Sleeping on a Sidewalk After All?
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Daily Eruptions
When the current president assumed office, I vowed that I would camp out on his doorstep if he threatened Roe v. Wade. Now that he has nominated Judge John Roberts to the Supreme Court, it looks like I might need to make good on that promise.

The women of my generation, and the one that is following, often forget what the women who've come before accomplished on our behalf, but we cannot let this ruling be overturned. I would love to see a day when women did not have to choose whether to keep their unborn babies, and I respect the views of my friends who believe that abortion is wrong and would have been the wrong choice for them, but as long as unplanned pregnancies are a part of life, women need to be able to choose what's right for their own lives.

Women make up a majority in this country and we cannot allow ourselves to return to a state of oppression in which women's lives are put at risk for some ideal. If we turn back the clock on this issue--in the 21st Century, no less--we, the human race, have lost everything. We can forget about equality--gender, racial, financial; we can forget about population control and making choices that support families and all life on this planet; we can forget about peace. If women's lives and choices are not valued in the United States, where will they be valued? If the U.S. turns its back on its own women, how will we continue our work pushing for the rights of women--and families--in Afghanistan and Africa? Where will our credibility come from?

Choice, people. The ability to evaluate your own situation, your own resources, your own moral and ethical standards. If we lose this choice, which one will be next?