Comments on: Today is “Blog for Choice” Day!

By: Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth Wood — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:28:39 +0000

Thank you all for your comments. It was wonderful to read them. It’s so important for us to keep our voices loud and clear on this one. I was honored that you shared your stories and your reasons with me!

By: Gillette

Gillette — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:12:05 +0000

I am pro-choice because along with all your very lucid points, it is more than just a moral decision about appropriating a women’s body (although it is that, too) . It is also appropriating her choice of spiritual beliefs. Although clearly based on a number of Judeo-Christian principles, this country is supposedly not to discriminate against other’s Spiritual Paths. When a certain part of society dictates such powerfully personal spiritual definitions, it says to me that they are more than ready to make sure that we all act according to everything they hold as Truth but that we may not.

By: am I pro-choice? damn straight. « more than the sum of my parts

am I pro-choice? damn straight. « more than the sum of my parts — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:30:06 +0000

[...] 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments I’m reminded by Sex in the Public Square that today is “Blog for Choice” Day, a movement developed by Bush v. Choice (”the [...]

By: tamino

tamino — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:32:02 +0000

Good on ya.

It’s ironic (not a strong enough word!) that those who are most adamant about forcing women to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term, are the least likely to approve of freely available birth control to prevent that pregnancy in the first place, least likely to support public-funded prenatal care before the baby is born, and least likely to support welfare to help feed the child after it’s born.

The important issue today is to ensure that the right to choose is not obstructed.

By: Judy Catch22

Judy Catch22 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:06:16 +0000

Thanks for the strongly worked and sensitive column on our right to choice and our choice to celebrate that right. As someone who knows the pain of having to make a difficult decision, the battle between guilt and grief, fear and freedom, I will always owe a debt of gratitude to the thousands of women who fought for our choice. I hope we never lose that ability to fight not only for our rights but those of our children and grandchildren. A part of me hopes that using that choice is always a difficult one for us to make — that we never take it lightly as a repeatedly quick fix and that we always strive to value life in any form. I’d like to celebrate that as well. I’m glad your blog reminded us of what things used to be like. Thanks.

By: One Utah » Blog Archive » Blog for Choice Day

One Utah » Blog Archive » Blog for Choice Day — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:11:55 +0000

[...] Anne Wood has a great post discussing her reasons for being [...]

By: tobeme

tobeme — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:39:34 +0000

Excellent writing! You made your points clearly. I am in total support of women’s right to choose. I have never met a woman in my life, who chose to have an abortion, who found that to be an easy decision at the time and who did not find that choice to have a profound impact on their lifes, just as making the choice to have the baby has a profound impact on a woman’s life.
My heart goes out to any woman who is faced with this very personal choice, one of which no one else has any business making for her.

By: fiveroses76

fiveroses76 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:37:38 +0000

I applaud you.
I too, have often wished for that fertility button, or at least, the ability to give my button to a friend who may not be able to conceive. I have had two miscarriages and two abortions, and never has my view changed that I want children of my own.

By: tugster

tugster — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:29:49 +0000

Bravo. What I like about your post is that it is not an ideological one. Rather, it is grounded in many positions, making it solid. I came of age sexually before 1973. I recall reading about girls and women finding ways to get abortions illegally back then. Some of these women died because in their desperation, they chose “providers” who lacked expertise. Furthermore, in other countries where I’ve lived and where abortion is illegal, I also learned of women who died. My point is this: some woman will seek to abort whether the procedure is legal or not. I oppose the absence of a safe option for these women. Who knows, such a woman might be my daughter, sister, niece, student . . . Choice should exist to help her when she feels trapped, afraid, and desperate. That’s what you call practical, and I support that 100%. Keep up the good work.

By: tiffanytaylor

tiffanytaylor — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:41:48 +0000

Thanks for the reminder about it being “Blog for Choice” day. I’ve often thought, like you, that humanity would be much better off if we had a Fertility Button to press when we’re ready to make a child. I’m pro choice because it’s the right and sensible way to be: the woman’s body, her decision, her right to determine the course of her life.