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Happy New Year! Even in the fledgling hours and weeks of a new year, we have plenty of work to do at NARAL Pro-Choice Montana.
- Anti-choice extremists are currently collecting signatures to get CI-102, the "personhood" amendment, on the ballot for the 2010 election,
- Abortion coverage in health-reform legislation is in danger on the federal level, and
- We're working on upcoming Roe v. Wade anniversary celebration activities.
With an amendment that seeks to eliminate a woman's right to privacy looming for the 2010 elections, demonstrating public support for reproductive rights and health is especially important.
We hope to see you in the coming weeks as we stand up for our ability to make private medical decisions and the health and safety of the women in our lives.
Thanks for all of your support over the past year. We look forward to sharing all kinds of good news with you in 2010!
Sincerely,
Alexandra Corcoran, Program Director
In this issue:
Join us on January 21 for the 37th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade!
It's been 37 years since the landmark Supreme Court decision that established the constitutional basis for safe, legal abortion in the United States. Since 1973, anti-choice activists have been working to chip away at that right and, eventually, eliminate it.
We will be celebrating the 37th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on Thursday, January 21 with a noon rally at the Montana Capitol building in Helena.
The event will feature several leaders of the reproductive rights movement and lunch will be served. Hear about the upcoming 2010 elections, health-care reform, and the latest on choice-related issues from the people that are leading the way to improve reproductive health in Montana.
What: Rally for Roe
When: 12 p.m.
Where: Capitol rotunda, state Capitol building, Helena
Voices, Power, Politics with Award-Winning Author Michelle Goldberg
NARAL Pro-Choice Montana and its U of M Students for Choice chapter are excited to announce the continuation of their successful outreach event: Voices, Power, Politics.
Michelle Goldberg, a journalist and author based in Brooklyn, New York, will be visiting the University of Montana in Missoula on Thursday, March 11 to speak about reproductive rights and how the rise of right-wing extremism has had a profound impact of women’s human rights.
Michelle Goldberg's most recent book, "The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World," was published in April and won last year's J. Anthony Lukas Work in Progress Award. "The Means of Reproduction" travels through four continents, examining issues like abortion, female circumcision, and Asia's missing girls to show how the battle over women's bodies has been globalized, and how the United States has, depending on who is in power, alternately advanced and impeded women's rights worldwide.
Goldberg is also the author of The New York Times bestseller "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism." She is a columnist for The Daily Beast and a senior correspondent for The American Prospect. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, Glamour, Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times and many other publications.
Mark your calendars - you don't want to miss this exciting evening with Michelle Goldberg!
University of Montana Students for Choice Speak out against Poll Closures
Missoula County recently proposed closing several Missoula County polling places, including ones at the University of Montana campus and the downtown Missoula County Courthouse. Both locations serve large numbers of students and low-income voters.
U of M Students for Choice leader, Daniel Viehland, spoke out against the closings at a hearing, saying that had there not been a polling place on campus, he would not have voted in school board elections. Fortunately, it looks like the polling location at the U of M will stay open. Thanks, Daniel, for standing up for voting access for youth in Missoula!
In the News
MT Medicaid Fraud Probe Snares "Egg-as-Person" Leader
Revised Missoula County polling plan includes UM, downtown locations
Online posting of women's abortion information challenged in Oklahoma
Tester aide accepts top job at EMILY's list
