Comments on: Blog For Choice Day: Are You Concerned?

By: samiam

samiam — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:09:08 +0000

As one of the few democrats in South Carolina, I can tell you that I’m horribly concerned. Just the other day my campus paper put out a horrible article on how abortion should be banned completely, citing the Pennsylvania atrocities as examples of what abortion really is, (and what pro-choice activists wish upon poor opinionless pregnant women).

By: PhDork

PhDork — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:20:16 +0000

Thanks for the link, SomeFem! Better a form letter than no letter, for sure! I like to use the template and tailor it, too.

By: SomeFem

SomeFem — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:25:32 +0000

You can contact your local representatives through NARAL here: https://secure.prochoiceamerica.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4569

I don’t know about you, but form letters make it infinitely easier for me to express myself when I don’t have the time or mental energy to sit down and compose a strongly worded letter.

By: waxghost

waxghost — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:39:51 +0000

Um, I live in Oklahoma. I got an IUD this year because at least that way I can pretend like I don’t actually use BC if the shit really hits the fan.

By: veganmarcy

veganmarcy — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:14:25 +0000

I live in NJ and HELL YEAH I’m fed up. Chris Christie – aka That Asshole – and his appointed pals hate women as much as they do black bears.

He appoints a dude who’s fundie and against all BC, then cancels ALL – that’s right, 100 fucking percent – of women’s family planning and related health care programs in NJ. Even though that in turn cut off federal funds, and the funding was located to support these programs. He was too busy campaining in Disneyworld and getting that spot on his mantel ready for a bear cub head in order to give a rat’s ass about over half of his states citizens and voters (and our state’s kids, prenatal programs, you name it).

Living in a very Dem area of Jersey, and the state going more blue than red historically, this is fucking crushing. We do tons of campaigns rile everyone up to contact him and picket and you name it, and he ignores up anyways. Deep pockets from all those special interests he pretends he avoids.

Here’s more info: http://www.plannedparenthoodnj.org/whm/

Also, even if abortion is legal, as we saw with the murder of Dr. Tiller and the fight over online/phone Rx’s for abortives…and the lack of abortion services in most counties in this countries…we learned it’s so much hot air if we don’t have enough trained abortion providers spread around and not afraid for their lives. (Planned Parenthood of MN, for example, is also PP of SD. SD is hostile to abortion rights and providers.)

That’s why I donate to MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE, and I encourage you to do the same:

“CREATING TOMORROW’S ABORTION PROVIDERS AND PRO-CHOICE PHYSICIANS:

Medical Students for Choice is an internationally recognized non-profit organization with a network of over 10,000 medical students and residents around the United States and Canada.”

http://www.ms4c.org/

87% of all U.S. counties – and ***98%*** of rural counties – have NO abortion provider in the U.S.!!!

By: annajcook

annajcook — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:53:59 +0000

Now that I’m employed again I’m hoping to find money in the budget to support the National Network of Abortion Funds again. They do such needful, important work at the grassroots level.

I wrote a blog for choice post up over at the feminist librarian about the privilege of having real choices if anyone is interested. The day kinda snuck up on me this year, so it’s not the most coherent contribution I’ve ever made to blog for choice day. But it’s an issue that’s been really bugging me lately, so it felt good to get off the chest .

And you bet I’m concerned.

By: Kari

Kari — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:42:24 +0000

How the Gosnell story can be seen as anything but an example of why we NEED access to safe, legal abortion services is beyond me. I honestly believe you’d have to be truly committed to the idea of harming women to see it as a reason to further restrict access to abortion. I don’t even know how I would speak to someone who thought that way, it’s just so far beyond any logic or reality I understand.

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:41:38 +0000

You bet I am. My state now has two anti-choice senators and an anti-choice governor. This business with Gosnell doesn’t concern me much-the antis already think that’s what goes on in every clinic, so I don’t see their rhetoric changing. But the overall picture is alarming.