SlowPoke Comics by Jen Sorenson published her special cartoon-ey take on the surreal attempts in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood (Sceenshot at right, see full cartoon HERE at www.slowpokecomics.com.)
The four-panel text of this cartoon, says, in part [subject to her copyright, of course]:
LADIES! Come on down to... UNplanned Parenthood -- Pregnancy Centers, GOP-style
Pregnant teen? We've got... Helpful Pamphlets "So you had a happy accident"...
Sexual assault victim? ... "Eggs fertilized by a rapist's sperm are people too!"....
We don't provide cervical screening... but we do offer lesbian screening!
And don't forget to check out our store! We've got books: "The Rhythm Method Cookbook: Recipes for Enormous Families" ....
And Jen offers this explanation on her site about why she made UNPLANNED PREGNANCY:
As you may have heard, House Republicans are looking to solve our nation's economic problems (not) by defunding Planned Parenthood. What you may not know is that there are currently over 4,000 anti-choice "crisis pregnancy centers" around the country, more than five times the number of abortion providers. These largely "faith-based" operations, known for disseminating medically-dubious advice, received at least $60 million under the Bush administration. (You'll recall the many Republicans who howled about that instance of deficit spending, no? Hmm... neither do I.) So, in a sense, Unplanned Parenthood already exists, and this cartoon is merely absurdist exaggeration. I hope.
Jen Sorensen is a Portland, OR-based cartoonist and illustrator whose comic "Slowpoke" has been reprinted in The Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, Funny Times, LA Times, The Daily Beast, CampusProgress.org, Daily Kos, and dozens of altweeklies around the country. Her illustrations have appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine, The American Prospect, Legal Affairs, University of Virginia Magazine, and the Women's Review of Books.
In 2000, she won a Xeric grant to publish the first collection of Slowpoke strips, and in 2010 she received an Aronson Journalism Award from Hunter College in NYC. She is featured in Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists, an anthology edited by Ted Rall, and in several editions of The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, edited by Daryl Cagle. Currently on the board of directors of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, her latest book is called Slowpoke: "One Nation, Oh My God!" It can be ordered on her site -- highly recommended.
Thanks, Jen Sorenson, for your good words and pictures and deeds on behalf of reproductive freedom!
Posted by Cindy Cooper
Pictured above, Screen shot: www.slowpokecomics.com
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