The Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund has about 24 hours to meet our $35,000 fundraising goal. As of this writing, that means raising $5,871 in 24 and a half hours.
We have to put control back in the hands of women and girls. Abortion is an important tool for women seeking to shape their own destinies. Change someone's life. Help her take care of her family, go to college, maintain her emotional health, keep her head above water, achieve the future she wants for herself. We may have lost on health care reform, but victories still happen every time one person helps another. Make it happen.
All proposals to address the abortion funding question have one thing in common: they blithely disregard the effect of such proposals on the actual women and families who choose abortion.
In 2006, I called my local clinic and said, "I want to help women get their abortions." Three years later, I'm in the thick of a young and dynamic movement, training volunteers, connecting women with the resources they need, and making the world a better place -- and I invite you to join me!
Below the rhetoric of anti-choice extremists, there has been a quiet - yet swelling - murmuring this week. These are the voices of women who seek later abortions.
Massachusetts's recent health care reform has plenty in common with Sen. Barack Obama's proposed health care plan. Can we predict what will happen to public funding for abortion nationwide based on what's happening now in Massachusetts?
