I am pro-choice. As a woman, my body is my temple. I eat well, I exercise, I take care of myself both inside and out. It is my body, the only one I have, and I treat it that way.

I feel that it is incredibly inappropriate for lawmakers, especially male lawmakers, to make decisions about my body. The simple fact is that they are not women. They don't know what it's like to have to make a decision like that. They couldn't know.

A woman's right to choose should be nonnegotiable. Reproductive healthcare is not something that women should have to receive with shame in back alley clinics.

I have never had an abortion. The fact is that I'm not sure I ever could. But I've held my friends' hands as they've crossed through lines of protesters holding signs of dead fetuses. I've tucked them into bed, wiped their eyes and sat outside their bedrooms for support. I've seen the fear in their eyes turn into relief as they realize that they've done the absolute best thing for them. I would do it again in an instant.

Today, I blog for choice in support of all the woman who have had to make that decision, all the woman who will someday have to make that decision, and all the women who are lucky enough to never have to make that decision. On the 34th anniversary of Roe Vs. Wade, hug your sister. Hug your wife or your girlfriend. Make the commitment to make sure they're free to choose what's right for their own bodies for the next 34 years.

Labels: Blog for Choice.

This entry was posted by Mellie, on Monday, January 22, 2007.