Reply #8: It's All About Rights! [View All]

[Itsthetruth]

"Rights" as an argument only resonates wiht those of us who are already pro-choice."

That's perhaps true if you believe that more people cannot be won over to support of women's rights, including the right to have an abortion.

I've always like the idea of people fighting for their rights. Be it the labor movement demanding the "right" to belong to a union or the "right" to strike; the civil rights movement demanding articulating a series of rights including the "right" to vote; civil libertarians defending and expanding our Bill of Rights.

In the history of this nation progressives have always battled to demand new and expand existing "rights". Sometimes we have won, and sometimes we have suffered setbacks. Don't take abortion "rights" for granted and keep on insisting that this is a human and women's right! You're not just preaching to the choir and if you pull back from insisting this is a right you could very well lose it.

Don't take it for granted and don't concede a thing to right-wing propaganda and arguments against a women's right to choose. We have no common ground with them.

I hope the fight is renewed for passage of a Constitutional Equal Rights Amendment. It's all about rights!