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The Last Abortion Clinic: Whistling Past the Graveyardwords by moiv posted November 8, 2005 - 1:53am
There s a lot of talk these days about what might happen if Roe falls, and most opinion seems to be roughly divided into two camps. A sizable contingent feels confident that the Republicans need Roe more than Democrats do, both because it s the most reliable way of energizing their base, and because they fear the voter backlash that would surely follow its loss. Almost as many people seem to believe that Democrats should shut up about the issue of abortion and let it go, because all it s good for is losing elections. Their reasoning goes that even if Roe was struck, abortion rights would revert to the states and because -- as some preciously naive poster commented a few days ago ' ( words about: reproductive rights )
Moive, I continue to stand in full salute to you and all on the front lines, dealing first hand with the tragic results of the takeover of womens lives by the rabid religious right. To those who continue to cast a blind eye as womens basic freedons are being systematically ripped away, you can only be one of the following: a) a deliberately obtuse male, b) a younger women privileged by always having full freedoms, who cannot conceive of ever losing them, c) one of the rabidly religious yourself, or d) an American so self involved there is no ability within you to care what happens to anyone else. May the force be with you, and all women, because we're going to need more and more of it, for a long time to come. (1)
on the radio, "I love you more." :-) There are some days (to tell the whole truth, plenty of days) when what we give each other here as women and as friends is a big part of what keeps my back straight. We all have our own paths, but this is the place they meet, a place to draw energy and rest at once, like an oasis. We're all in this together, and that means more to me than I know how to say. We can help the Lilith Fund provide equal access for the women of Katrina in Texas (1)
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