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Whisp

(24,096 posts) Thu Apr 5, 2012, 09:59 PM Apr 2012

Gloria Steinem - This election is a turning point.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/25/gloria-steinem-barack-obama_n_1378378.html

If you've listened to the Republican candidates in the primary, you know that each and every one of them would criminalize abortion and outlaw quite a few forms of birth control," she says. "Whether or not women can determine when and whether to have children is the single biggest element in whether we're healthy or not, whether we're educated or not, what our life expectancy is, whether we can be active in the world or not."

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Gloria Steinem - This election is a turning point. (Original Post) Whisp Apr 2012 OP

And she is absolutely right, as usual! Kath1 Apr 2012 #1

Absolutely! hamsterjill Apr 2012 #2

Damn Right! Kath1 Apr 2012 #3

We are the same age! Kath1 Apr 2012 #5

You cant hold back the wheel of change Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #4

Kath1

(4,309 posts)

1. And she is absolutely right, as usual!

Reply to Whisp (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:41 AM

Apr 2012

We need to make sure that message gets out loud and clear.

hamsterjill

(15,514 posts)

2. Absolutely!

Reply to Kath1 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 03:19 PM

Apr 2012

I am amazed at the number of women who don't seem to understand what, really, is at stake in this election.

I'm 53, and after living through the 60's and 70's, I never thought I would again have to fight for these rights. I was wrong.

I am woman. And I WILL roar.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)

3. Damn Right!

Reply to hamsterjill (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 05:08 PM

Apr 2012

WE WILL ROAR IN 2012!

Kath1

(4,309 posts)

5. We are the same age!

Reply to hamsterjill (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 03:15 PM

Apr 2012

I'm 53, also. Yes, after living through the 1970s I can't believe these rights are being threatened in 2012. Very sad that we are even still having these discussions. On Chris Matthews this morning they all agreed that whoever carries the single women vote in 2102 will win the election. I hope that is true because all the single women I know plan to vote democratic.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

4. You cant hold back the wheel of change

Reply to Whisp (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 07:11 PM

Apr 2012

And as much as crusty old duffers may pine for a return to the halcyon days of their own loud youth, tomorrow belongs to the young.

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