I need feminism
because my family and friends think it’s weird that I don’t want to get married…as if that is the main goal in every woman’s life.
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On February 16, 2012 thousands of women across this country were faced with an image that became the straw to break the camel’s back. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on the contraceptive coverage rule called an all-male panel with no women representatives,…
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When I was 20 and in college, I got pregnant. My boyfriend took me to the clinic. The abortion cost $190. I still have the receipt to remind me of how crucial the right to choose is. I felt only gratitude and relief after the procedure—not guilt or shame. It was 1980. Today, my daughter, born in 1990, is 21 and in college. I am standing up for her right to control her destiny. I am the 1 in 3.
