Pro-Choice Leaders Take Action to support Woman's right to choose ...

[bliss_eternal]

April 19, 2007

One Day After Supreme Court Sides with Bush, Pro-Choice Leaders Take Action to Protect a Woman's Right to Choose
Washington, DC – One day after the Supreme Court upheld the Bush Federal Abortion Ban, Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, joined pro-choice members of Congress and activists at a Capitol Hill press conference to introduce legislation that would codify Roe v. Wade into law and guarantee a woman's right to choose in all 50 states.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) are the chief sponsors of the Freedom of Choice Act.

"The Supreme Court's decision is alarming. The Court not only upheld an abortion ban with no exception for a woman's health, it also gave the green light to anti-choice politicians to launch additional attacks on safe, legal abortion, without any regard for women's health. It's clear that Bush's appointees are moving the Court in a direction that threatens women's reproductive rights," Keenan said. "Pro-choice leaders like Sen. Boxer, Rep. Nadler, and the bill's other cosponsors understand that government should not interfere in personal, private medical decisions. We applaud their efforts to stop anti-choice attacks and protect a woman's right to choose by introducing the Freedom of Choice Act. We are also committed to increasing the number of pro-choice members of Congress who will stand up for the fundamental values of freedom and privacy."

Yesterday, NARAL Pro-Choice America launched an alert to more than 500,000 member activists alerting them of the Court's devastating decision and asking them to ask their representatives and senators to sponsor the FOCA.

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taken from:
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/news/press-releases/2007/pr04192007_foca.html

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Apologies again, to feminist forum that I'm putting Pro-choice politics here. While waiting to find out about the Pro-choice group, I feel more comfortable posting such information here than in Choice. Also, this was posted on Naral's site a couple of days after the SCOTUS decision. So, sorry for the late info. ;)

[ismnotwasm]

1. I appreciate your hard work

This is the stuff!. I'm hoping to be able to do a little volunteer work for NARAL. (Walk my talk by more than letter writing)


(I was looking at your other thread on California parental notification, and I'm trying to do a little research on minor/parental rights/responsibility in OTHER areas. So far, it looks like minors seeking medical attention independently have to right to keep their information private in many cases. It's hard to sort out though)

[bliss_eternal]

2. I can see why...

...all over the country, it's been VERY difficult to maintain power for young women. I think (don't quote me) that Texas voted FOR parental notification. :( I was worried about it here, but thankfully it wasn't put into our law. One of the reasons I was very angry that more weren't comitted to taking down Schwarzennegger here. He claims pro-choice, then puts that sort of crap on his "special issues" ballot. Sickening.

I know firsthand what it's like to be in an abusive family with mixed messages. No teen should go through what I did growing up in regard to sexuality and reproductive health.