Love this…chill bumps galore.
My mother raised me as a feminist. I learned about Margaret Sanger and birth control at an early age. I knew the names of the women who fought for my right to vote before I was ever able to vote. Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Juliette Lowe were household heroes, and I visited the National Women’s Hall of Fame as a pre-teen.
I took it for granted that I could vote.
I took it for granted that I had the right to an abortion whether I ever needed or wanted one.
I took it for granted that I could take birth control pills for any reason whatsoever, with no questions asked.
I never thought that I would ever have to fight to keep any of those rights.
It’s not really a great time to be a woman in this great nation. State after…
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June 27, 2013
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