And in Related News, the Culture of Death Advances

Why not celebrate that abortion?

Thanks to Ms magazine, you can:

Ms. magazine is one of the stalwarts of the feminist movement. Publishing its first regular issue in July 1972, the journal pressed for legal abortion before Roe v. Wade. Although today the magazine ranges into such curious areas as environmental feminism (is there a difference between being an environmental feminist or a feminist environmentalist?), abortion remains a core issue. Now Ms. magazine is asking its readers and others to celebrate the fact that they have had abortions.

The editors have added a "We Had Abortions" section to their website, which says the magazine is pursuing "a campaign for honesty and freedom." Just what does it mean to be honest and free in the view of Ms. magazine?

Explain the editors: "In its 1971 debut issue, Ms. magazine ran a bold petition in which 53 well-known U.S. women declared that they had undergone abortions -- despite state laws rendering the procedure illegal." Absurd as it was then, declares Ms., that abortion was illegal, "[i]t is even more absurd in 2006 to learn that an abortion ban has passed into law in South Dakota." Other states have imposed other restrictions, so "it is time again for women of conscience to stand up and speak truth to power."

Thus, the magazine is offering a new petition to "change the public debate." States Ms.:


It is time to speak out again--in even larger numbers -- and to make politicians face their neighbors, influential movers and shakers, and yes, their family members. We cannot, must not -- for U.S. women and the women of the world -- lose the right to safe, legal, and accessible abortion or access to birth control. Just as in 1972, Ms. will send the signed petitions to the White House, members of Congress and state legislators. We will also place the petition online. And we ask signers to make a contribution so Ms. can promote the petition and provide needed funds to fight abortion bans and support targeted abortion providers, such as the sole remaining women's clinic in Mississippi.

Ever so helpful, Ms. provides a form, "Women's Petition for Safe, Legal, and Accessible Abortion and Birth Control." Just check the box "I have had an abortion," and then decide whether you want your name in the magazine or on the website, or both. And, yes, there's also a line for you to make that generous donation.

In short, celebrate your decision to eliminate the life growing within you. Don't just celebrate it. Broadcast it to the world.

Might I suggest a t-shirt? "I got knocked up, killed my baby, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."

I'm sure UnMother's Day is right around the corner.