Feminists For Choice

In response to recent attacks on choice in the House and Senate debate over health care reform, the Berkeley City Council voted in an 8-1 decision to send a message to the anti-choice democrats who voted to completely dismantle women’s access to reproductive health. In hopes of reminding our dear friends of exactly what is at stake in a world without legal access to abortion, the Berkeley City Council will be sending a letter and coat hanger to each and every one of the twenty spineless democrats that sold women out on the hill. The Associated Press reports,

The Berkeley City Council has a pointed message for Democratic members of the U.S. House who voted to keep federal funds from being used to pay for abortions.

The governing body of this proudly liberal city on Wednesday sent a coat hanger and a letter to each of the 20 lawmakers urging them to reconsider any steps that would limit access to abortions. Abortion rights advocates use coat hangers as a symbol of the gruesome procedures some pregnant women resorted to before Roe v. Wade.

The City Council voted 8-1 to send the hangers, saying it hoped they would “emphasize the importance of this message.”

Similar to the ongoing Coat Hanger Project; this fabulous act of resistance seeks to disseminate a necessary message about the state of women’s health in a world without safe, legal and accessible abortion procedures. Prior to the legalization of abortion in 1973, thousands of women died from back alley abortions that were unsafe and inhumane.

Sending a hanger seems to be a great way to remind the people in this country exactly how bad things can get if we don’t shape up and take this battle for reproductive rights head on. Starting with the 20 ass-holes who voted to marginalize women in the House health care debate seems to be an excellent place to start.