Comments on: Challenging Oklahoma’s new abortion law

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:20:09 +0000

I find your logic flawed to say that sex equals abortions. To start with, sex, and being sexual for that matter, is not unique to becoming a baby maker, and to imply that 1) women should not/do not have sex without the result of a child and 2) ONLY women should be concerned with the result of having that child is the most sexist and ignorant thing i’ve heard in quite some time. To imply that it is only the woman’s burden to think of the aftermath of a child is to revert back also to a time when women were property and sold in exchange for animal livestock in marriages. Thanks for the flashback….but I prefer the reality of being a person with rights

By: GalforLife

GalforLife — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:13:14 +0000

Just remember girls… You had a choice about your body, and you chose to have sex. If you’re not ready to have a baby, don’t have sex… It’s really that simple. Then you don’t have to commit murder to solve your mistakes.

By: freewomyn

freewomyn — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:16:36 +0000

I have to agree with Kirstin. Anthony and Stanton opposed abortion because in the 1800’s, it was unsafe for women. They were, however, HUGE advocates of family planning and encouraged women to space their pregnancies and limit sexual activity as a way of giving themselves more options. You have to remember that the Pill wasn’t invented until the 1930’s. Condoms were available in the mid-lat 1800’s, but they were illegal under the Comstock laws. Few women were in a position to say no to sex. But Anthony and Stanton firmly believed that women needed to take control over their reproductive lives.

You gotta love how the anti-choice movement will take anything out of context and try to spin it to their advantage. As if they really gave a shit about women anyway.

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:57:15 +0000

Much like the their fellow activist Margaret Sanger, both Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had political and social views that some feel conflict with their use today as iconic women’s issue activists, and it can’t be denied that their contributions to individual areas of women’s rights are call for reference. That being said, whether or not they are viewed today as alligned with the pro-choice movement, they are indeed influential women who sought to both work in and outside of the law to accomplish their goals of equality for women. My use of them in this article is not to align them with the pro choice movement but rather to use them as an example of how activists can use different methods to acheive their goals within the legal system.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:25:08 +0000

“When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.”

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, co-founder of National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

By: tom

tom — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:18:23 +0000

No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed [abortion].
- Susan B. Anthony

By: freewomyn

freewomyn — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:01:22 +0000

What would Alice do? I love this – it’s gonna be my new motto!