Happy 35th, Roe v. Wade
It's a good thing to keep in mind: the issue of choice is not just about abortions. The right-to-life movement has taken stands and actively supported legislation and lobbying against abortions, contraception (a bit of a contradiction, wouldn't you say?), health education (not just sexual health, all health), children's health care, women's heath care, single parent support systems, child care, and emergency medical intervention.
Do we really want to live in a world where every woman who miscarries is also investigated for murder?
Do we really want to live in a world where women are denied access to basic health services for fear the word 'abortion' may be spoken in the vicinity? (Too late, we already do. But this can change.)
Do we really want to face a future in which hundreds of thousand of women are killed or maimed in illegal abortions? This happens in the "Global South" all too often now.
Let's get educated. And let's take note when the debate changes. (The first one is especially good.)
Jill Filipovic: 10 Reasons to Support Reproductive Justice on Roe Day - Politics on The Huffington Post: It's worth raising a glass to Roe today -- but even more importantly, it's time to get out and fight. Here are a few reasons why
Cristina Page: What the Huck? - Politics on The Huffington Post:Today, Governor Mike Huckabee is scheduled to travel to Georgia to commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. There he plans to join Georgia Right to Life to lend his support, as well as the focus of the national media, to HR 536. This legislation, also called the Human Life Amendment, is a state constitutional amendment that reclassifies the most effective and popular forms of contraception as abortion.
Erica Jong: If Men Could Get Pregnant, Abortion Would be a Sacrament - Politics on The Huffington Post:If Men Could Get Pregnant, Abortion Would be a Sacrament
Daily Kos: Roe v. Wade Turns 35:Elections are not the only meaningful part of protecting women's right and ability to choose abortion - far from it. But they matter.
ETA: Thanks to rosmar for letting me know about Blog for Choice Day. (Although I probably have an email about it somewhere from NARAL... gotta clean out that inbox.)
Do we really want to live in a world where every woman who miscarries is also investigated for murder?
Do we really want to live in a world where women are denied access to basic health services for fear the word 'abortion' may be spoken in the vicinity? (Too late, we already do. But this can change.)
Do we really want to face a future in which hundreds of thousand of women are killed or maimed in illegal abortions? This happens in the "Global South" all too often now.
Let's get educated. And let's take note when the debate changes. (The first one is especially good.)
Jill Filipovic: 10 Reasons to Support Reproductive Justice on Roe Day - Politics on The Huffington Post: It's worth raising a glass to Roe today -- but even more importantly, it's time to get out and fight. Here are a few reasons why
Cristina Page: What the Huck? - Politics on The Huffington Post:Today, Governor Mike Huckabee is scheduled to travel to Georgia to commemorate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. There he plans to join Georgia Right to Life to lend his support, as well as the focus of the national media, to HR 536. This legislation, also called the Human Life Amendment, is a state constitutional amendment that reclassifies the most effective and popular forms of contraception as abortion.
Erica Jong: If Men Could Get Pregnant, Abortion Would be a Sacrament - Politics on The Huffington Post:If Men Could Get Pregnant, Abortion Would be a Sacrament
Daily Kos: Roe v. Wade Turns 35:Elections are not the only meaningful part of protecting women's right and ability to choose abortion - far from it. But they matter.
ETA: Thanks to rosmar for letting me know about Blog for Choice Day. (Although I probably have an email about it somewhere from NARAL... gotta clean out that inbox.)