This is a great article about anti-choice women who obtain abortions.
"We have anti-choice women in for abortions all the time. Many of them are just naive and ignorant until they find themselves with an unwanted pregnancy. Many of them are not malicious. They just haven't given it the proper amount of thought until it completely affects them. They can be judgmental about their friends, family, and other women. Then suddenly they become pregnant. Suddenly they see the truth. That it should only be their own choice. Unfortunately, many also think that somehow they are different than everyone else and they deserve to have an abortion, while no one else does." (Physician, Washington State)
Friday, January 19, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Medical Students for Choice Conference Opportunity
There is a regional Medical Students for Choice conference being held this weekend at the Johns Hopkins Medical School campus and students from NARAL campus groups around the state will be attending!
If you would like to table from 12-1 in Baltimore, please email us - terpsforchoice@gmail.com - and let us know!
If you would like to table from 12-1 in Baltimore, please email us - terpsforchoice@gmail.com - and let us know!
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Looking towards the spring!
Meeting times have moved to Tuesdays at 6:30 pm, hopefully the time shift won't bother too many of our members! Don't forget-even if you can't make it to meetings, there are plenty of other opportunities available.
Here is what we have planned for the spring:
1. T-Shirt sales (t-shirts will be available at our first meeting, other than that we will be selling them at a tba date and time, probably outside of the Union)
2. Film Viewing - we hope to show a mainstream film such as Dirty Dancing or Kinsey related to abortion or birth control in the Hoff this spring.
3. Film Series - we will be showing a trilogy of films about abortion in the past, present, and future. The series will begin in March as a part of the Terps for Choice Women's History Month celebration!
4. Take Back The Night! We will be planning an event for Take Back the Night this spring.
5. Reproductive Rights Education Day - This year's RRED will be much bigger than last year's. Hopefully we will get community businesses and other local and student organizations interested in the event and the day will run more like a health fair specifically focused on educating students about reproductive rights/health!
6. Crisis Pregnancy Centers legislation - more on this to come, but our key legislation issues will probably involve working on research about local CPCs to make sure they are imparting fair and unbiased information.
It's going to be a busy semester! In addition to our regular meetings, we hope to have two committees - one to work on the film series and one to work on TBTN and RRED. Since the committees will probably meet at a different time than our regular meeting times, it will be a great way for those who are not able to make those times to stay involved.
Here is what we have planned for the spring:
1. T-Shirt sales (t-shirts will be available at our first meeting, other than that we will be selling them at a tba date and time, probably outside of the Union)
2. Film Viewing - we hope to show a mainstream film such as Dirty Dancing or Kinsey related to abortion or birth control in the Hoff this spring.
3. Film Series - we will be showing a trilogy of films about abortion in the past, present, and future. The series will begin in March as a part of the Terps for Choice Women's History Month celebration!
4. Take Back The Night! We will be planning an event for Take Back the Night this spring.
5. Reproductive Rights Education Day - This year's RRED will be much bigger than last year's. Hopefully we will get community businesses and other local and student organizations interested in the event and the day will run more like a health fair specifically focused on educating students about reproductive rights/health!
6. Crisis Pregnancy Centers legislation - more on this to come, but our key legislation issues will probably involve working on research about local CPCs to make sure they are imparting fair and unbiased information.
It's going to be a busy semester! In addition to our regular meetings, we hope to have two committees - one to work on the film series and one to work on TBTN and RRED. Since the committees will probably meet at a different time than our regular meeting times, it will be a great way for those who are not able to make those times to stay involved.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Happy New Year!
New year, new choices, new opportunities!
If you have been unable to join Terps for Choice so far, or just can't make our meetings - we are moving our meeting time for the spring semester, so if you want to leave a comment to say what times are best for you, we will try to get a consensus and schedule meetings when it is best for everyone!
If you have been unable to join Terps for Choice so far, or just can't make our meetings - we are moving our meeting time for the spring semester, so if you want to leave a comment to say what times are best for you, we will try to get a consensus and schedule meetings when it is best for everyone!
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