I have seen a lot of claims that the recent moves to outlaw certain kinds of abortion (and likely eventually all kinds) is not that big a deal. Many, many self-proclaimed progressives and liberals do not seem to understand the vital connection between abortion rights and the rights of women; many do not seem to understand that women cannot advance in this society unless we have a solid foundation of being able to make reproductive decisions for ourselves.
So I'm going to tell you a story. This is the story of women in our society. Not all individual women could tell you this story as their own. Yet it is still the story of women, since it touches the lives of almost every woman in some small way at least. This is the story told in statistics and statements, a story about the disproportionate burdens and disadvantages that women face as a result of one unique facet of their physical selves and thus, the story of why a movement that focuses on women's control of their own reproduction is vital if we ever wish to achieve anything, in the Daily Kos community, as Democrats, and as a society.
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