Nov 30 2008
“Feminists For Life” Response
I happened upon this website:
http://www.feministsforlife.org/
I agree with the premise that “Women Deserve Better Than Abortion.” Feminists for Life is a grassroots organization that believes in strengthening and creating more options for pregnant women, such as: maternity leave, monetary resources, child care…etc. The idea is that women won’t have to choose between their dreams and their potential for motherhood because they can have both.
I spent a long time navigating the site. I watched three speakers on video.
The first speaker was an abortion survivor. She spoke of all the “babies” “killed” from abortion and how she should have been one of them. Then she went on to say all of the things that she had accomplished. I feel like I should have found this touching, I am a crier, after all, but I simply felt nothing.
The second speaker was a woman who got pregnant as a result of rape. She did not know if she was pregnant with her boyfriend or her rapist. She wouldn’t find that out until the birth of the baby.
The third speaker got pregnant in college and started an organization to get better resources for mothers.
Okay, I am PRO-CHOICE, but I am not an ADVOCATE of abortion at all ( I don’t know any ‘Choicers that are–it’s a common misconception that “pro-choice” means “pro-abortion”). I agreed with everything this organization said. I definitely think we need better resources for women. BUT, I did not see any mention of contraceptives on the website at all. They are trying to help pregnant women with family planning and they are against abortion, but they aren’t actively promoting birth control????!!!! What???!!!!
Here are some sites for you:
Go here for information about birth control pills.
Go here for free condoms.
Go here for free condoms.
http://www.trojancondoms.com/Product/FreeSample.aspx
Go here for free condoms.
http://www.condomdepot.com/product/catalog.cfm/nid/185
Go here to purchase female condoms as the condom industry is a bunch of sexist bastards and doesn’t offer free ones!
Go here to purchase spermicides and gels.
Thoughts on this topic???
