"The Democratic base would be less angry at our leadership if they would really stand up for something," notes Loretta Ross of SisterSong, "Democrats need to stop flinching every time someone says the word 'abortion'." Democrats are on the defensive, and meanwhile anti-choice activists are ramping up their efforts to deny women the right to an abortion, not just in the South, where the "Freedom Rides for Life" that we detailed here at GRITtv in our "Conspiracy Tactics" series began, but across the country.
Loretta joins us in studio along with Lynn Paltrow of National Advocates for Pregnant Women to discuss the state of the reproductive justice movement: what are the latest tactics from the anti-choicers, what can be done to fight back, and why we need to not be afraid of the word abortion.
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By Hominid Views » Blog Archive » Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza! on December 11th, 2010 at 2:49 am
I enjoyed hearing both of those intelligent and articulate women speak their minds on this important subject. Reminds me of the time nearly 30 years ago, just after I got a vasectomy when my second child was six months old, when my mother expressed surprise that I didn’t I want to have a lot of kids like she did. Because, I said, I want to do a good job with the two children I have !
By David James Vickery on December 13th, 2010 at 3:13 pm