Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, grew up outside of Rochester, New York. According to Marian Faux’s profile of Terry in Crusaders: Voices from the Abortion Front, three of Terry’s aunts became pregnant as teenagers and had abortions; all three later worked in the women’s rights movement. Terry, however, left home before graduating high [...]
Last Friday I had the opportunity to volunteer at the annual Roe v. Wade luncheon that was hosted by Planned Parenthood of Arizona. Over 450 people attended the event, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. It was really energizing to be in a ballroom that was packed with so many pro-choice supporters! The event’s keynote speakers focused [...]
There are exceptions, of course–factions of the anti-choice movement that are also anti-war, anti-military. But by and large, the same people that have no problem with overturning Roe, or with making sure that abortions are not funded by federal tax dollars, or with protesting at abortion clinics, or with limiting abortion in any way they can, do, by golly, Support Our Troops.
An article in today’s Wall Street Journal is really burning my biscuits. The author, Robert George, claims that if the Supreme Court decides to hear an appeal of California’s Proposition 8 (which outlawed same sex marriage), the justices would be “repeating the mistakes of Roe.” It would be disastrous for the justices to do so. [...]
Before Roe v. Wade, women in the United States had to go to great lengths to obtain an abortion. An underground women’s collective in Chicago helped make abortion accessible. The group was called “Jane,” and they helped over 10,000 women before abortion became legal. The documentary “Jane, an Abortion Service,” tells their story. Jane was [...]
“Lake of Fire” is a documentary by Tony Kaye about the radical anti-choice movement. He looks at the history of violence against abortion providers and provides a very frightening view of the domestic terrorists who threaten women’s access to reproductive health care. The film was released in 2006 and opens with a focus on the [...]
Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor may be the first Latina to be nominated to the high court, but she’s certainly not the first Catholic. Five other justices are Catholic – Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Chief Justice John Roberts. In the history of the Supreme Court there have been a total [...]
