QOTD: Lynn Paltrow
by digby
“What’s happened is that women are beginning to recognize that what’s at stake is more than abortion. It is their personhood — their ability to be full, equal, constitutional persons in the United States of America.”
I hope that's true. If it is it means that women are seeing the fundamental principle at stake in this debate. I'm not honestly sure it is though. It's complicated, emotional, difficult and that makes it hard to deal with in fundamental terms. But ultimately, that's what it comes down to. It practical terms it really just means that both biology and society require that women be trusted with this decision. It's the only way.
That quote is from a very interesting conversation between Bill Moyers, founder and executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women Lynn Paltrow and Jessica González-Rojas, Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. You can see the video here.
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