Every year on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade NARAL asks bloggers a question regarding reproductive rights and asks us to post them on January 22. This year's topic is: "In honor of Dr. George Tiller, who often wore a button that simply read, "Trust Women," this year's Blog for Choice question is: "What does Trust Women mean to you?"
This seems like almost too easy a question. Trusting women means not stopping them from making their own decisions regarding their body or mind. Trusting women means believing that they are smart enough to think for themselves. Trusting women is making sure there are resources out there so that every woman can live the life that she wants, making the choices she wants, and not being bound by what other people think she should be. Trusting women is pushing for comprehensive sexual education in schools so that women have the resources to make their own decisions. Trusting women is having social programs in place to teach women and men how to have planned pregnancies that they want and feel good about. Trusting women is minding your own damn business and quit trying to tell me what to do. Allow me (Allow me? Really, I'm not asking; I'm demanding.) all the options regarding my reproductive rights - birth control, planned pregnancy, abortion, adoption, everything - and trust that I will make the right decision for me. I trust other women will make the right decisions for them.
If you go to NARAL's Trust Women page you'll see a link to other blogs that are participating in today's Blog for Choice. However, my personal favorite is from @SharkFu at AngryBlackBitch. It's kind of hard to not just sign her post with "Ditto."
What does "Trust Women" mean to you?
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Nicely written and I too am leaning toward the AngryBlackBitch as a riveting post.
ReplyDeleteThank you...