rbwinn3@juno.com wrote:

--sexkitten-- wrote:

http://www.msmagazine.com/radar/2006-07-24-we-had-abortions.asp
We Had Abortions
Join in a campaign for honesty and freedom.

In its 1972 debut issue, Ms. magazine ran a bold petition in which 53
well-known U.S. women declared that they had undergone abortions-despite
state laws rendering the procedure illegal. These women were following
the example of a 1971 manifesto signed by 343 prominent French women,
who also declared they had abortions.

Even then, to many it seemed absurd that the government could deny a
woman sovereignty over her own body. It is even more absurd in 2006 to
learn that an abortion ban has passed into law in South Dakota. The
South Dakota ban has been stayed because an initiative to remove this
ban has been placed on the state's November ballot. Whatever happens in
South Dakota, 17 states now have trigger laws or pre-Roe bans that will
ban abortion if the Supreme Court were to reverse Roe v. Wade.A myriad
of restrictions already limit access to abortion in the U.S. for poor
women, young women, and women in the military. We know it is time again
for women of conscience to stand up and speak truth to power.

At the time of the original Ms. petition, illegal abortions were causing
untold suffering in the United States, especially for poor women who had
to resort to unsafe self-induced or back-alley abortions. Today, in the
developing nations each year, approximately 70,000 women and girls die
from botched and unsafe abortions and another 500,000 maternal deaths
occur-most of this suffering and loss could be prevented. U.S.
international family planning policies contribute to this death toll:
first, by conditioning its aid on a global gag rule that prevents
medical workers from giving even information on abortion; second, by
withholding or providing inadequate funds; and finally, by funding
abstinence-only education.

We are now starting a new petition, beginning with the names of some of
the original 1972 signers. They signed "to save lives and to spare other
women the pain of socially imposed guilt." Their purpose was "to repeal
archaic and inhuman [anti-abortion] laws."

We recognize that, still, not every woman will be able to sign today-33
years after Roe-even though abortion is a very common, necessary and
important procedure for millions of women in the U.S. But if a multitude
of women would step forward publicly-and more and more would continue to
join them-we would change the public debate.

We know that women who have had abortions have spoken out many times
during the last 33 years ... and millions of women and men have marched in
countless rallies and demonstrations.

It is time to speak out again- in even larger numbers -and to make
politicians face their neighbors, influential movers and shakers, and
yes, their family members. We cannot, must not-for U.S. women and the
women of the world-lose the right to safe, legal, and accessible
abortion or access to birth control. Just as in 1972, Ms. will send the
signed petitions to the White House, members of Congress and state
legislators. We will also place the petition online. And we ask signers
to make a contribution so Ms. can promote the petition and provide
needed funds to fight abortion bans and support targeted abortion
providers, such as the sole remaining women's clinic in Mississippi.

Your name and your voice will make a difference.
--

How is a campaign to kill children honest and free?

I will answer that when there is a campaign to kill children, Rob.

rbwinn3@juno.com wrote:

--sexkitten-- wrote:

http://www.msmagazine.com/radar/2006-07-24-we-had-abortions.asp
We Had Abortions
Join in a campaign for honesty and freedom.

In its 1972 debut issue, Ms. magazine ran a bold petition in which 53
well-known U.S. women declared that they had undergone abortions-despite
state laws rendering the procedure illegal. These women were following
the example of a 1971 manifesto signed by 343 prominent French women,
who also declared they had abortions.

Even then, to many it seemed absurd that the government could deny a
woman sovereignty over her own body. It is even more absurd in 2006 to
learn that an abortion ban has passed into law in South Dakota. The
South Dakota ban has been stayed because an initiative to remove this
ban has been placed on the state's November ballot. Whatever happens in
South Dakota, 17 states now have trigger laws or pre-Roe bans that will
ban abortion if the Supreme Court were to reverse Roe v. Wade.A myriad
of restrictions already limit access to abortion in the U.S. for poor
women, young women, and women in the military. We know it is time again
for women of conscience to stand up and speak truth to power.

At the time of the original Ms. petition, illegal abortions were causing
untold suffering in the United States, especially for poor women who had
to resort to unsafe self-induced or back-alley abortions. Today, in the
developing nations each year, approximately 70,000 women and girls die
from botched and unsafe abortions and another 500,000 maternal deaths
occur-most of this suffering and loss could be prevented. U.S.
international family planning policies contribute to this death toll:
first, by conditioning its aid on a global gag rule that prevents
medical workers from giving even information on abortion; second, by
withholding or providing inadequate funds; and finally, by funding
abstinence-only education.

We are now starting a new petition, beginning with the names of some of
the original 1972 signers. They signed "to save lives and to spare other
women the pain of socially imposed guilt." Their purpose was "to repeal
archaic and inhuman [anti-abortion] laws."

We recognize that, still, not every woman will be able to sign today-33
years after Roe-even though abortion is a very common, necessary and
important procedure for millions of women in the U.S. But if a multitude
of women would step forward publicly-and more and more would continue to
join them-we would change the public debate.

We know that women who have had abortions have spoken out many times
during the last 33 years ... and millions of women and men have marched in
countless rallies and demonstrations.

It is time to speak out again- in even larger numbers -and to make
politicians face their neighbors, influential movers and shakers, and
yes, their family members. We cannot, must not-for U.S. women and the
women of the world-lose the right to safe, legal, and accessible
abortion or access to birth control. Just as in 1972, Ms. will send the
signed petitions to the White House, members of Congress and state
legislators. We will also place the petition online. And we ask signers
to make a contribution so Ms. can promote the petition and provide
needed funds to fight abortion bans and support targeted abortion
providers, such as the sole remaining women's clinic in Mississippi.

Your name and your voice will make a difference.
--

How is a campaign to kill children honest and free?

I will answer that when there is a campaign to kill children, Rob.

rbwinn3@juno.com wrote:

--sexkitten-- wrote:

http://www.msmagazine.com/radar/2006-07-24-we-had-abortions.asp
We Had Abortions
Join in a campaign for honesty and freedom.

In its 1972 debut issue, Ms. magazine ran a bold petition in which 53
well-known U.S. women declared that they had undergone abortions-despite
state laws rendering the procedure illegal. These women were following
the example of a 1971 manifesto signed by 343 prominent French women,
who also declared they had abortions.

Even then, to many it seemed absurd that the government could deny a
woman sovereignty over her own body. It is even more absurd in 2006 to
learn that an abortion ban has passed into law in South Dakota. The
South Dakota ban has been stayed because an initiative to remove this
ban has been placed on the state's November ballot. Whatever happens in
South Dakota, 17 states now have trigger laws or pre-Roe bans that will
ban abortion if the Supreme Court were to reverse Roe v. Wade.A myriad
of restrictions already limit access to abortion in the U.S. for poor
women, young women, and women in the military. We know it is time again
for women of conscience to stand up and speak truth to power.

At the time of the original Ms. petition, illegal abortions were causing
untold suffering in the United States, especially for poor women who had
to resort to unsafe self-induced or back-alley abortions. Today, in the
developing nations each year, approximately 70,000 women and girls die
from botched and unsafe abortions and another 500,000 maternal deaths
occur-most of this suffering and loss could be prevented. U.S.
international family planning policies contribute to this death toll:
first, by conditioning its aid on a global gag rule that prevents
medical workers from giving even information on abortion; second, by
withholding or providing inadequate funds; and finally, by funding
abstinence-only education.

We are now starting a new petition, beginning with the names of some of
the original 1972 signers. They signed "to save lives and to spare other
women the pain of socially imposed guilt." Their purpose was "to repeal
archaic and inhuman [anti-abortion] laws."

We recognize that, still, not every woman will be able to sign today-33
years after Roe-even though abortion is a very common, necessary and
important procedure for millions of women in the U.S. But if a multitude
of women would step forward publicly-and more and more would continue to
join them-we would change the public debate.

We know that women who have had abortions have spoken out many times
during the last 33 years ... and millions of women and men have marched in
countless rallies and demonstrations.

It is time to speak out again- in even larger numbers -and to make
politicians face their neighbors, influential movers and shakers, and
yes, their family members. We cannot, must not-for U.S. women and the
women of the world-lose the right to safe, legal, and accessible
abortion or access to birth control. Just as in 1972, Ms. will send the
signed petitions to the White House, members of Congress and state
legislators. We will also place the petition online. And we ask signers
to make a contribution so Ms. can promote the petition and provide
needed funds to fight abortion bans and support targeted abortion
providers, such as the sole remaining women's clinic in Mississippi.

Your name and your voice will make a difference.
--

How is a campaign to kill children honest and free?

I will answer that when there is a campaign to kill children, Rob.

John D.Wentzky wrote:

Prominent women?
So, where are their names and the names of the men who got them pregnant?

In the 1972 edition, I'd imagine. Go get one and look it up.

And the men who got them pregnant are none of your business.

How can they be prominent women if they won't tell the truth?

*Yawn*.

If you have some proof that they are lying, post it. Otherwise, STFU.