You are blogging for choice
What better way to celebrate the anniversary of Roe v. Wade than with a look at a few of the pro-choice voices out there. To see all of the bloggers who have signed up to Blog for Choice today, click here.
I believe that women are smart, beautiful, and capable of whatever they want. I believe a woman’s choices are difficult, heartbreaking, but they must be their own. I believe we must protect women’s choices and women’s rights.
Put on your Big Girl Panites and Deal with it...
That is how I can sit at this computer 7 months pregnant with a child I consider to be a medical miracle and tell you that I am, in fact, pro choice. I have faced the very real possibility of having to make that choice. I recognize and am thankful every day for the incredible luxury life affords me, and that so many of us take for granted.
Here's the thing about the whole abortion thing: it's nobody's business but the woman's. My opinion on the "issue" matters exactly zip-point-nothing, and neither does anyone else's who's not in the crisis of an unintended or unwanted pregnancy.
Too bad the government doesn't realize this.
A Girl's Guide to the Universe & Other Misadventures:
I have never known life without Roe V. Wade. I and never want to...
To me the right to choose has to do with a GREAT DEAL more than just abortion. It goes to the very core of women's rights and on a larger scale personal freedoms for everyone.
A woman facing a decision that is more self-preservation than a matter of ‘choice’ is entitled to receive health information from her physician, drug information from her local pharmacy and spiritual counseling from her church.
This isn’t a choice, it’s a right.
Even now, my available choices depend what state I live in. There's apparently no correlation between my available choices in a particular state and the amount resources that state devotes to pre-natal care, housing support, health insurance, food stamps, school funding, or quality child care.
My wish today is that whatever you think about abortion and all of the many aspects of that issue and the many more related issues, is that no one would ever trample upon or take away your right to make your own decisions about your body, your life, and your destiny. My thoughts today are with the people who worked to ensure this right in the past, the people who continue that work today, and the women who died from illegal abortions.
My mother's commitment to women's health and her compassion for all women's stories has inspired me to write this blog entry on the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I am thankful that my mom was given a safe and legal abortion so that she could be the inspring mother towards my brother and I that she was.
I started actively supporting pro-choice organizations when I was at home in Missouri one summer, and due to some court cases presented by anti-abortion groups, all abortion clinics in Missouri shut down for a few days. It all of a sudden hit me that this option I had had my whole life, of the possibility of having an abortion if I needed it, was gone. It was a strange feeling. I think in a way I took legal abortion for granted, as it has been around my whole life. This experience, though, gave me a small glimpse into what it would be like to not have that option and it was scary.

If I might make a suggestion, I tagged my post with "Blog For Choice Day" and "blogforchoice". Information on how to tag is here:
http://www.technorati.com/help/tags.html
Great thing you're doing today. Thanks so much for getting this together!!!
Check out these:
http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=15
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/
http://ourword.org/node/839?PHPSESSID=8e380bc9185cbe64aa70b5f73e820c3f
You requested that we leave a comment after posting to our blogs, and I thought I'd use mine as an opportunity to thank you for organizing 'Blog for Choice Day'. So, thank you, and thank you for allowing my voice to be in the company of so many who are no-doubt more eloquent, and more informed than am I.
Here's my post:
Here is my post for Blogging for Choice:
http://www.democracyfornewmexico.com/democracy_for_new_mexico/2006/01/30th_anniversar.html
I am female. It's my body. Case closed.
Thank you for organizing Blog for Choice day, and thank you to all the amazing voices speaking up.
My post is now done:
http://www.stealthbadger.net/log/index.php/2006/01/22/blogging-for-choice/
Thanks for that great suggestion Liz. I'm going to go back and add that tag.
http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2006/01/state-lawmakers-alito-will-revisit-roe.html
Many, many thanks for organizing this. Here's my post:
Blogging for Bodily Integrity, as explained to the men in our audience
i blogged for choice here.
I posted my entry, Doable men and boy panties. I used a tag though not exactly like those mentioned.
Thank you for the opportunity to take action in celebration and support of 33 years of choice!
DED Space now has a Blog for Choice post up.
Thanks from Tennessee Guerilla Women too. This is going to be one scary week. How come the anniversary of Roe falls so close to Alito's vote?
I added another post!
I posted my Blog for Choice post a little earlier, at:
http://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2006/01/blogging_for_ch.html
Egalia, I had wondered the same thing about Alito's vote. By the by, Fristy said that Alito will be "dems worst nightmare." With those kinds of statements, you would hope there will be a concerted effort to stop him.
Here's my post today:
I vote pro-choice.
Done as well
http://powerliberal.blogspot.com/2006/01/why-we-fight.html
Here's my Post:
http://pedanticmusings.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-for-choice-day-or-happy.html
Thank you so much for organizing this event!
I posted. I can't add the graphic, though, b/c I don't have my own image hosting, alas....
I've just posted in support of Blog for Choice Day...thank you for the extra support/motivation for writing from the heart about something that means a great deal to me!
My pro-choice post:
http://www.taratainton.com/Tara/Tara.nsf/vwLUBlogs/3BC8B65406A1E012052570FE006DA5A9?OpenDocument
I posted!
I thought I said I posted.
Here's my post in support of Roe v. Wade and Blog for Choice Day.
http://greenlagirl.com/2006/01/22/blog-for-choice/
I sent a link to my post (really late in the day - sorry!) but I forgot to ad a hearty THANK YOU! for organizing this effort. It is reaffirming and empowering to read all of the opinions of my pro-choice sisters. Come to think of it - thanks to all of you.
I love being able to read all of these wonderful pro-choice posts! Here is my contribution to the pile: http://www.hartshots.com/gratitude/2006/01/january-22.html
I didn't sign up, but I blogged for choice anyway. Or, would it be xanga'd?
In any case, here's my little ranting of my very own.
http://www.xanga.com/ThatGigglyEmoChick
Here's my contribution: Geekery Today 2006-01-22: Roe v. Wade Day #33
I blogged for choice (and against Harper) here!
Here's my humble contribution: http://badmetaphor.net/blog/?p=33
Thank you for organizing this!
Blogging for choice and in celebration of Roe, at http://liberalfeministbias.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-for-choice-and-in-celebration.html.
I am mommy-blogging for choice:
http://rosenleaf.typepad.com/livingstonipresume/2006/01/blogging_for_ch.html
http://rosenleaf.typepad.com/livingstonipresume/2006/01/blogging_for_ch_1.html
I've got two up -
http://flamingohouse.blogs.com/daily_dose_of_denise/2006/01/daily_dose_of_c_3.html
http://flamingohouse.blogs.com/daily_dose_of_denise/2006/01/daily_dose_of_c_4.html
I've posted my contribution here: http://www.sapphosbreathing.com/archives/000737.html
My contribution is here.
Thanks for this!!
My contribution is in the link under my handle. Thanks for organizing this!
here's my post:
http://tallerthanaveragetales.blogspot.com/2006/01/pro-choice.html
Count me in. My link is here:
http://tinyurl.com/btd4z
My post is here http://green-jenni.livejournal.com/66453.html
I'm blogging about choice from a Utah point of view . . .
I failed to sign up for this in advance, but it seemed important, so I put up a shambling spanglish missive on choice here:
http://linensandshit.blogspot.com/2006/01/roe-and-rest-of-world.html
This is my post.
I also failed to sign up. I posted, and will continue to post, for as long as it takes. I believe the ultimate measure of a community is not where we stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where we stand at times of challenge and controversy.
(A hat tip to Dr. King, for the inspiration of those words.)
I just found out about this today, but mine is here: http://www.katwithak.com/archives/000215.html
I am a gynecologist who blogged today for choice. My post is entitled: "The Good News about Birth Control Pills."
Let me join everyone else in thanking you for running this. My post, which is a debate-y sort of thing, is here.
Here's my post for choice.
http://geekymom.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-for-choice.html
Let me just say that I'm really glad we're all doing this.
Here's my Blogging for choice, Texas-style:
http://redneckmother.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-for-choice-texas-style.html
In a state that does as poorly by women as mine, it's nice not to feel like a lone voice in the wilderness. Thanks so much for putting this together.
Here's my post:
http://philanthropoid.typepad.com/area151/2006/01/laying_it_on_th.html
Thanks to everyone who's helped organize ans support this.
ok, I blogged at my livejournal too. (Not as in depth, but there)
WildCherryGal
My post is here.
Blogged here.
http://nodipsherlock.livejournal.com/21246.html
I did it twice - here and here.
Thanks again for all the hard work!
Late in the day, but Stone Court has blogged for Choice:
http://thurgood.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_thurgood_archive.html#113799014966604219
Hi again. Thanks so much for organizing this! It's sorely needed now that it looks like Alito will be confirmed.
I put up 2 blog posts today to commemorate the 33rd Anniversary that I'm so hoping won't be the last.
here's my blog
http://simplysophia.livejournal.com/
I am so grateful to you for organizing this. I have had some of the best reading today that I've had in a while. Toothsome and thought provoking.
I wrote just a smattering, myself. Although not as eloquent as some, I felt a need to speak up. My piece can be found here:
http://bupp.blogs.com/rowan/2006/01/002.html
Posted at http://spiritblooms.gaiastream.com/ .
Thank you for doing this. Here's my two cents:
http://keori.livejournal.com/135690.html
For every sad-faced right-winger placard-waving Jesus nut regretting her abortion, there's two more ordinary women across the street afraid to speak up.
Got my many-cents worth posted! Thanks for creating this. I needed it!
I posted here:
http://kphoebe.livejournal.com/540530.html?mode=reply
Thank you so much for making this happen.
Thanks, everybody for your eloquence and to the gals at BushvChoice for doing this!
My post is here.
Here's my post: http://nobloodforhubris.blogspot.com/2006/01/americas-unwanted-children-overturn.html.
Hi! Here's my post! Thanks so much for organizing this!
http://fervidus.typepad.com/lingual_tremors/2006/01/blog_for_choice.html
Here's mine!
My post:
http://mochi-tsuki.livejournal.com/6356.html?mode=reply
Thank you for organizing this. It's so important to raise our voices. My post is up.
http://venturamom.blogspot.com/2006/01/blog-for-choice-day-my-choice.html
Here is my blog for choice!!
http://madlib-poet.livejournal.com/107394.html
I didn't sign up (largely because I wasn't sure what the deal was with non-US posts), but I had a go, albeit in a somewhat unorthodox manner, although I also wrote a more conventional post explaining why I, as a Brit, was supporting the initiative.
Well done for organising this and to everybody who got involved.
I, too, want to thank you for making b4c happen! I posted on my two blogs (guy2k & capitoilette), and I continue to post with updates and action plans. I encourage everyone to call their Senators and voice support for a filibuster to stop Sam Alito from swinging the court far too far to the right.