To the closet anti-choicer on a friend's LJ

[djehutysherit]

It took me too long to pen my response to a good and spicy argument that is going on elsewhere, so the argument passed me by. But I'd written my response! So I post it here.
An open letter to those people who support the health care legislation that limits abortion for women on a gov't health care plan
I wasn't going to weigh in on this abortion/

Comments

[kailara]

Amen!

And thank you for putting that better than I ever could. I agree - on demand and no apologies.

[djehutysherit]

It is an excellent, old, and rarely used slogan now.
so many feminists are afraid to offend someone with it...funny isn't it?

[kijeren]

Do we have a graphic artist in the group? We should create a badge, like the "no pity, no shame, no silence" I have on my profile.

At the very least, I think I'm going to add "on demand and no apologies" to my interests list.

[kijeren]

whoops. interests can only be five words.
So, "on demand without apology" added instead.

[kailara]

I sometimes think the feminist movement has run onto its own sword in many ways. There's so much effort to be inclusive and PC, that there's too much fear of offense and a reduced ability to be as aggressive as needed.

[starcannibal]

Interestingly this is the very reason why the National Womens Party was formed. The founder split with another suffragette group in the 1900's because the other party wanted to take a state by state case for the sufferage movement and Ms. Paul wanted to take it directly to Congress which she did. Her plan involved a series of non-violent protests and direct pressure on Congress and the President. Her groups actions made it possible for the 19th Amendment to be ratified.
Unfortunately, the Christian left/right has been employing the same tactics over the last few years well, that and the blatant murder of the few doctors willing to perform abortions.