Today, January 22, is a very important day for many of us around the world…the day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s momentous ruling in Roe versus Wade. A triumph for so many U.S. women and their families.
I’ve been a donor to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America for years and years and years. I’m a proud board member of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE). And my life partner and I just changed our will to include PPSNE.
“Care. No matter what.” That is the promise of the Planned Parenthood movement worldwide. It’s a promise made every day to the women, men, and young people who rely on their personal right to make their own decisions.
Family planning is a deeply personal and often complex decision. None of us knows the personal situation of another. As we in the Planned Parenthood movement say, “I am not in her shoes. Ultimately, decisions about whether to choose adoption, end a pregnancy, or raise a child must be left to a woman, her family, and her faith, with the counsel of her doctor or health care provider.”
An issue yesterday, still today…and tomorrow, too.
- Watch this 90-second animated video, Not In Her Shoes. The video gives some great tips about how to encourage people to have an authentic conversation about difficult issues.
- Watch Forty Years Safe and Legal.This 4-minute video honoring the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade features archival footage, historical photos, news clips, and new interview footage with Sarah Weddington and Cecile Richards.
- Read Gail Collins’ great column in the New York Times. Watch this episode of the NBC show Parenthood, which prominently and sensitively featured Planned Parenthood. Read the Salon article about the amazing Parenthood episode. Read this MSNBC article about the public’s strong support for abortion rights. And read this eye-opening report by the Guttmacher Institute about restrictions on abortion access across the United States.
Save and legal is the key. That’s what the U.S. Supreme Court decided on January 22, 1973. Thank you for that decision.
And now what? Continued vigilance. Continued commitment. Safe and legal forever and everywhere.
