{"id":476,"date":"2012-01-04T12:34:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T20:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2012-01-04T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T20:34:04","slug":"trust-women-week-a-virtual-march-banners-in-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/?p=476","title":{"rendered":"Trust Women Week: A National Online March, Banners in the Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/banners3-and-trust-women-week-background.pdf\">Trust Women Week and SF Banners: Background<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Trust Women Week and The Banner Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of Americans believe that women should have access to basic health care<br \/>\nservices and that decisions about reproductive health care including family<br \/>\nplanning and abortion should be left to each person.\u00a0 But in 2011, extremist politicians elected with a mandate to fix the current economic crisis instead chose to divert the<br \/>\npublic&#8217;s attention with policy battles about these private decisions. They have<br \/>\ndeclared a \u201cWar on Women.\u201d\u00a0 The U.S. House of Representatives and state legislatures have particularly focused on eliminating access to basic health care services and contraception as well as abortion, with severe consequences for the most vulnerable .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re displaying banners on Market Street in\u00a0San Francisco\u00a0to spark conversations and to help build momentum and solidarity among supporters of women\u2019s rights, equality and autonomy and access to comprehensive health care, including reproductive health care services.<\/p>\n<p>During Trust Women Week, January 20-27, we will engage the public in a\u00a0National Online March, with MoveOn, to express\u00a0support online and in events around the country\u00a0for reproductive health, rights and justice.\u00a0 Watch this page for news about\u00a0local events, including one in San Francisco on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Trust Women\/Silver Ribbon Campaign is a coalition of 42 national and local<br \/>\norganizations. We include the groups represented on the banners: the Bay Area<br \/>\nCoalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR), Catholics for Choice, NARAL-ProChoice California, Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific, and SisterSong\/Trust Black Women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The main banner messages are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Her Decision, Her Health<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Most women spend about 30 years trying not to become pregnant and only two years trying to become pregnant.\u00a0 Whether and when to have a child is a personal decision that every individual has the right to make.\u00a0 A healthy pregnancy is more likely for women who have access to basic health care services.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. <\/strong><strong>Out of My Uterus<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2011, a record numbers of bills were introduced or passed by state legislatures and<br \/>\nthe U.S. House of representatives restricting women&#8217;s access to basic health care services, family planning, and safe abortion care.\u00a0 It has been called a &#8220;War on Women.&#8221; Many women are shocked and dismayed by these attacks and want to send a strong message to policy-makers: Government should stay out of making decisions about what happens in my womb.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fix the Economy, Support My Autonomy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Many people are suffering due to the downturn in the economy, and are looking to our elected officials for real solutions. Too many policy-makers focus on whipping up divisions on social issues such as restricting women\u2019s rights, instead of creating jobs. Government has an important role in supporting and assuring the conditions for a healthy life. In these hard economic times, women&#8217;s ability to conduct productive, independent lives depends on government support for fixing the economy, and providing the education needed to secure rewarding jobs, and affordable health care, including reproductive health care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reproductive Rights are Human Rights\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If women do not have the ability to decide what goes on in their bodies, then they are second class citizens.\u00a0 Human rights describe the obligations of governments to create the conditions for all people to be as healthy as possible.\u00a0 This includes respecting<br \/>\nindividual rights about our reproductive health and assuring access to affordable and comprehensive reproductive health care services.<\/p>\n<p>\uf073<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>San Francisco<\/strong><strong> is Pro-Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of this country supports reproductive rights and feels that the decision about abortion should be left to the individual.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Partner banners:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Catholics for Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Abortion is a Human Right: United Nations &#8211; BACORR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Freedom, Privacy, Choice &#8211; NARAL <\/strong><strong>California<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco<\/strong><strong> Supports Planned Parenthood Shasta\/Pacific<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We Trust Black Women, Do You? &#8211; Sistersong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>see Background Information below or as a pdf:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/oursilverribbon.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/banners3-and-trust-women-week-background1.pdf\">Trust Women Week and SF Banners: Background<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>photos of the banners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/117112844015109646967\/ReproductiveJusticeBannersInSanFrancisco\">https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/117112844015109646967\/ReproductiveJusticeBannersInSanFrancisco<\/a>#<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Background Information<\/span><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unintended<br \/>\nPregnancies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the 6.7 million pregnancies in the U.S.\u00a0in 2006, nearly half (49%) were unintended. \u00a043% of these unintended pregnancies end in<br \/>\nabortion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unintended pregnancy rates are elevated among low-income<br \/>\nwomen, women aged 18\u201324, cohabiting women, and minority women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor women have high unintended pregnancy rates nearly<br \/>\nacross the board, regardless of their education, race and ethnicity, marital<br \/>\nstatus or age.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/journals\/j.contraception.2011.07.13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/journals\/j.contraception.2011.07.13.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The rate of unintended pregnancies <\/strong>per 1,000 women age 15-44, 1994<br \/>\n&#8211; 2006<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rose by<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<strong>50%<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0\u00a0for<br \/>\nlow-income womenversus<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> decreased by 29%<\/span> for higher income women<br \/>\n(at 200% + of the federal poverty level)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unintended<br \/>\nPregnancy: <strong>5 Times Higher for Low-Income<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UP for<br \/>\nLow-Income<\/p>\n<p>DOWN for Higher-Income<\/p>\n<table width=\"744\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"219\">Year<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1994<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"113\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2001<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2006<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"188\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Percent change<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"219\">Below federal poverty<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"><strong>88<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"113\"><strong>120<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\"><strong>132<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"188\"><strong>50% increase<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"219\">200% +FPL<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"><strong>34<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"113\"><strong>28<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\"><strong>24<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"188\"><strong>29% decline<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"219\"><strong>Rate low<br \/>\nincome<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"105\"><strong>3 times +<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"113\"><strong>\u00a04 times +<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\"><strong>5 times +<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"188\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Per 1,000 women age 15-44\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/oT1cJk\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/oT1cJk<\/a><br \/>\nwww.guttmacher.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women and Violence<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Homicide is the 2nd-leading cause<br \/>\nof injury-related death among pregnant women<\/li>\n<li>24% of U.S.<br \/>\nwomen have experienced physical domestic abuse at some point in their lives, including threats, isolation,<br \/>\nhumiliation, unwanted sexual advances, limiting access to finances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unintended<br \/>\npregnancy and Abortion Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There<br \/>\nwill always be women who need access to abortions. Abortion is basic health<br \/>\ncare for women.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>~50%<br \/>\nof pregnancies in US are unintended.<\/li>\n<li>4 in<br \/>\n10 unintended pregnancies are terminated by abortion.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn1\"><sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>22%<br \/>\nof all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn2\"><sup><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>In<br \/>\n2008, 1.21 million abortions were performed in US.<\/li>\n<li>Teen<br \/>\npregnancy accounts for only 2 in 10 of all abortions performed in theUS (Guttmacher Institute).<\/li>\n<li>88%<br \/>\nof abortions occur in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> 12 weeks. Only 1.5% occur later in the<br \/>\nterm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who gets abortions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/rY-bQ6UzhNI\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/rY-bQ6UzhNI\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/rY-bQ6UzhNI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women<br \/>\nin their 20s account for more than half of all abortions performed in the US.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn3\"><sup><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>6 in<br \/>\n10 women having abortions already have one or more children.<\/li>\n<li>These<br \/>\nwomen cite the need to provide and care for their existinge children as a<br \/>\nprimary reason for choosing to have an abortion.<\/li>\n<li>Approximately,<br \/>\non average, 1 in 3 US women will have had an abortion in the<br \/>\ntheir lifetimes.<\/li>\n<li>75% of women<br \/>\nwho have abortions describe themselves as religiously affiliated.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a066% of women having abortions intend to have<br \/>\nchildren in the future.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Catholic women have an abortion rate 29%<br \/>\nhigher than Protestant women.<\/li>\n<li>One in five women having an abortion is a<br \/>\nborn-again or Evangelical Christian.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn4\">[4]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In<br \/>\n2008, more than 4 in 10 abortion patients had incomes below the federal poverty<br \/>\nline.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn5\"><sup><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>54% of women<br \/>\nwho have abortions used a contraceptive method (usually the condom or the pill)<br \/>\nduring the month they became pregnant. Among those women, 76% of pill users and<br \/>\n49% of condom users report having used their method inconsistently, while 13%<br \/>\nof pill users and 14% of condom users report correct use.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn6\"><sup><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Women<br \/>\nof color have much higher rates of unintended pregnancies and are<br \/>\ndisproportionately more likely to have an abortion, which points to widespread inequities<br \/>\nin access to contraception and adequate health care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abortion and Providers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In<br \/>\n2008, 87% of U.S. counties had no abortion provider.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn7\"><sup><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>1\/3<br \/>\nof American women live in a county with no abortion provider, which meant they<br \/>\nwould have to travel outside their county to obtain an abortion. Of women<br \/>\nobtaining abortions in 2006, nonhospital providers estimate that 27% traveled<br \/>\nat least 50 miles.<\/li>\n<li>In<br \/>\n2009, the average amount paid for a non-hospital abortion with local anesthesia<br \/>\nat 10 weeks\u2019 gestation was $451. <a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn8\"><sup><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abortion Law and Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1992, the Supreme in <em>Planned Parenthood v. Casey<\/em> significantly weakened the legal<br \/>\nprotections previously afforded women and physicians by giving states the right<br \/>\nto enact restrictions that do not create an \u201cundue burden\u201d for women seeking<br \/>\nabortion<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn9\"><sup><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Since<br \/>\n1976 via the Hyde Amendment (which has been renewed every year),Congress has<br \/>\nbarred the use of federal Medicaid funds to pay for abortions, except when the<br \/>\nwoman\u2019s life would be endangered by a full-term pregnancy or in cases of rape<br \/>\nor incest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zCmCcACrm6M\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zCmCcACrm6M\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/zCmCcACrm6M<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 5\/4\/11, Smith Bill HR3 passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of<br \/>\n251:175 . (No action in the Senate.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expands and makes permanent (as opposed to annual opportunity to strike<br \/>\nit) that no federal funds can be spent on abortion<\/li>\n<li>Uses personal and business tax policy to bar any insurance policy<br \/>\n(including those paid with personal funds) from covering abortion, even to<br \/>\nprotect a woman\u2019s health when threatened by complication with later term wanted<br \/>\npregnancies which could result in all private insurance dropping coverage of<br \/>\nabortion. Currently 85% of private insurance plans cover abortion.<\/li>\n<li>Redefines rape as only \u201cforcible rape,\u201d meaning those that are<br \/>\ninebriated or drugged do not count as rapes. Women would have to prove that the<br \/>\nrape was forced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>19 state governments enacted 80 anti-choice regulations related to<br \/>\nabortions in 2011, a new record. \u00a0The<br \/>\nprevious record was in 2005, when about 34 regulations were enacted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These measures:<\/p>\n<p>Discourage and delay<br \/>\npregnant women from acting on decisions to obtain an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Interfere with clinician<br \/>\npractices in the name of safety .<\/p>\n<p>Restrict the gestational<br \/>\nperiod for when a fetus can be aborted.<\/p>\n<p>Limit government funds to<br \/>\nfor abortion care and thus limits the choices of poor women.<\/p>\n<p>Criminalize women\u2019s<br \/>\ndecisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abortion is Safe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The<br \/>\nrisk of abortion complications is minimal: Fewer than 0.3% of abortion patients<br \/>\nexperience a complication that requires hospitalization.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn10\"><sup><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abortion<br \/>\nis safer when and where it is legal.<\/li>\n<li>Opponents<br \/>\nhave attempted to claim that abortion causes a number of complications.\u00a0 There is no evidence for these claims, and<br \/>\nresearch has systematically discredited each of them:<\/li>\n<li>Abortions<br \/>\nperformed in the first trimester pose virtually no long-term risk of such<br \/>\nproblems as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion (miscarriage)<br \/>\nor birth defect, and little or no risk of preterm or low-birth-weight deliveries.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn11\"><sup><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>In<br \/>\nrepeated studies since the early 1980s, leading experts have concluded that<br \/>\nabortion does not pose a hazard to women\u2019s mental health.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn12\"><sup><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abortion<br \/>\ndoes not increase one\u2019s risk of breast cancer as shown by several peer-reviewed<br \/>\nand respected scientific studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contraception prevents unintended<br \/>\npregnancy and abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In<br \/>\n2006, publicly funded family planning services helped women avoid 1.94 million<br \/>\nunintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 860,000<br \/>\nunintended births and 810,000 abortions<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn13\"><sup><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Threats<br \/>\nto Abortion Access<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eliminating insurance<br \/>\ncoverage of abortion.<\/span>\u00a0Currently 85% of private insurance covers<br \/>\nabortion. Laws passed by the House of Representatives and state governments are<br \/>\nin effect banning private coverage of abortion.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Requiring<br \/>\nmedically-<strong>unnecessary<\/strong> ultrasounds<\/span> before abortion. Some states require<br \/>\nthat women receive information about how to access an ultrasound while others<br \/>\nrequire that a woman undergo an ultrasound prior to obtaining an abortion. An<br \/>\nultrasound is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not medically necessary<\/span> for first-trimester abortion and<br \/>\nthese types of laws appear to be attempts to personify the fetus and dissuade<br \/>\nthe woman from choosing an abortion, as well as significantly add to the cost<br \/>\nof the procedure<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn14\"><sup><sup>[14]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Informed<br \/>\nconsent\u201d a.k.a. misinformation\/scare tactic<\/span> requirements are often used to<br \/>\ninterfere with a woman\u2019s easy access to a safe abortion. Many states require<br \/>\nmandatory biased counseling and often at least a 24-hour \u201cwaiting period\u201d<br \/>\nbetween counseling and an abortion procedure. Many states require certain<br \/>\ninformation to be given during counseling such as information about fetal<br \/>\ndevelopment, how to obtain an ultrasound, along with misleading or inaccurate<br \/>\ninformation about the risks associated with abortion. This requirement,<br \/>\ndesigned to deter women from seeking an abortion, causes an undue emotional and<br \/>\nfinancial burden. In states that require a waiting period, women must make two<br \/>\ntrips to a health care provider in order to obtain an abortion, increasing the<br \/>\ndifficulty of accessing an abortion for low-income or working women<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn15\"><sup><sup>[15]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nwho have to find child care, transportation and coverage at their jobs to<br \/>\ntravel large distances to a provider twice.<\/li>\n<li>Many<br \/>\nclinics and health care facilities are targets of serious <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">antiabortion violence<\/span><br \/>\nincluding bombings, arson, and vandalism. Additionally, these facilities are<br \/>\noften subject to violent protests and blockades. The federal government in 1994<br \/>\nenacted the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act which prohibits<br \/>\nintentional property damage, or the use of force or threat of force to injure,<br \/>\nintimidate, or interfere with someone entering a health care facility<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn16\"><sup><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The<br \/>\naverage cost of an abortion at 10 weeks gestation is $370. In 1977 the Hyde<br \/>\nAmendment was implemented with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">banned federal funding for abortion<\/span><br \/>\nexcept in extreme circumstances. Medicaid is one of the primary federal health<br \/>\ncare programs for low-income people, and under Hyde Medicaid cannot be used to<br \/>\npay for an abortion.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Crisis<br \/>\npregnancy centers<\/span><br \/>\npresent themselves as \u201cpregnancy clinics\u201d or \u201cmedical clinicis\u201d to persuade<br \/>\nwomen to not have an abortion. Rather than present all the options (continue,<br \/>\ncontinue and put up for adoption, or terminate) they present biased facts. Many<br \/>\nreceive taxpayers funds.<\/li>\n<li>State<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">initiatives to make the embryo a person<\/span>. Colorado started this trend. Mississippi followed suit this year, in an<br \/>\ninitiative that was defeated by voters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>California<\/strong><strong> Specific<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In California, 897,700 of the 7,680,396 women of<br \/>\nreproductive age became pregnant in 2008. 61% of these pregnancies resulted in<br \/>\nlive births and 24% in induced abortions.<\/li>\n<li>In<br \/>\n2008, 214,190 women obtained abortions in California, producing a rate of 27.6 abortions per<br \/>\n1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states,<br \/>\nand some California residents had abortions in other states,<br \/>\nso this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate<br \/>\nincreased 2% since 2005, when it was 27.1 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44.<br \/>\nAbortions inCalifornia represent 17.7% of all abortions in theUnited States.<\/li>\n<li>In<br \/>\n2008, 22% of California counties had no abortion provider.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn17\"><sup><sup>[17]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catholics<br \/>\nsupport birth control and have abortions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sensus_fidelium\" target=\"_blank\"> Sensus<br \/>\nfidelium <\/a>\u2014the graced and experience-fed wisdom of the faithful that has<br \/>\nalways been one of the sources of truth in the Catholic tradition.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/04\/14\/us-most-catholic-women-us-use-birth-cont-idUSTRE73D4SZ20110414\" target=\"_blank\">98% of sexually active Catholic women have used a <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/04\/14\/us-most-catholic-women-us-use-birth-cont-idUSTRE73D4SZ20110414\" target=\"_blank\">form of contraception<\/a> banned by the Catholic Church.<\/li>\n<li>As recently as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pontifical_Commission_on_Birth_Control\" target=\"_blank\">1968, a majority of the Pope\u2019s advisors <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pontifical_Commission_on_Birth_Control\" target=\"_blank\">agreed that there was no moral, theological or <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pontifical_Commission_on_Birth_Control\" target=\"_blank\">pastoral reason to ban Catholics from using <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pontifical_Commission_on_Birth_Control\" target=\"_blank\">contraception. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/guest-voices\/post\/on-family-planning-does-the-catholic-church-represent-catholics\/2011\/10\/07\/gIQAaNGnSL_blog.htm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reproductive Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reproductive<br \/>\njustice is a framework that addresses the intersecting influences of racism,<br \/>\nsexism, xenophobia, and class on the health and daily lives of women and girls.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn18\"><sup><sup>[18]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> It goes beyond the issues of <em>reproductive health<\/em> services, and the law and policy approach of a <em>reproductive rights<\/em> framework, to<br \/>\nactively and inclusively represent the needs, challenges and daily experiences<br \/>\nof communities of color and low-income women. This integrated<br \/>\napproach is about a woman\u2019s total reproductive health and its relationship to<br \/>\nher economic conditions and daily experiences. Its goal is not to single out<br \/>\nparts of a woman\u2019s body but instead to see women\u2019s lives and experiences as a<br \/>\nwhole.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn19\"><sup><sup>[19]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the<br \/>\nAsian Communities for Reproductive Justice, &#8220;Reproductive<br \/>\nJustice exists when all people have the social, political and economic power<br \/>\nand resources to make healthy decisions about our gender, bodies, sexuality and<br \/>\nfamilies for our selves and our communities.\u201d<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn20\"><sup><sup>[20]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reproductive<br \/>\noppression is the control<br \/>\nand regulation of our gender, bodies, and sexuality. This oppression manifests in many ways,<br \/>\nsuch as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the systematically toxic environment in many poor communities that expose women to toxins linked with<br \/>\ninfertility, infant mortality, miscarriage, birth defects, and cancer.<\/li>\n<li>the criminalization of<br \/>\nsubstance-dependent pregnant women and subsequent incarceration rather than<br \/>\nrehabilitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reproductive justice is a framework that recognizes that<br \/>\nwomen&#8217;s health, access to medical care<br \/>\nand economic justice are political issues that are all connected. Reproductive<br \/>\noptions and self-determination for<br \/>\nwomen of color and poor women are restricted in many aspects because<br \/>\nreproductive health is directly tied to the economic conditions in a woman&#8217;s<br \/>\ncommunity, including environmental factors and experiences of women of color with respect to<br \/>\nrace, class, and gender.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn21\"><sup><sup>[21]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though<br \/>\nthe constitutional right to an abortion established by Roe v. Wade remains<br \/>\ntechnically intact, the majority of anti-choice and anti-women legislation<br \/>\ndesigned to chip away at Roe disproportionately affects poor women and women of<br \/>\ncolor. These include bans<br \/>\non publicly funded abortion, cuts to women\u2019s health clinics, and legally-imposed<br \/>\nwaiting periods act to deny access safe and legal abortion for many<br \/>\nunderprivileged women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Reproductive Justice agenda<br \/>\nincludes but is not limited to some of the following: affordable child care and<br \/>\nhousing for low income women; pre- and post-natal care accessible to all women;<br \/>\nchild nutrition and pre-school programs, comprehensive school-based medically<br \/>\naccurate and age-appropriate sex education for our youth; family planning and<br \/>\ncounseling; guaranteed job security for pregnant employees; paid family and<\/p>\n<p>medical leave; access to birth control and emergency contraception; affordable<br \/>\nand accessible reproductive health care; treatment programs&#8211;not jail time&#8211;to<br \/>\nassist pregnant substance abusers; and, last but not least, universal health<br \/>\ncare for all.<a title=\"\" href=\"#_edn22\"><sup><sup>[22]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref1\"><sup><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref2\"><sup><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Jones RK and Kooistra,<br \/>\nK., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/journals\/4304111.pdf\"><strong>Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States<\/strong><\/a>, 2008,<em>Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health<\/em>, 2011, 43(1):41-50.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref3\"><sup><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#6\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref4\">[4]<\/a> http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/media\/nr\/prabort2.html<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref5\"><sup><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#6\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref6\"><sup><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#8\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#8<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref7\"><sup><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#2\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref8\"><sup><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#2\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref9\"><sup><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#16\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#16<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref10\"><sup><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nHenshaw SK,<br \/>\nUnintended pregnancy and abortion: a public health perspective, in: Paul M et<br \/>\nal., eds., <em>A Clinician\u2019s Guide to Medical<br \/>\nand Surgical Abortion<\/em>, New York:<br \/>\nChurchill Livingstone, 1999, pp. 11\u201322.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref11\"><sup><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nMajor B et al., Report of the Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion,<br \/>\nAmerican Psychological Association, Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion,<br \/>\n2008, Washington,<br \/>\nDC, &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pi\/wpo\/mental-health-abortion-report.pdf\"><strong>http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pi\/wpo\/mental-health-abortion-report.pdf<\/strong><\/a>&gt;,<br \/>\naccessed December<br \/>\n15, 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref12\"><sup><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\nMajor B et al., Report of the Task Force on Mental Health and<br \/>\nAbortion, American Psychological Association, Task Force on Mental Health and<br \/>\nAbortion, 2008, Washington,<br \/>\nDC, &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pi\/wpo\/mental-health-abortion-report.pdf\"><strong>http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pi\/wpo\/mental-health-abortion-report.pdf<\/strong><\/a>&gt;,<br \/>\naccessed December<br \/>\n15, 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref13\"><sup><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#20\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/fb_induced_abortion.html#20<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref14\"><sup><sup>[14]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/statecenter\/spibs\/spib_RFU.pdf\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/statecenter\/spibs\/spib_RFU.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref15\"><sup><sup>[15]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/statecenter\/spibs\/spib_MWPA.pdf\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/statecenter\/spibs\/spib_MWPA.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref16\"><sup><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/statecenter\/spibs\/spib_PAC.pdf\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/statecenter\/spibs\/spib_PAC.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref17\"><sup><sup>[17]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/sfaa\/california.html\">http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/sfaa\/california.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref18\"><sup><sup>[18]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/reproductivejustice.org\/assets\/docs\/ACRJ-Three-Applications-of-the-RJ-Lens.pdf\">http:\/\/reproductivejustice.org\/assets\/docs\/ACRJ-Three-Applications-of-the-RJ-Lens.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref19\"><sup><sup>[19]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.now.org\/nnt\/fall-2006\/reproductive_justice.html\">http:\/\/www.now.org\/nnt\/fall-2006\/reproductive_justice.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref20\"><sup><sup>[20]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/reproductivejustice.org\/what-is-reproductive-justice\">http:\/\/reproductivejustice.org\/what-is-reproductive-justice<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref21\"><sup><sup>[21]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">http:\/\/www.now.org\/nnt\/fall-2006\/reproductive_justice.html<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref22\"><sup><sup>[22]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.now.org\/nnt\/fall-2006\/reproductive_justice.html\">http:\/\/www.now.org\/nnt\/fall-2006\/reproductive_justice.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fwhc.org\/reproductivejustice.htm\">http:\/\/www.fwhc.org\/reproductivejustice.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"#_msoanchor_1\">[SY1]<\/a>alpha<br \/>\norder<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p 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