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Nora Rocket — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:42:29 -0500

It's the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a Court decision with its constitutional base in the right to privacy--a right that exists not in letter but, in Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas' words, in the "penumbras" of five Amendments to the Constitution: the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth. It is our shadowy right to privacy that, among other things, makes warrantless wiretapping illegal, allows residents of some states to choose doctor-assisted suicide when it suits them, and gives women the endangered and never savoury option to legally medically terminate a pregnancy.

I am pro-choice. I have many reasons. At the core, I am pro-choice because it is my body. I've built it, I've changed it, I've made strong choices with it, and it is mine. I give it as I please and I keep it in the condition that pleases me. If I wish it to bear a child, I'll arrange that hopeful condition; since my body threw me a curveball last year, I may not have that hope, but that does not change the fact that I, as the sole curator of my built body, deserve to choose.

happy "birth" day roe!

anne elizabeth moore — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:30:26 -0500

While Roe v. Wade was without a doubt one of the most phenomenal gains for women's rights in the history of US law, it's important to remember today that even it was a compromise. When first agitating for a closer look at abortion law in the late 1960s and early 1970s—when some activists were for "appeal" and not "reform"—one New York group took to handing out copies of their ideal abortion law: a blank piece of paper.

Even the now-common terms "choice" and "life" were compromises to the New Right, a concession to their conviction that abortion was about the life of an unborn child—when earlier activists strove to make sure that women were aware that abortion was in fact about the potential damage unplanned or unwanted pregnancy can have on a woman's body, emotional health, and economic stability in an environment already weighted against women's autonomy and survival.

abortion fans!

anne elizabeth moore — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:21:55 -0500

In honor of the 34th anniversary of Roe V. Wade on January 22, NARAL wants to hear your abortion-related story: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/womens-stories/shar...

hooray for abortion!