained second-rate actor ron "bedtime for bonzo" "agent t-10" reagan.

whom, incidentally, those fucking inbred assholes keep naming shit after, and to whom they give credit for "ending the cold war" as if he had shit-all to do about it. frankly, the most remarkable thing about ronald reagan was that he was uncircumcised.

did i mention he informed on fellow actors as communists, approved of the blacklist and testified enthusiastically for the witchhunt of the house un-american activities committee?

fuckers.

so i say, let's recall the redstockings. let's see about iceland's upcoming strike.

and LET'S FUCKING DO IT OURSELVES, GODDAMNIT.

i am so sick of this shit i want to start the defenestrations immediately.