honor the 35 year anniversary of roe v wade by becoming an abortion rights activist

but Sarah Palin makes my blood boil. In short, I think she might be Satan?

here’s a nice write-up from Evil Slutopia
(They have clickable links, I do not)

Reproductive Rights

- Palin reportedly has described herself as “as pro-life as a candidate can be”. From her 2006 campaign for governor:

- This summer, in a candidate survey by the anti- abortion Alaska Family Council, Palin answered “Yes” to the question: “Would you support legislation and/or a constitutional amendment to clarify that the state constitution does not contain a right to abortion?”

- As to what she’d do as governor, Palin said, “I would side on the side of life if legislation were passed by the people’s representatives in the state of Alaska, the Legislature, but … there is no law that I could sign in office that could ever supersede the Supreme Court’s ruling.”

- Member of the group Feminists For Life.

- “The candidates were pressed on their stances on abortion and were even asked what they would do if their own daughters were raped and became pregnant.

Palin said she would support abortion only if the mother’s life was in danger. When it came to her daughter, she said, ‘I would choose life’.”

- So, Palin supports abortions only to save the life of the mother. No exceptions for mother’s health, rape, or incest. Katha Pollitt explains what that really means:

“Here’s the reality: Palin is a rightwing-Christian anti-choice extremist who opposes abortion for any reason whasoever, except to save the life of the girl or woman. No exception even for rape, incest, or the health of the woman. No exception for a ten-year-old, a woman carrying a fetus with no chance of life, a woman on the edge of suicide—let alone the woman who is not ready to be a parent, who is escaping domestic violence, who is already stretched to the limit as a single mother. She wants to force over one million women and girls a year to give birth against their will and judgment. She wants to use the magnificent freedom the women’s movement has won for her at tremendous cost and struggle – the movement that won her the right to run those marathons and run Alaska – to take away the freedom of every other woman in the country.”

- As part of her “pro-life” stance, Palin also opposes stem cell research.

watching the State of the Union.

Did Bush just say he wanted health care decisions to remain in the privacy of your doctor’s office and not in the hands of the government? Surely, he’s not for protecting PRIVATE, MEDICAL DECISIONS such as abortion?! My husband and I were rolling on the floor laughing.

You can’t pick and choose. (Seems to be a recurring theme amongst Bible-thumpers….)

onto the website imnotsorry.net and was stirred to action.
after reading the unbelievably moving accounts of women who underwent abortions before roe v wade, i thought of all the people i knew who would 100% support the repealing of roe v wade. i’ve been a supporter of abortion rights for some time, but mere verbal support does nothing. so i would like to devote some portion of my energy into ensuring that with all these INSANE and CRIMINAL heads of government we have, who appoint right-wing judges while democrats yawn and ask polite questions, no woman in this country ever has to feel that she cannot obtain safe and discreet medical assistance. i am very very very worried about the state of things, and i’m not certain that roe v wade will be overturned, but i absolutely feel our fundamental human right to choose what happens within the boundaries of our own skin is slipping.

anyway blah blah blah, i’ve been thinking about some useful way to occupy the free time i have (now that i am not required to work 20-40 hours a week in unpaid overtime), i would specifically like to volunteer, in some way shape or form. Anyway, I am going to ask around to some activist friends I know and see what’s needed, where.

roe v wade was 35 years ago, on tuesday, january 22. one of the most important days in recent history. i would like to honor the history and struggle for rights, by actually doing something.