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On Dr. Tiller and reproductive rights
Friday, June 5th, 2009 03:27 pm
Posted publicly because I think this is important (comments are enabled on this entry, for now, though I reserve the right to turn them off if any ensuing discussion grows uncivil):
My friendspage has been buzzing all week with reactions to last Sunday's act of anti-choice terrorism, the brutal murder of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, KS.
( Links from today that I found particularly meaningful )
That last article links, among other resources, to Medical Students for Choice, an organization dedicated to "Creating Tomorrow's Abortion Providers and Pro-Choice Physicians. [...] Medical Students for Choice® stands up in the face of violent opposition, working to destigmatize abortion provision among medical students and residents, and to persuade medical schools and residency programs to include abortion as a part of the reproductive health services curriculum."
I clicked through immediately and made a donation. I am a longtime Planned Parenthood member and onetime clinic defender... but beyond that, I often think that if I had it to do over again, I would seriously consider medical school SPECIFICALLY in order to become a provider of women's reproductive health services. I'm glad to know there are concrete ways of supporting others to carry out that mission in my stead.
Shabbat shalom, y'all. I'm headed out of here shortly.
My friendspage has been buzzing all week with reactions to last Sunday's act of anti-choice terrorism, the brutal murder of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, KS.
( Links from today that I found particularly meaningful )
That last article links, among other resources, to Medical Students for Choice, an organization dedicated to "Creating Tomorrow's Abortion Providers and Pro-Choice Physicians. [...] Medical Students for Choice® stands up in the face of violent opposition, working to destigmatize abortion provision among medical students and residents, and to persuade medical schools and residency programs to include abortion as a part of the reproductive health services curriculum."
I clicked through immediately and made a donation. I am a longtime Planned Parenthood member and onetime clinic defender... but beyond that, I often think that if I had it to do over again, I would seriously consider medical school SPECIFICALLY in order to become a provider of women's reproductive health services. I'm glad to know there are concrete ways of supporting others to carry out that mission in my stead.
Shabbat shalom, y'all. I'm headed out of here shortly.
