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Last Tuesday, January 22 2008, marked the 35th anniversary of the monumental Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision establishing a woman’s right to privacy when making decisions about her own reproductive health.  

Before Roe, an estimated 1.2 million women each year resorted to illegal and unsafe abortions. Although Roe was a great step towards progress, reproductive rights in America are still facing many challenges and the National Institute for Reproductive Health and others are actively fighting those threats. 

NARAL Pro-Choice America celebrated the anniversary with “Blog for Choice Day” in which bloggers around the country were invited to write about why they vote pro-choice. While Roe is about choice, we would also like to recognize the fantastic work that’s being done around the nation surrounding all reproductive health issues. So here goes:   

• I vote pro-choice because women should not be dying from unsafe abortions. 

• I vote pro-choice because all women in the US should have access to safe abortions. 

• I vote pro-choice because a women’s ability to obtain an abortion should not be determined by her income. 

• I vote pro-choice because a woman and her partner should have the ability to avoid unintended pregnancy. 
  

• I vote pro-choice because birth control should be available to everyone. 

• I vote pro-choice because women should not be criminalized.  

• I vote pro-choice because abortion providers should not be criminalized. 

• I vote pro-choice because accurate information about sex, sexuality, and health should be accessible to everyone.  

• I vote pro-choice because abstinence-only education doesn’t work. 

• I vote pro-choice because comprehensive sex education can reduce teen pregnancy and prevent the spread of STDs. 

• I vote pro-choice because reproductive health care can prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. 
  

• I vote pro-choice because our government should not be prohibiting women around the world from necessary family planning services.  

• I vote pro-choice because I believe in the right to do what is best for myself and my body. 

• I vote pro-choice because I value human rights.  

 Nuff’ said.

- Teresa Mozur

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