If you haven't listened to this song... DO.
Later I am going to squee about Regina, but right now I wanted to make a post I've been thinking about ever since the supreme court thing.
There are a lot of songs about abortion. I really love Ani Difranco's "Lost Woman Song" for instance. But the song that will forever stand out in my mind as the most eloquent explanation of why I am pro-choice and think everyone should be, is the Digable Planets' "La Femme Fetal". I loved this song because I really understood what it was even talking about, and when I got older and listened to it again, I was blown over by how intelligent and full of class the song is, and how well it describes why I will never be okay with anyone who thinks they get to decide what someone else should do.
So I quickly uploaded it after my workout this morning for you all:
La Femme Fetal
Also, quintessential lines for those unconvinced:
* "They don't really give a damn about life. They just don't want a woman to control her body, or have the right to choose."
* They just want a male finger on the button; because, if you say war, they will send them to die by the score."
* "If Souter and Thomas have their way, you'll be standing in line unable to get welfare while they'll be out hunting and fishing."
* "It has always been around. It will always have a niche, but they'll make it a privelege, not a right, accessible only to the rich."
* "Life doesn't stop after birth, and for a child borne to the unprepared, it might even just get worse."
*"If Roe v Wade was overturned, would not the desire remain intact, leaving young girls to risk their healths and doctors to botch and watch as they kill themselves."
There are a lot of songs about abortion. I really love Ani Difranco's "Lost Woman Song" for instance. But the song that will forever stand out in my mind as the most eloquent explanation of why I am pro-choice and think everyone should be, is the Digable Planets' "La Femme Fetal". I loved this song because I really understood what it was even talking about, and when I got older and listened to it again, I was blown over by how intelligent and full of class the song is, and how well it describes why I will never be okay with anyone who thinks they get to decide what someone else should do.
So I quickly uploaded it after my workout this morning for you all:
La Femme Fetal
Also, quintessential lines for those unconvinced:
* "They don't really give a damn about life. They just don't want a woman to control her body, or have the right to choose."
* They just want a male finger on the button; because, if you say war, they will send them to die by the score."
* "If Souter and Thomas have their way, you'll be standing in line unable to get welfare while they'll be out hunting and fishing."
* "It has always been around. It will always have a niche, but they'll make it a privelege, not a right, accessible only to the rich."
* "Life doesn't stop after birth, and for a child borne to the unprepared, it might even just get worse."
*"If Roe v Wade was overturned, would not the desire remain intact, leaving young girls to risk their healths and doctors to botch and watch as they kill themselves."