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January 22, 2007
Blog for Choice today!

In the spirit of Blog for Choice Day, I just wanted to write a little something about why I’m pro-choice.
My support and fight for reproductive health and justice is about more than the recognition of women’s right to control their own bodies and my feelings about how the state’s attempt to control women’s reproductive rights is connected to women’s oppression more generally. At the core of it, it’s about something much more simple.
It’s about trusting women.
I trust women to make their own decisions. I trust that women (of all ages) don’t need to be told what to do with their bodies or their futures because they know what’s best for themselves and their families. And I truly believe that the folks who are fighting so hard to limit women’s reproductive choices are doing so because they don’t trust women. And that terrifies me—because if women aren’t trusted to make decisions about something as personal as their own bodies, we’re in big trouble.
Feel free to share in comments why you’re pro-choice.
Posted by Jessica at January 22, 2007 8:28 AM
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My Blog for Choice entry:
http://misfitmonkey.livejournal.com/679835.html
:)
Posted by: Brandice at January 22, 2007 8:43 AM
http://misfitmonkey.livejournal.com/679835.html
Posted by: Brandice at January 22, 2007 8:43 AM
The first thing I did this morning after signing online was write my entry...
Posted by: Bill LaLonde at January 22, 2007 8:48 AM
I started working on my post a few days ago thinking it would be simple. I found out that there is a lot that goes into what I believe on this issue. Thanks for the writing assignment!
Here's my post:
http://theeffword0877.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Meesh at January 22, 2007 9:15 AM
Here's my entry: http://www.deborahlipp.com/wordpress/?p=905
Posted by: Deborah at January 22, 2007 9:26 AM
Happy Roe v. Wade day everyone!
My post is up at Dante and the Lobster
http://dante-andthelobster.blogspot.com
I look forward to reading what everyone else posts.
Medbh
Posted by: Medbh at January 22, 2007 9:40 AM
Posted by: saltyfemme at January 22, 2007 9:44 AM
I was glad to participate and look forward to reading so many pro-choice voices today! Here's my entry!
Posted by: Elizabeth at January 22, 2007 9:46 AM
http://carriecallahan.blogspot.com/2007/01/abortion-is-awesome-and-you-know-it.html
Posted by: Carrie at January 22, 2007 9:48 AM
I blogged for choice at
http://abirdandabottle.com/2007/01/22/why-i-support-reproductive-justice/
Posted by: bean at January 22, 2007 9:52 AM
I think there was a hiccup in the earlier comment. I (bean) blogged for choice at A Bird and a Bottle. Here is the link: I blogged for choice at
http://abirdandabottle.com/2007/01/22/why-i-support-reproductive-justice/
Posted by: bean at January 22, 2007 9:54 AM
Check me out:
http://harryfuture.blogs.friendster.com/harrys_universe/
Posted by: H at January 22, 2007 9:55 AM
mine is up:
http://www.lightblog.com/member/elisabeth/?xjMsgID=22722
Posted by: sozzled at January 22, 2007 9:56 AM
Doing my part:
http://momandmama.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-for-choice.html
Posted by: Mary at January 22, 2007 9:57 AM
Here's my blog for choice: http://salfordfeminist.blogspot.com
I look forward to reading everyone else's! Cheers, Pippa
Posted by: Pippa at January 22, 2007 10:04 AM
Thank you for organizing this. I am glad to participate.
Posted by: Tits McGee at January 22, 2007 10:09 AM
Posted by: Amanda at January 22, 2007 10:14 AM
http://sgtmums.blogspot.com/2007/01/silence-is-tacit-agreement.html
Posted by: SgtMum at January 22, 2007 10:17 AM
Good stuff! Here's mine.
Posted by: Daisy at January 22, 2007 10:22 AM
We have four separate "blogs for choice" on our site... from four different women with four different voices...
http://evilslutopia.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-for-choice.html
Posted by: Evil Slut Clique at January 22, 2007 10:28 AM
No one expects me to be pro-choice. ;)
http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/marching-for-life-but-not-doing-anything
Posted by: Jenna at January 22, 2007 10:39 AM
I signed up a few days ago but didn't get added to the roster - let's hope that's due to popular demand to be listed!
Posted by: Sandra at January 22, 2007 10:41 AM
Here's a link to my Blog for Choice entry.
Thanks to everyone for today's work!
Posted by: Rachel Bunting at January 22, 2007 10:44 AM
Except that apparently didn't work:
http://rebunting.journalspace.com/?entryid=868
Posted by: Rachel Bunting at January 22, 2007 10:45 AM
Come visit and share your thoughts! Hooray for 34 years of choice!
http://cw-justiceforwomen.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-for-choice-day-why-i-am-pro.html
Posted by: johanna at January 22, 2007 10:52 AM
a blog for choice at psychoRabble
http://psychorabble.blogspot.com/2007/01/right-to-choose.html
Posted by: yellowdog jim at January 22, 2007 10:54 AM
I've added my story:
http://arationalanimal.blogsome.com/2007/01/22/2007-blog-for-choice-day/
Posted by: Lilith at January 22, 2007 10:54 AM
You will find my story on the link provided.
Posted by: Cynthia at January 22, 2007 11:08 AM
Here's my post. I can't wait to read everyone's posts today.
Posted by: trish at January 22, 2007 11:09 AM
Things like this make me feel even more empowered as a woman.
Here is my entry: http://jenner980.livejournal.com/320558.html
Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2007 11:10 AM
I put mine up last night:
Posted by: Meghan Foote at January 22, 2007 11:12 AM
Things like this make me feel even more empowered as a woman.
Here is my entry: http://jenner980.livejournal.com/320558.html
Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2007 11:13 AM
I wrote my entry as soon as I logged on today:
http://www.xanga.com/Tyche/564880150/item.html
Posted by: Tyche at January 22, 2007 11:22 AM
"Choice and Choices"
http://ddjango.blogspot.com/2007/01/choice-and-choices.html
Be at peace,
ddjango
Posted by: ddjango at January 22, 2007 11:25 AM
Because it's not just about women's rights...it's about civil rights...for everyone, rich or poor.
Read
Tycie's Story.
Posted by: Rosie at January 22, 2007 11:26 AM
Mine is up...
Posted by: baggage at January 22, 2007 11:37 AM
Posted by: Robin Marty at January 22, 2007 11:42 AM
Here's my entry
http://www.pghlesbian.com/blog/_archives/2007/1/22/2673059.html
Posted by: Pittsburgh Lesbian at January 22, 2007 11:46 AM
Here is mine:
http://kiwi-grrl.livejournal.com/44956.html
:)
Posted by: Sarah in Chicago
http://21stcenturymom.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-anniversary.html#links
Posted by: 21stCenturyMom at January 22, 2007 11:55 AM
Something went terribly wrong when I posted my link above. Somehow Sarah in Chicago and I got tangled up - sorry Sarah!
or copy and paste this:
http://21stcenturymom.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-anniversary.html
Posted by: 21stCenturyMom at January 22, 2007 11:59 AM
http://pinkrunningshoes.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/01/blog_for_choice.html
Posted by: CTG at January 22, 2007 12:00 PM
I'm pro-choice and proud!
Posted by: arse poetica at January 22, 2007 12:05 PM
I enjoyed coming up with a humorous tack for this and look forward to reading through everyone's posts.
Posted by: Mamacita at January 22, 2007 12:09 PM
Little Rock NOW MySpace Blog for Choice
Some thoughts on what CHOICE means plus some helpful links for your OWN choice-making!
Posted by: National Organization for Women - Little Rock, Arkansas at January 22, 2007 12:10 PM
Posted by: Peg at January 22, 2007 12:11 PM
mine is up as well!
http://moscowdisco.livejournal.com/186008.html
Posted by: dana at January 22, 2007 12:16 PM
It's so great to be participating in this. I am looking forward to reading everyone else's thoughts. As for me:
Posted by: Angie
http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=1226
it's a pleasure to take part in blog for choice.
Posted by: helen
it's a pleasure to take part in blog for choice. my entry is here:
Posted by: helen at January 22, 2007 12:28 PM
I confess I voted for Bush the first time but not the second. I couldn't.
I loved the idea of a compassionate Conservative (which I still think I am but I know Bush isn't)
I added my blog for choice because I trust women to make the right decision. I didn't give my blog as much thought as some of you may have because I didn't know this was up and coming.
I am pro-choice in the truest sense of the word. I believe it is often a bad choice and a choice I would not want to have to make, it's a choice I would not make but it's a choice that must be available or we risk losing the lives that have already begun.
I can't share a daily dose of outrage v. those who would take this away from our daughters but I will participate in an annual reminder to keep the death toll down and keep abortion legal.
Posted by: Housewife at January 22, 2007 12:32 PM
Posted up at my journal with link back:
http://irenak.livejournal.com/61713.html?mode=reply
Posted by: Irena at January 22, 2007 12:35 PM
Huh. Sorry for the double post but my comment was posted under someone else's ID. I have no idea why. But that's my BFC entry, at any rate.
Posted by: Irena at January 22, 2007 12:40 PM
I have mine up!
http://delagar.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-for-choice-day.html
Posted by: delagar at January 22, 2007 12:41 PM
I am glad to participate - both in Blogspot and Livejournal
Thank you for the initiative!
Posted by: kikibug13 at January 22, 2007 1:20 PM
Mine is finally up.
http://jellyjules.com/?p=505
Posted by: J at January 22, 2007 1:31 PM
Posted by: Elizabeth at January 22, 2007 1:42 PM
Count me in.
http://you-would-think.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-for-choice-day.html
Posted by: Jen in Ohio at January 22, 2007 1:49 PM
Unchoice - I didn't even know about this until after I wrote my blog entry today. :)
Posted by: Holly at January 22, 2007 1:50 PM
Here's hoping for another 34 years, at least!
http://decoruspoena.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-for-choice.html
Posted by: Aine at January 22, 2007 1:54 PM
My first year participating!
Posted by: Kelly at January 22, 2007 1:55 PM
I posted too - I think this is my first year as an official participant, but I'm passionately pro-choice. http://www.ealasaid.com/ego/2007/01/blog_for_choice_day.html
Posted by: Ealasaid
Thank you for the opportunity to do some soul-searching. My thoughts on this issue are at http://binkys-scrambledeggs@blogspot.com
Posted by: Binky at January 22, 2007 2:02 PM
Thanks so much for leading this, Jessica! My offering is here. I've been so moved by the posts I've already read today. Can't wait to read more.
Posted by: kcb at January 22, 2007 2:02 PM
Myspace is all I have. I hope you all enjoy.
http://blog.myspace.com/mandevilla
After writing it and rewriting it, and defending it to friends, I've learned some things about myself. I'm glad I could make a small contribution.
Posted by: mandevilla at January 22, 2007 2:08 PM
Why I'm pro-choice, you can read about it at http://passionateactivist.blogspot.com/.
:-)
Posted by: SakuraPassion
my post showed up under someone else's name, too - thus the two posts. i did not vote for george bush, ha - that entire post is someone else's, but i don't know whose.
Posted by: helen at January 22, 2007 2:17 PM
It's gonna take a while to get through all these posts ;-)
Mine is at http://chaostheory.typepad.com/relative_humility/2007/01/blogging_for_ch.html
Posted by: Ruth at January 22, 2007 2:17 PM
I am so glad I got the chance to participate in this. Read my post here.
Posted by: The Dark Haired Girl at January 22, 2007 2:35 PM
Great posts ladies. What a wonderful way to use my blog to support a cause I feel so strongly about.
My post:
http://bathingsuitplaces.com/blog/2007/01/22/blog-for-choice/
Posted by: vtgirl at January 22, 2007 2:38 PM
read my story here: http://lifetimesofnotsoccermom.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-for-choice-day-why-im-pro-choice.html
Posted by: notsoccer mom at January 22, 2007 2:41 PM
You can find my post here:
http://outtamymindwithworry.blogspot.com/2007/01/blogging-for-choice.html
Posted by: margalit at January 22, 2007 2:45 PM
I have blogged for choice here.
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: hippie at January 22, 2007 2:52 PM
my post is up
http://threadingwater.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/putting-my-faith-in-women/
Posted by: threadingwater at January 22, 2007 2:57 PM
Couldn't figure out how to "Sign up" on the other page, so I'm sending a link to my contribution for Blog for Choice Day:
Jen's Green Journal
http://green-jenni.livejournal.com/151932.html
Posted by: Jennifer Killpack-Knutsen at January 22, 2007 2:57 PM
Posted by: Karina at January 22, 2007 2:59 PM
http://myspace.com/erica265
It's under the blog section. :)
Posted by: Erica C. at January 22, 2007 3:13 PM
RH Reality Check participated in Blog for Choice too! Thanks for the terrific idea. I'm truly impressed with everyone's thoughts on being pro-choice.
Cheers,
Tyler
Posted by: Tyler LePard at January 22, 2007 3:19 PM
Blogging for choice from Sydney, Australia.
on being pro-choice
Posted by: suki at January 22, 2007 3:19 PM
I'm pro-choice because I believe it's a basic human right for anyone to decide what happens, or doesn't happen, to their own body and it's absolutely no one else's business to take that away from them.
Posted by: Amandalynn at January 22, 2007 3:20 PM
My post is up. Great idea!!
As a former NARAL staff member, it's so great to see this!!
Posted by: mammaloves
Posted by: Jen at January 22, 2007 4:57 PM
http://www.allgirlarmy.org/blog/brooke/2007/01/why_im_pro_choice
I blogged for choice.
Posted by: dhsredhead at January 22, 2007 5:29 PM
http://brownfemipower.com/?p=903
I participated.
Posted by: brownfemipower at January 22, 2007 5:33 PM
Hi! I'm Brazilian, and I blogged pro-choice, in Portuguese, here.
Posted by: Cynthia Semíramis at January 22, 2007 5:52 PM
Posted by: Dydan at January 22, 2007 6:08 PM
Posted by: idiosynchronic at January 22, 2007 6:27 PM
As a woman who was 30 years old by the time Roe v Wade was passed, I witnessed more than one female who thought she was pregnant and was absolutely petrified! Apple Cider House rules was pretty close to some of the stories I heard or witnessed. Taking peragoric (which you could get at the Pharmacy) was not uncommon. Most females know as soon as that period did not come and they had had sex, that it was probably bad news. There was no thought that this was killing any baby, rather it was to 'bring on their period'.
After Roe v Wade, I watched young women who were in these same situations where a baby was out of the question at this time of their life,(youth, financial, single, ) have a safe, clean, professional place to go , instead of resorting to drugs, sharp objects, and having unbearable stress. I will fight to keep this woman's right till my dying day. I am fond of saying that if it were men who became pregnant, we would not even be having this conversation!
Posted by: PamB at January 22, 2007 6:50 PM
Here's mine, for Life at Paradux Hill:
http://riverheart.livejournal.com/559908.html
Posted by: River at January 22, 2007 6:51 PM
Here's mine: http://clg1994.blogspot.com/
Posted by: CLG at January 22, 2007 8:14 PM
Here's mine: http://fshk.net/blog/index.php?p=244
Posted by: fshk at January 22, 2007 8:15 PM
I posted my thoughts on my blog:
www.kimmah.net
thanks for the site.
Posted by: kim at January 22, 2007 8:38 PM
Hey there, got hung up with stuff at work but I finally got a chance to blog for choice today. Check it out at Do Not Enter The Tea Room: Blogging for choice
Posted by: PFG at January 22, 2007 10:44 PM
Thanks so much for doing this. My journal is mostly for me and a few friends of mine, but one thing I do know is that every bit counts, and any way to get the word out is worthwhile. Keep up the good work, and know you've got me backing you up.
My Journal Entry - Blogging For Choice
Casey
Posted by: Casey Greene at January 22, 2007 10:49 PM
People sometimes ask me why someone like me is pro-choice -- and by someone like me, they mean someone who has been struggling with infertility for the last five years. Why, they wonder, would someone who has struggled so long (and so unsuccessfully) to get pregnant want to support abortion rights? Don't I understand, more than most, what an amazing and precious miracle conception is?
Oh, right -- the fact that I'm incapable of getting pregnant somehow means I'm supposed to think other women should be forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term? Is that supposed to make me feel better or something?? That makes no sense to me, yet people seem surprised when I say hell, no! If I ever do get pregnant, conception will happen in a petri dish, and it'll cost me 12 grand. So yeah, that will be quite precious to me, and I'm thankful that science is advanced enough that I have that option. But that doesn't mean I begrudge anyone else for rejecting something I can't have. It's not my place to make that choice for them.
That's why it's called pro-choice. You get to choose, because only you know what's best for your life and your family and your health. No one else chooses for you.
Posted here.
Posted by: Emma Grant at January 22, 2007 11:34 PM
I am a rape victim. They gave me "plan B" at the hospital. I am thankful for that...otherwise I might be carrying my rapist's baby now. I already had someone take my body and do with it as they please...against my will... and i refuse to ever let that happen again... in any way shape or form.
Posted by: Sicily - Rape Victim at January 23, 2007 4:19 AM
My posts keep going up under some one else's name.
I am a rape victim. They gave me "plan B" at the hospital. I am thankful for that...otherwise I might be carrying my rapist's baby now. I already had someone take my body and do with it as they please...against my will... and i refuse to ever let that happen again... in any way shape or form.
http://www.anallegoryofthecave.blogspot.com/
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Posted by: Sicily - Rape Victim at January 23, 2007 4:21 AM
Why am I pro-choice?
I'm pro-choice because the government has no business telling me that I should have a baby when I don't want to. I'm pro-choice because my culture has no business telling me that I should have a baby when I don't want to. I'm pro-choice because my community has no business telling me that I should have a baby when I don't want to. I'm pro-choice because people in my college classes have no business telling me that I should have a baby when I don't want to. I'm pro-choice because I don't want to have kids. I'm pro-choice because I don't want kids having kids . I'm pro-choice because there are people out there having kids who shouldn't even have them at all. I'm pro-choice because my friend made her own decision to become a mom.
Above all, I'm pro-choice because child-bearing (or not) is our OWN business!
Posted by: Veronica at January 23, 2007 9:45 AM
It's not about child-bearing.
It's not about deciding whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term.
It's not about women's rights.
It is about the fact that it is legal to decapitate and rip the arms off of an unborn baby. You can't endure a few months discomfort and then give a child up for adoption?
I have heard it said that abortion is just a "procedure." So, I've had surgery a few times. I recently had to have laparoscopic removal of an endometrioma on my ovary. And you know, when I googled to find out what I was in for, what my disease looked like, and the pathology of the tissue removed, an interesting thing happened. The pages that talked about my procedure had detailed photographs of an endometrioma much like mine.
So why is it then, that pro-abortion sites don't let you watch a "procedure" being performed? Why don't they explain the process of limb removal and skull compression? Why don't they show you the "tissue" that your "procedure" is going to remove? Why shy away from the realities of what you are choosing to do, if you believe it is simply an elective procedure?
Seriously, we look with shame and disbelief that our country once allowed human beings to be owned as property.
Imagine how history will look on a culture that voluntarily disemboweled 40 million of its own children, for no other reason than convenience.
You all are really very scary.
Posted by: Michelle at January 23, 2007 12:26 PM
why I'm pro-choice.
http://unpretentiouslitcrit.blogspot.com/2007/01/why-im-pro-choice.html
Posted by: fellow-ette at January 23, 2007 1:03 PM
Darn. I missed this! Sign me up for next year, and everything in between.
Posted by: Purple Woman at January 31, 2007 5:05 PM
P.S. It would be really great if you could alter the sidebar graphic with just the day, not year. That way we could keep the tag up without our sites looking out-dated.
Posted by: Purple Woman at January 31, 2007 5:05 PM
