Today is the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Around the blogosphere, bloggers are posting in order to raise awareness regarding reproductive rights. If you’re interested in checking out everyone involved in Blogging for Choice, you can find the list of blogs here.
Roe v. Wade is in serious jeopardy. Most of our republican candidates support overturning Roe v. Wade if they were to make into office. And even out of our democratic candidates, Barack Obama has been the only one (so far) to come forward on this anniversary and speak out about the significance of of this anniversary, compounded by the stakes of the upcoming election:
“Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, it’s never been more important to protect a woman’s right to choose. Last year, the Supreme Court decided by a vote of 5-4 to uphold the Federal Abortion Ban, and in doing so undermined an important principle of Roe v. Wade: that we must always protect women’s health. With one more vacancy on the Supreme Court, we could be looking at a majority hostile to a women’s fundamental right to choose for the first time since Roe v. Wade. The next president may be asked to nominate that Supreme Court justice. That is what is at stake in this election. . .
