Pro-Choice: Maybe It's Time To Re-Educate The Voters?

[CTyankee]

2. I don't know why the leaders of the two major pro-choice groups in this country haven't stepped up.

I call it "hiding behind their castle walls."

We should take a page from the gay rights movement. The two movements are remarkably similar in many ways. They didn't back down from a down and dirty fight. They battled back and have come a LONG way. Public opinion polls are showing strong support for gay marriage rights. Family planning (and in particular abortion rights) is polling less popular with each succeeding year.

The leaders of the entire family planning movement in this country and here in my state have become complacent. They are only talking to each other. they ignore the press, refuse to debate right to lifers and THEN when family planning funding is REALLY being threatened they cry. Here in my city, they appear in a big photo on the front page of the local newspaper, looking forlorn. They should have been in more public debates and venues in the first place so people wouldn't fall for the lies of the anti choice movement.

We've given up taking the case to the people. There are lots of excuses which are just that, excuses. Back in the 60s women went public about their abortions, we marched and lobbied and talked to the press. Since then we've been backpedaling.

This has been a very disturbing trend...it's time to turn it around!



We got insular and afraid over the years. It was nice having a solidly prochoice state Attorney General who could be counted on. That is fine and wonderful and I'm glad. But we can't stop there. We have to "friend raise" as well as "fund raise."