Melissa Bartell | January 22, 2010
So, for the record, I am an anti-abortion, pro-choice UU. What?? Yes. I would be happiest if there were never any more abortions. That would mean that every fetus is healthy, and every baby is wanted. Ideally, planned for as well, but certainly wanted. For all the right reasons. By a loving family (and family [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 22, 2010
There are many things in this life I have never experienced. I pride myself in being fairly open minded and willing to experiment. I think it gives me a greater appreciation for seeing the world through another person’s eyes. It makes me well rounded; more so than you might say if you met me in [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 22, 2010
I was born in 1970, which makes me three years older than Roe v. Wade. It also means that I grew up in a world where safe, legal abortion was a fact of life…or so I thought. When I was eighteen and nineteen and living in San Jose, Operation Rescue, the militant anti-choice group, targeted [...]
Amy Williams | January 22, 2010
For me, it is a gut instinct that a woman, and those she chooses to include in the decision, should determine whether she carries an embryo through to birth. Does life start at conception? Maybe it does, but that life is not more important than the one that carries it. The life that chooses whether [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 22, 2010
Today is the 37th anniversary of the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, which granted women the right – and access – to safe, legal abortion. It’s also the fifth annual NARAL Pro-Choice America “blog for choice” day, in which bloggers are asked to post about reproductive freedom, pro-choice activism, or anything else related to [...]
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