Blog for Choice: Today’s must read: Contra-Contraception

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May 8, 2006

Today’s must read: Contra-Contraception

If you didn’t catch the NY Times’ magazine cover story yesterday, go check it out now.

Contra-Contraception takes on anti-choicers and their real agenda--to limit all reproductive rights, not just abortion.

[...] recently, as the conservative tide has continued to swell, this campaign has taken on a broader scope. Its true beginning point may not be Roe but Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 case that had the effect of legalizing contraception. "We see a direct connection between the practice of contraception and the practice of abortion," says Judie Brown, president of the American Life League.

Yeah, I know, a real shocker. Pro-choice activists have been pointing this out for a while, but it seems that a lot of folks still don’t understand that even our right to contraception is at risk.

But read the whole piece--it touches on the FDA/EC debacle, the scary new Purity Ball events and abstinence education, and how anti-choicers are trying to hide just how against contraception they really are.

Posted by Jessica at May 8, 2006 11:29 AM

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I am so glad you wrote about the NYT's article. And I am so glad the NYT printed the article! I wrote about it too on my blog and link to your site. My blog is www.cookedgoose.wordpress.com
We're all in this together!

Posted by: cookedgoose at May 8, 2006 10:53 PM