Happy Roe v. Wade anniversary!
Every year on January 22nd, NARAL Pro-Choice America has Blog for Choice Day, and this year, in honor of the memory of Dr. George Tiller, the question is "What does Trust Women mean to you?" (www.blogforchoice.com)
To me, Trust Women means exactly what it says: trust women. Trust women to make their own decisions, personally, politically, in business, everything. Trust women to know what to do with their bodies, their lives.
It's the opposite of what anti-choice waiting periods and ultrasound laws do- they don't trust women to understand what is happening in their own bodies.
Trust Women means seeing women as independent, strong, self-sufficient people. Do say anything less is to deny women their humanity.
It's a fundamental part of equality: no one ever has to say "trust men."
And it goes further. We should trust all groups that fight for social justice to know what is best for themselves, from racial minorities to the LGBTQ communities.
Trust Women. We know what we're doing.