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October 19, 2007

Pro-Choice is Pro-Life

This morning we were driving in* behind a car that had a bumper sticker reading "Smile! Your mother chose life!"

I'm really grateful that my mom did choose life. But I'm no less grateful that she had the choice. One of the mottos of the pro-choice movement is "Every child a wanted child." I think that's something we can all get behind.

*Yes, I've given up the ghost and we're taking the car in for my last two weeks of work. I'm too huge and cranky to deal with public transportation and the incessant awful delays that plague WMATA.

Posted at 09:42 AM in Bits and pieces, Feminism, Politics | Permalink

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