There is no doubt that reproductive rights have become increasingly under attack this past year. With states like Colorado and Mississippi pushing legislation to grant rights to the unborn, the conservative agenda wanting to strip women's health facilities of funding and the anti-choice using Crisis Pregnancy Centers to pass off fiction as fact; more than ever before we are taking giant steps in the wrong direction.
On the other hand, it can't be said that there isn't a strong and growing opposition to the ever mounting restrictions and erosion of a women's right to choose. The president of NARAL Pro-Choice, Nancy Northup, sent out an e-mail thanking supporters and highlighting some victories in the last year:
Thanks to your support, today in Kansas, a pair of father-daughter OB-GYNs who have served generations of women and their families can keep their practice open—and women seeking abortion services will not have to travel out of state to receive the care they need. And in Texas and North Carolina, women making profoundly private decisions about their pregnancies can do so with the confidential counsel of their doctors—and without the intrusion of a politically-motivated ideological lecture and forced viewing of an ultrasound image.
Check out Emily's List, the pro-women group devoted to electing pro-choice women to see what they're thankful for.
I am, as always, thankful for my family and our health. I am also thankful that when I needed reproductive support I was able to make my own decision- just like every women should be able to.
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