"Abortion: We Can't Lose the Right to Choose"
Saturday, January 21st, 1:00 pm
Flying Squirrel Community Space
285 Clarissa St., Rochester, NY
Free and open to the public.
* Childcare available on site, please contact in advance: iso.rochester@gmail.com - 585-6878-ISO (687-8476) - www.rochesterISO.org
Featuring Sharon Smith, author, Women & Socialism: Essays on Women’s Liberation
January 22nd marks the 39th anniversary of legal abortion in the United States. The Roe v Wade decision, which legalized abortion, marked a tremendous victory for the Women's Liberation movement. Under persistent attack, access to abortion has steadily eroded - 87% of U.S. counties currently have no abortion providers. Numerous states have passed laws criminalizing various forms of abortion. Politicians in Washington, whether Republican or Democrat, have been unwilling to even say the word “abortion”, let alone mount a fight to defend the right to choose.
However, the outbreak of the “SlutWalk” movement around the world has shown that a new generation of women (and men) ARE willing to put up a fight for women’s rights. In many places, the Occupy Movement has also joined the fight. We need to enlarge and spread this movement. We need a women's rights movement that unapologetically defends a woman's right to choose.
Sharon Smith will explain the socialist strategy for fighting women's oppression today.
Saturday, January 21st, 1:00 pm
Flying Squirrel Community Space
285 Clarissa St., Rochester, NY
Free and open to the public.
* Childcare available on site, please contact in advance: iso.rochester@gmail.com - 585-6878-ISO (687-8476) - www.rochesterISO.org
Featuring Sharon Smith, author, Women & Socialism: Essays on Women’s Liberation
January 22nd marks the 39th anniversary of legal abortion in the United States. The Roe v Wade decision, which legalized abortion, marked a tremendous victory for the Women's Liberation movement. Under persistent attack, access to abortion has steadily eroded - 87% of U.S. counties currently have no abortion providers. Numerous states have passed laws criminalizing various forms of abortion. Politicians in Washington, whether Republican or Democrat, have been unwilling to even say the word “abortion”, let alone mount a fight to defend the right to choose.
However, the outbreak of the “SlutWalk” movement around the world has shown that a new generation of women (and men) ARE willing to put up a fight for women’s rights. In many places, the Occupy Movement has also joined the fight. We need to enlarge and spread this movement. We need a women's rights movement that unapologetically defends a woman's right to choose.
Sharon Smith will explain the socialist strategy for fighting women's oppression today.
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