Things we're still fighting for
Published August 26, 2009 @ 11:54AM PT
Although Roe v. Wade ensures that abortion is legal in all 50 states, access to abortion services remains a big problem for women across the country. After an Oklahoma judge "tossed out a controversial ultrasound requirement" last week, a great article in Tulsa World reminds us "that's a minor setback when compared to the many access-curtailing victories [anti-choice opponents]'ve scored in recent years." Read the article for some of the disturbing results of these measures at http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=61&articleid=20090823_211_G6_Aborti987263&allcom=1. Also, Tapped, the blog at The American Prospect, explains why RU-486, the abortion pill, hasn't improved access to abortion care: http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=08&year=2009&base_name=ru486_hasnt_improved_abortion. Protecting women's access to abortion care is just as important as keeping the right to choose legal, and it's a battle we've got to keep fighting.
Of course, health care is the fight that's on everyone's minds today, and we've got news there too. Lisa Subeck, the executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin, wrote a great letter explaining the abortion compromise in the health-care reform bill at http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/readersviews/463169. Still, a post at LiveScience (http://www.livescience.com/environment/090824-healthcare-myths.html) tells us that most people believe in health care myths, including that "roughly six out of 10 Americans believe taxpayers will be required to pay for abortions." You can help debunk this myth by getting this message out to your friends and family: http://www.blogforchoice.com/archives/2009/08/the-truth-about.html
Finally, an article in the Associated Press says that many young people, including young supporters of President Obama, just don't seem to care about health-care reform (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hEl6XNNanFnCo4oXWo0T-0YaelrAD9A9GRT81). We want to know what you think. Do you agree with the article that young people are just not interested? What ideas do you have to engage young Americans in health-care reform?
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