“We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it’s good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary. When we gloss over these truths we unintentionally promote the very stigma we’re trying to combat.” NeedsTryingWholeMovingSexDecisionBenefitsMotherhoodAbortionOver ItCombatStigmaGloss Author:Katha Pollitt
“Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women) - Presidents, Supreme Court justices, legislators, lobbyists - but freedoms won, as freedom always is, by people struggling on their own behalf.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsYoungChoicesPresidentJusticePowerfulStruggleRightsCourtAccessSupremeAbortionYoung WomenSupreme CourtBehalfLegislatorsLobbyistsAbortion RightsPowerful ManSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticePro Choice Abortion Book:Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture Source: Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture