Today marks the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which also makes it the annual Blog for Choice day. The organizers have asked us to answer the question, “What is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new Congress?”
For me, it is three things:
- Standing firm against the forces who would limit a woman’s right to reproductive choice.
- Supporting family planning and sex education and that teaches both abstinence and safe sex.
- Supporting the right to create a family in whatever manner we choose. This isn’t traditionally part of the discussion around reproductive rights, which tends to focus on whether women should have the right to choose abortion. For me, however, the issue is as much about choosing how to create a child, and with whom, as it is about choosing not to do so.
Turns out those are already on his agenda, under women and civil rights. One more reason I’m doing the happy dance this week.