The Furious Spinner

I don't understand why the women and men of this country are not standing on their heads screaming, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" The Bush Administration is slowly but absolutely eroding women's reproductive rights. Score another victory for them when last week the Senate passed the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act." The title sounds OK, doesn't it? Well, it's just one more legal step in overturning Roe v. Wade. This bill gives a fetus at any stage of development the same legal rights as a woman.

These are our bodies, women. They want to tell us what to do with our own bodies. Do you understand the import of that? They want to be able to tell us when we can have children, when we can work, when and with whom we can make love. There are so many reasons to stand up and make your views known and heard these days, and your body is one of the most important reasons. Who has dominion over your being, your body? If the right-wingers and George Dubya have their ways, it won't be you. Look at this photo of this rich white men signing away our reproductive rights. NOW has four suggestions about what we can do: contribute to their emergency fund, join the march in April in Washington, D.C., register to vote, and tell 10 friends about this issue.

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