By: annajcook

annajcook — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:18:41 +0000

@Jenn … and there’s your blog post ! Some of my favorite Blog for Choice posts in previous years have called the premise of the theme into question. I even sort of did that with last years’ theme which asked “are you concerned about choice?” I used it as an opportunity to write about the limitations of “choice” as a frame for reproductive justice.

By: Jenn_smithson

Jenn_smithson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:01:39 +0000

I don’t want to be snarky in regards to the blog for choice day because I usually write a little something but the chosen theme this year has irritated me because in response I ask WHAT prochoice candidates?!! I don’t believe there are ANY for national office. You basically have whack-a-do extremist “prolife” candidates on the right and spineless wish-washy candidates on the left, Seriously, our rights are going to continue being slammed unless someone takes a legitimate, strong stand and who isn’t ashamed to do so. I get so sick and tired of allegedly progressive democrats looking at the ground, pulling at their collars, and/or only able to articulate support of those rights in the case their daughter(s) have an “accident” because they don’t want to help raise any spring break bastard babies. I remember being told, repeatedly, prior to the last election that I HAD to support President Obama because a republican in the white house would be a serious theat to our reproductive rights. Well here we are nearly 4 years later and I say a SILENT “ally” is not any better. At least with someone actively trying to strip your rights, you know where they stand and what they’re doing. I have absolutely no idea where the president stands other than he wants the option to exist so his daughters aren’t “punished with a mistake.”. Yeah, that’s going to win you some votes. I am sick and tired of candidates and elected officials who are SUPPOSED to be allies treating my fundamental human rights as though they are some dirty little secret not to be publicly acknowledged or defended and never completely supported. So what am I going to do to ensure prochoice candidates are elected? Nothing because there are NO prochoice candidates.

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