
It’s July 31, 2022. Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).
Today’s word is “oblige.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
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i am under no obligation
to write a poem a day
with a one word prompt
for the rest of my life
why am i doing this?
an undiagnosed medical condition
perhaps?
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Maybe you should see a doctor! 😂
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ODE TO OBLIGE(ED)
She was a doozy (dripping sex)
Did really want to bed
But morals got the best of me
Obliged me to say no
Why am I such a moral character Fan?……
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It must be the way you were raised, Don. 😏
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Pure and wholesome. The other guys got all the fun. Such is life……
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I feel almost obliged to share this “artifact” before the inevitable changes to the write-up are put in.
Wikipedia heading “Abortion in Israel” article beginning:
Abortion in Israel
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Abortion in Israel is permitted when determined by a termination committee, with the vast majority of cases being approved as of 2019.[1][2][3] The rate of abortion in Israel has steadily declined since 1988,[1] and compared to the rest of the world, abortion rates in Israel are moderate. According to government data, in Israel, abortion rates in 2016 dropped steadily to 9 per 1,000 women of childbearing age, lower than England (16.2) and the United States (13.2). 99% of abortions are carried out in the first trimester.[4[…………]
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1^ a b Applications for Pregnancy Termination in 2014
2^ Shhh! Don’t Tell Evangelical Supporters of Israel, but Abortion There Is Legal — and Often It’s Free
3^ Israel: Reproduction and Abortion: Law and Policy
4^ “Israel’s abortion rate falls”. Haaretz. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2022/05/03/abortion-in-israel-relatively-easy-to-get-hard-to-discuss/
Excerpt:
… hospitals and clinics throughout the country and subsidized under the national health care system. It is nevertheless a sensitive topic, and many of the medical professionals approached for this article declined to be interviewed or share their names.
“Abortion is something that is relatively easy to get in Israel but not easy to talk about,” explains a hospital insider who asked to remain anonymous. Some 98 percent of those who apply for an abortion ultimately receive one, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
Despite its accessibility, abortion is not an automatic right. Israel’s abortion law, passed in 1977, includes criteria for allowing the procedure: If the woman is under 18 or over 40; if the fetus is not viable or would have severe medical problems if brought to term; if the pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or an “illicit union” (including not being married or having a relationship outside of marriage); and if the woman’s mental or physical health is at risk.
As part of the law, a pregnant woman must receive approval from a termination of pregnancy committee comprised of two physicians and a social worker (one of whom must be a woman) that determines if she meets the legal criteria for an abortion. The committee appointment itself can take two weeks or more to schedule, and the meeting has been described as humiliating, intrusive and paternalistic by critics and activists. Consequently, some women choose to undergo the procedure through private doctors, paying the costs—about $1,000—out of pocket and without committee approval, which is illegal, although the authorities do not monitor or discipline private abortion providers.
It is reforms to these committees that are the focus of activists, even as they acknowledge the pitfalls in attempting to change, or even draw attention to, a fairly permissive and liberal system in a country that is becoming increasingly traditional and socially conservative.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Israel#:~:text=Abortion%20in%20Israel%20is%20permitted,rates%20in%20Israel%20are%20moderate.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/27/israel-eases-abortion-regulations-in-response-to-sad-roe-v-wade-ruling
Excerpt:
Abortion is widely available in Israel and far less controversial than in the US, but women do not automatically have the right …
Under the new rules, Israeli women will now have access to abortion pills at their local health clinics. They will no longer need to physically appear before an abortion approval committee, and the application form will be shortened and simplified.
Abortion approval committees have been heavily criticised in Israel over the years. While most requests are approved, women have objected to being subject to bureaucracy and a humiliating and intrusive process. Women can face long wait times before they can be seen by a committee.
Instead, the process will be digitised, and a requirement to meet a social worker will become optional. The new regulations will take effect in three months.
“The reform we approved today will create a simpler process, that is more respectful, advanced, and maintains a woman’s right to make decisions over her own body – a basic human right,” Horowitz said.
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https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2022-06-29/ty-article-opinion/.premium/abortion-rights-in-israel-are-safe/00000181-b0e2-d21b-a1eb-f2fa5fbb0000
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.20.2.1#metadata_info_tab_contents
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https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2022/07/31/double-prompt-14/
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