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Today, Advocates for Youth, RH Reality Check, and Feministing are hosting a blogathon to mark the 35th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment — a measure that restricts the use of federal funds for abortion care. We're coming together to raise awareness of the horrific history and continuing impact that this policy has had and continues to have on women across the country.
If you'd like to publish your own blogathon commentary — whether that involves analyzing Hyde's impact in your own community, sharing ideas for how the reproductive justice movement can fight back and finally end Hyde, or more simply sharing your own personal story in regards to abortion care — please don't hesitate! We'll be tracking and re-publishing blog posts and comments on each of our respective websites throughout the day and this weekend.
Here are a few of the blogathon contributions that have been published so far:
"35 Years After Hyde, It's Time to Start a New Conversation on Abortion"
By Debra Hauser, Executive Vice President at Advocates for Youth
Excerpt: "Once I began telling my story, I found that other people — some of whom I have known for years — began sharing their own stories in return. What we found was a shared history — that came with support — not judgment. In sharing our stories we began to splinter the stigma that had kept us silent."
"The Hyde Amendment at 35: Lessons for Activists"
By Marlene Gerber Fried, Faculty Director of the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program at Hampshire College
Excerpt: "Paradoxically, the debate over abortion is not primarily about abortion itself. Rather, as Dr. George Tiller so eloquently put it, "This battle is about the self-determination of women over the direction and course of their lives. Abortion is about women’s hopes and dreams. Abortion is a matter of survival.'"
35 years of Hyde: Why the Fight for True Abortion Access Has Only Just Begun
By Miriam Zoila Pérez, Feministing
Excerpt: "The bottom line is that unless you live in one of the few states (it used to be many, and over the years has been whittled down) that puts its state dollars toward covering abortion care for low-income people, you are on your own…Let's not let anyone forget how far we are from true access for all."
More soon!
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