Letter to a Young Activist: Don't Drop the Banner!

[Vogon_Glory]

5. No, I Think All Too Many Progressives Allowed Those Guys To Frame The Discussion

No, I think that the anti-abortion people framed their attack on reproductive rights as a whole as their crusade against abortion.

BUT

I think that too many people involved with NARAL, too many people with Planned Parenthood, too many progressives in general, and too many politicians and media news-critters allowed the reproductive right struggle to be framed by the right as dealing with abortion. I think a lot of people at PP never dreamed that cutting off access to contraception and gynocological care would become mainstream Republican doctrine.

I have better things to do with my time to engage in mutual recriminations with people who favor reproductive freedom. We've got a situation here; I think we ought to do something about it. I think we ought to find ways of getting the point across that the Raidcal Right's war with abortion is about womens' and couples' reproductive rights as a whole and the right of women to seek health care.