Celebrating a woman's right to self-determination

Jan 22, 2011 14:47

Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, but the rights we won on that day thirty-eight years ago are under serious and sustained threat. I understand that many people in the anti-choice movement equate abortion with killing babies. But as they argue for a "culture of life," they seem to think only of a fetus's potential for life and to take no ( Read more... )

civil-rights, choice, feminism

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lizziebelle January 22 2011, 20:11:57 UTC
What I think it's all about is not the "right to life," but about control. Using one's faith as an excuse for control over others is as old as organized religion. I can decide for myself, thanks.

Interesting that most people who are against abortion are for capital punishment; I would really like them to explain that to me. Are you for life, or aren't you? Because that makes no sense.

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reikimaster January 23 2011, 21:04:04 UTC
hell to the yeah.

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reikimaster January 23 2011, 21:07:50 UTC
and seriously, if it were illegal again then women's bodies become property of the state, subject to 'protection'

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