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Where are the women's groups???

by PA08, Mon Mar 21, 2005 at 02:38:02 PM EST

An entire generation has grown up with legal choice. The youngest people who went to high school prior to Roe v. Wade are 45 years old. A baby born the day of the decision is 32 years old. Most of the college activists who fought for choice before the decision are old enough that Bush refers to them as "close to retirement".

Are people taking Choice for granted? Have Democrats taken Choice for granted? Has the GOP/DLC finally brought the Democratic Party far enough to the right where Democrats can no longer win votes for Choice -- even in our own caucus?

A couple of examples:

BANKRUPTCY: For the first time, this year the Democrats failed to pass the amendment against anti-choice protesters. Where were the women's groups?

SHIAVO: Randall Terry has been calling the plays and Senate Democrats rolled over while 46 House Democrats voted for Randall Terry's show of force. Where were the women's groups?

PENNSYLVANIA: According to the poll-watching political kingmakers, the best case scenario is for the Choice community to have lost before the first vote is cast. Where are the women's groups?

RHODE ISLAND: James Langevin voted for Randall Terry's Shiavo fiasco and is against a woman's right to choose. But his senate campaign is being backed by the same DC establishment that lost the votes on Bankruptcy and Shiavo. Where are the women's groups?

It is only March and already this year the women's lobby has been noticeably quiet during two very public legislative defeats. Going forward, it appears that Democrats will be reminded of Choice's dwindling power as anti-choice candidates tie up the general elections in two blue states.

If this is the momentum of the Choice community, how will they block anti-choice Supreme Court Justices?

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It is not a "choice" issue (3.00 / 0)

stop feeding the GOP memes

Besides telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and, die, the GOP has done a fine job of getting gov't out of our lives.

by Parker on Mon Mar 21, 2005 at 03:37:12 PM EST

Not sure what you mean. (none / 0)

Our Democrats do appear to be backing away from the issue of a woman's right to choose her own medical care if she feels an abortion is appropriate.

How is that a GOP meme?

Many of us feel they are going to let the GOP have their way on this.

by concerned democrat on Mon Mar 21, 2005 at 07:20:19 PM EST
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Call them. . . (none / 0)

. . .or visit their websites and find out.

by bellarose on Mon Mar 21, 2005 at 05:02:29 PM EST

Yes, it is different (none / 0)

As someone who was born after 1973, yes, younger people do have a different perspective on "choice" - we could have all ended up on the wrong end of one!

As for Pennsylvania, the pro-choice side won before the first vote was cast last time, so it's a wash. The abortion issue cuts both ways across party lines there.

In Rhode Island, if "choice" is more important to you than any other issue, then vote for the pro-choice candate, Lincoln Chafee. Being a Democrat is about a hell of a lot more than one issue. Since Bush has no REAL intention of overturning Roe, (Why would he? It diminishes the backlash narrative and would send droves of Catholics back to the Democratic Party.) a pro-life Democrat is much better in my book than a pro-choice Republican.

As for myself, I believe that the only thing worse than legalized abortion is illegal abortion. Abortion is wrong, but criminalizing it would be wrong-headed and counter-productive.

by wayward on Mon Mar 21, 2005 at 10:27:19 PM EST

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