Abortion
Noticeably absent from the RoeIQtest.com survey are questions about women's health, quality of life, and privacy -- all things that Roe vs. Wade ensured.
Roe at 35 is in bad shape. But there are plenty of forward-looking, positive steps to be taken.
Right-to-lifers should read the recent numbers and realize that entrusting and empowering women with their own reproductive decisions might be a more auspicious strategy for reducing overall abortion numbers.
I was unequivocally pro-choice, but I hated that woman in the Planned Parenthood because she seemed to have such an uncomplicated relationship with abortion. I was jealous.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Blackmun, the author of Roe v. Wade, received hate mail for the rest of his life. But for thousands of women he is a hero.
I am appalled that abortion remains under attack--and that birth control in America has been impeded. We came so far with so much struggle. To give it back now is no less than an assault on women's health.
We want to say it's nothing personal, but it is, and the Clintons have now progressed from denial to anger, as they realize that it's not going to happen.
After a couple of years of political transition that have seen Europe's own warmongers/Bush poodles and corrupt leaders retiring or getting kicked out of office, there is eager anticipation for the departure of Bush.
Jamie Lynn Spears is not your average teen, of course. But her situation is becoming a more common experience for many girls of her generation: premature parenthood.
Sadly, if most Americans credit the pro-choice birth control movement for anything, it's for the dubious honor of protecting vice.