Yesterday I forced myself to go downtown on a on a bitterly cold (although thankfully sunny) day to a demonstration in support of abortion rights. When you are 67 you find out which causes matter most to you—these are the demonstrations you go to no matter what the weather. Tomorrow will be the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. I never, never expected in 1973 when I was a young woman that we would still be fighting to protect abortion rights 39 years later!
Although we have a pro-choice majority, a well-organized, vocal minority has managed to chip away at a women’s right to control her won body. But as I wrote in last year’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade post:
There is some good news. Fortunately, there is a generation of young feminists out there ready to fight for reproductive rights. I don’t think young women are going to meekly stand by and accept the loss of hard fought rights. But women in my generation thought at one time that we had spared them the necessity of that fight.
We must elect a pro-choice President and Congress next November and finally put this issue to rest.
This post is part of the We've Had Enough Campaign's Roe v. Wade Blog Carnival. See other posts on the importance of Roe and the attacks against women's health here: http://www.wevehadenoughpa.org/blog.html
Good on ya! How in the world do we find ourselves going backwards on so many issues relevant to women even as the numbers of women in colleges, business, and government grows? Such a huge push to prevent social progress by the self-righteous, right-wing religious faction and their boughten politicians is a last-gasp flail, I fondly hope.
ReplyDeleteA very good question Nance.
ReplyDeleteWe've made so much progress on some fronts, how have we lost so much ground on abortion rights? I think complacency on the part of pro-choice voters explains some of it.