September/October 2015 Issue
Mother's Jones
When she was 20 years old, (click here) Renee Chelian began every Friday with a predawn drive to an airplane hangar outside Detroit. There she met an abortion doctor, and a pilot who flew them to Buffalo, New York.
This was 1971. Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to an abortion, was still a year and a half away, and New York was one of the few places in the country where abortion was legal. Chelian was the doctor's assistant. She cleaned instruments and made appointments for women who hitchhiked or drove from all over the Midwest and New England to reach the clinic....
I think women like to CHOOSE for themselves. I think women love their life partners. I think women love their children. Where love intercepts sex, a warm and cozy relationship, keeping a husband at home and economic survival for the couple and the family is very important.
I think women understand women. I also believe women respect the decisions of other women about Choice and family. I believe women want to protect other women from rape, from abuse and certainly from an uncertain future that brings quality of life to their children.
I also believe the idea there is a war on women is repulsive. Women are cherished in the USA. They are admired. They are endeared to celebrations such as Mother's Day and Grandparents Day and Happy Birthday. Children celebrate their mothers. I don't believe there is a war on women. What I do believe is that the Republican Party wants to remove Choice from women when they seek contraception and unfortunately abortion.
Abortion is a concern of any woman. Women do not want to have abortions, but, they breath a sigh of relief when they realize "I just can't have this baby now."
When one examines the use of abortion in the USA, the majority occur at six or less weeks. Women know what they are doing and other women don't question that decision. For those that do, they are interfering with privacy rights of women. For those that do, they are politicizing such decisions between a woman and her doctor. I thought that relationship was considered sacred, even by Republicans.
Contraception prevents abortions. The USA is working very hard to stem the demand for abortions and limiting contraception is not the answer. Those issues are between the woman and God.
Republicans have wrongfully injected their politics into a topic where the USA is doing just fine.
98.4 percent of abortions are conducted before 20 weeks. Many of those women seeking abortions after 6 weeks have to save money to get their abortion. Yes, sometimes it takes as late as 20 weeks to put together enough money to have their abortion. It isn't about ambivalence. It is completely wrong to expect any teen carry out a pregnancy.
The abortions after 20 weeks are by advise of the physician to save the woman's life or save the couple from a painful birth with little to no chance for the child to survive or have a reasonable life. I think physicians deserve the respect of the government when they make these recommendations for their patients. The patient already has the right to refuse treatment if they are dedicated to the pregnancy that is their own reason.
When Americans hear Planned Parenthood is under attack, the first thing that comes to mind is women's health. We already know there are women that count on Planned Parenthood for their health care and many their complete health care. There is absolutely no reason for a women to be turned away from a Pap Smear and/or mammograms. It is unthinkable to realize women die of cancer when there is very viable methods of detection and treatment.
It is Un-American to deprive women from health care and those that want to should consider themselves shameful to the majority of Americans. It is unconscionable to deny women health care and I can only think of one religion that frowns on health care and when it comes to children the professionals take control of that young life.
Women have dignity in the USA. They are highly esteemed and have many rights that other women on this Earth could only hope for. So, there is no war on women in the USA. What there is a very foolish political agenda that alienates women from their political message.
In the USA, supporting women is known as EMPOWERMENT. I suggest the Democratic Party continue to empower women to make their own decisions that effect their life, happiness and the outcomes of their families.
Mother's Jones
When she was 20 years old, (click here) Renee Chelian began every Friday with a predawn drive to an airplane hangar outside Detroit. There she met an abortion doctor, and a pilot who flew them to Buffalo, New York.
This was 1971. Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that established a woman's right to an abortion, was still a year and a half away, and New York was one of the few places in the country where abortion was legal. Chelian was the doctor's assistant. She cleaned instruments and made appointments for women who hitchhiked or drove from all over the Midwest and New England to reach the clinic....
I think women like to CHOOSE for themselves. I think women love their life partners. I think women love their children. Where love intercepts sex, a warm and cozy relationship, keeping a husband at home and economic survival for the couple and the family is very important.
I think women understand women. I also believe women respect the decisions of other women about Choice and family. I believe women want to protect other women from rape, from abuse and certainly from an uncertain future that brings quality of life to their children.
I also believe the idea there is a war on women is repulsive. Women are cherished in the USA. They are admired. They are endeared to celebrations such as Mother's Day and Grandparents Day and Happy Birthday. Children celebrate their mothers. I don't believe there is a war on women. What I do believe is that the Republican Party wants to remove Choice from women when they seek contraception and unfortunately abortion.
When one examines the use of abortion in the USA, the majority occur at six or less weeks. Women know what they are doing and other women don't question that decision. For those that do, they are interfering with privacy rights of women. For those that do, they are politicizing such decisions between a woman and her doctor. I thought that relationship was considered sacred, even by Republicans.
Contraception prevents abortions. The USA is working very hard to stem the demand for abortions and limiting contraception is not the answer. Those issues are between the woman and God.
Republicans have wrongfully injected their politics into a topic where the USA is doing just fine.
98.4 percent of abortions are conducted before 20 weeks. Many of those women seeking abortions after 6 weeks have to save money to get their abortion. Yes, sometimes it takes as late as 20 weeks to put together enough money to have their abortion. It isn't about ambivalence. It is completely wrong to expect any teen carry out a pregnancy.
The abortions after 20 weeks are by advise of the physician to save the woman's life or save the couple from a painful birth with little to no chance for the child to survive or have a reasonable life. I think physicians deserve the respect of the government when they make these recommendations for their patients. The patient already has the right to refuse treatment if they are dedicated to the pregnancy that is their own reason.
When Americans hear Planned Parenthood is under attack, the first thing that comes to mind is women's health. We already know there are women that count on Planned Parenthood for their health care and many their complete health care. There is absolutely no reason for a women to be turned away from a Pap Smear and/or mammograms. It is unthinkable to realize women die of cancer when there is very viable methods of detection and treatment.
It is Un-American to deprive women from health care and those that want to should consider themselves shameful to the majority of Americans. It is unconscionable to deny women health care and I can only think of one religion that frowns on health care and when it comes to children the professionals take control of that young life.
Women have dignity in the USA. They are highly esteemed and have many rights that other women on this Earth could only hope for. So, there is no war on women in the USA. What there is a very foolish political agenda that alienates women from their political message.
In the USA, supporting women is known as EMPOWERMENT. I suggest the Democratic Party continue to empower women to make their own decisions that effect their life, happiness and the outcomes of their families.
