Meteor Blade's excellent FP story has prompted me to republish this diary, which I originally posted on 2/28/11.
Meteor Blades is completely correct. The War on Women is depressing.
Back in 1973, when Roe v Wade assured a woman' privacy regarding her determination insofar as pregnancy was concerned, an almost immediate hue and cry resounded throughout the land among those who believe women not only "should not" but DO NOT have the right to decide their own reproductive fates.
Because we were all being politically correct (or something), the terms 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' became the lingua franca of the debate over access to abortion services.
Join me below the squiggle for the language part of this discussion.
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