It's about Control

No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.
Margaret Sanger

it's interesting  -- this whole battle - isn't it?

for me? -- it's not about abortion

never has been

it's about control

control of my body

control of my sexuality

control of my own speech

I've noticed over the past few years -- that being pro-choice -- is something that's

what's the word I'm looking for

indelicate.

it's become a political statement that's too sensitive to mention

sure -- with your friends

but being pro-choice publicly

let's say

at work

GASP

it's subtly become a taboo subject

which is insane.

my right to choose is legal

what other legal right is a delicate subject about which we must not speak?

you'll hear me say this many times over the next few weeks while we focus on this project

I feel that my rights are being endangered by religion.

no

not true

I feel that my rights are being endangered by religious zealots

how is this different from religious zealots in other parts of the world who murder women for violating their rules

lol

well -- it's a bit different

but it's dipping a toe into it.

and that's how it all begins -- this diminishing of rights

the regulating of them

I have the right to protect my body

to own my body

I have the right to control what goes into it

and what comes out of it

I have the right to talk about my rights

we have it wrong

it's not freedom OF religion that we need

it's freedom FROM religion

Margaret Sanger was right

we are not free

if we do not even control our own bodies.

Join us and blog about Reproductive Rights on 2/15

Margaret would if she could