This really shouldn’t even be an issue; cases like this are shocking and horrifying. Protect women’s rights and stand up in your area.
(womenandnews): This is one of the greatest pragmatic illustrations of why limiting women’s rights to abortion is counterproductive, ineffective, cruel, and very dangerous. Abortions will still be done if bill after bill is passed, the only thing that changes and is compromised is the woman’s safety. Please click the link to continue reading this great article.
My name is Caroline, and 30 years ago, I had an abortion—back alley, of course—when I was 15 years old and 12 weeks pregnant. Yesterday I took my 15-year-old daughter to an abortion clinic and held her hand while her 12-week pregnancy was terminated. Despite being the same age and the same number of weeks pregnant, our abortion experiences were 30 years and 2 worlds apart.
We’re telling our stories here in hopes that people will understand how important it is to keep abortion safe and legal. When I was 14, I had unprotected sex with an older man whose name I didn’t know and whose face I never saw again. 10 weeks later, on my 15th birthday, I had been throwing up in the mornings, my breasts were tender, and my very regular period had not come since 2 weeks before the intercourse. I didn’t even have to take a pregnancy test to know the awful truth. I desperately asked around and was finally given the name of a man who did abortions in his basement late at night. I had to empty my savings of the $500 it contained and wait a week and a half because he was so busy. Finally, at 3:00 in the morning on the day the abortion was scheduled for, I snuck out of the house and hurried the 3 blocks to where he lived.
The Legality of Abortion Still Threatens Equality
There is no greater obstruction of equal rights for women than the illegalization of abortions. Denying women the right to abortion is a flagrant misguided attempt to project others’ religions out of ignorance of the facts and an uncouth consideration for the woman and her right to privacy. In the book, Feminism is for Everybody by Bell Hooks, she clarifies, “And we were clear that there could be no genuine sexual liberation for women and men without better, safer contraceptives-without the right to a safe, legal abortion.” Equality is often measured in equal opportunity, and with every unwanted pregnancy if abortion were not legal, there would be a considerable lack of equality among women of all regions and backgrounds.
FIGHT THE HEARTBEAT BILL OHIOANS.
From September 24, 2011:
One powerful strategy of the anti-abortion forces has been to portray abortion as outside the mainstream and cast women who have abortions as immoral outliers. In reality, abortion is one of the safest and most common of medical procedures, one that about one-third of American women undergo during their lifetime.
One clear lesson of this year’s skyrocketing number of new state laws is that those who care about keeping the procedure safe, legal and accessible need to raise their voices as loudly and effectively as those on the other side. If they don’t do so, and quickly, the number of harmful restrictions will continue to balloon, at a rising cost to women’s lives, health and equality.
(Source: keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
"The last time a Republican fought for my rights, I was a fetus."
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With the right-winged politicians hitting hard on the anti-abortion legislation, another side of family planning is left in the dust. More affordable birth control. Any form of family planning, including abortion and birth control, helps creating equality for women and is conducive with women having more control over their lives. Without making these methods safer, better available, and more affordable, women AND SOCIETY suffer excruciatingly. This op-ed is beautifully written by Dr. Cullins and shows the difficulty women face with birth control.
Heartbeat bill should be opposed for women’s liberation and rights
Legislatures are proposing and actively trying to put into action the heartbeat bill to limit abortions. In complete negligence of Roe vs. Wade, this proposition is completely unconstitutional and regresses and retracts from so many of the challenges women have overcome in recent years to become equal. Without sexual liberty and freedom, including abortions, women will forever be placed below the thrones of men in rights and freedoms. Oppose bill HB125.
If you live in Ohio, please visit:
Find your congressman or congresswoman and declare that the heartbeat bill is unconstitutional and to not support it. The upsurge of antiabortion legislation in recent news is more than upsetting for me and other women that consider abortion a constitutional right and we should maintain control of our own bodies. If you are personally against abortion, that is your own choice and religious sentiment should not makes its way into legislature. Cutting funding of planned parenthood and other legislations should be actively opposed.
For more information, please visit the personally frustrating article about those trying to create more antiabortion legislation: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/23/137350265/gop-hopefuls-divided-over-anti-abortion-pledge?sc=tw&cc=share
I am not happy about this. The incessant arguments over abortion is fruitless in my opinion and should stick with Roe vs. Wade…It is the WOMAN’S CHOICE. Lawmaking officials and middle class white men should keep their noses out of this business; it does not and never will concern them.
