Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Are young women really apathetic about reproductive rights?

A Newsweek article iterated the belief held by many that young women today don't think that abortion rights need defending; and that with the elections of anti-choice politicians, Republicans and Democrats alike, the reproductive rights people (denigratingly I think, called "the menopause militia") have waning influence in Washington.

Do you think that this is true? Do young women tend to not worry about access to BC and pregnancy testing or abortion or even STI testing, because those rights have always been there for them? Here in Nevada County, California, we have a group of college-age women and men who've formed a group called CHOICES and are activisits for reproductive justice. But then again, our donor base and our Board members are made up of mainly older people...

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