In the spirit of piKe’s astute observation of me finding “the most interesting stuff,” I thought I’d post this image I stumbled across on my webbernet travels, if only because it is one of the most striking and inspiring ones I have seen in while.
What does her sign say? Woman: Your Freedom is in Your Right to Decide.
“The Mexico City legislature approved a bill… to make abortion legal during the first three months of pregnancy, a watershed vote that set the stage for court battles and social clashes between religious conservatives and liberals. Feminists hailed the vote as a clear victory. For decades, poor women here have resorted to clandestine clinics, traditional midwives and herbal potions to end unwanted pregnancies. Scores die every year in botched abortions. ‘Its a triumph for womens rights,’ said María Consuelo Mejía, the director of Catholics for the Right to Decide.”
-James C McKinley, The New York Times. It’s a bit late, but for some backround, read the full article here.
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What a great picture!
Here is some more reproductive news from Latin America: Brazil is set to subsidize birth control pills, so that they will cost 20 American cents for a month's supply. Brazilian president Lula says the plan will allow poor Brazilians "the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want,". The government's goal to increase the number of pills taken yearly from 20 million to 50 million is part of an initiative to reduce unwanted pregnancies and maternal deaths.
What's particularly interesting about this is that abortion is almost totally illegal in Brazil. That may be set to change though - the health minister Jose Temporao says the issue of abortion "...has to be inserted into the widest family planning policy... The government will get the issue rolling so that the women can decide."
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte...
Posted by Thea
June 13, 2007, 4:43 PM
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