It’s Blog for Choice Day and I was going to skip it because lord knows I’ve blogged a whole lot about abortion and what else is there to say, really?
I’m not just pro-choice, I’m pro-abortion. You want one — have one.
Any woman who wants one — should have one.
Your body. Your life. Your choice.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
I did, however, buzz my kid and wish her a Happy Roe v. Wade day, as I generally do. And, I asked her if she knew where to find abortion services in her area, as I generally do. It’s just symbolic really — she obviously knows how to find abortion services, wherever she goes. And lord knows, if her internet connection goes down and she can’t find her way to a women’s clinic, she can call me and ask me to find a location and give her the bus schedule to get her there. (And throw money in her bank account, if she needs it.)
I decided I’d just go ahead and blog about this again — because wouldn’t it be nice if I’d not felt like it was important to point out the Planned Parenthood every time we passed it in NJ. Or if I didn’t feel like it was important to buzz my kids and remind them that they should know where to find these services, for themselves and for others. Wouldn’t it be nice if they grew up knowing without a doubt that they could schedule an abortion, if they chose to do so, just as easily as they could schedule an appointment for any other medical procedure (not that our health insurance programs always make THAT easy… which is another story.)
But they haven’t grown up knowing that.
40 years of Roe v. Wade and women still fight for access to affordable, safe abortion services. So many women in this country don’t have a provider anywhere near where they live. So many women have to cross horribly offensive and violent protest lines to gain access to abortion services (or general women’s health services if they happen to be getting them at an abortion service provider.)
Fuck that.
Roe is Here for Good and I’m not just blogging for choice, I’m making a donation for choice.