They Can't Have Our Day or Our Lives!
Women Need Abortion
on Demand & Without Apology!

Demonstrate for Abortion Rights in Washington
January 22, 1998: the 25th Anniversary of Legal Abortion

January 22 is the anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion. But the anti-abortionists have taken over the day with their anti-woman protests. Last year, 70,000 antis marched in Washington, D.C., only 6 days after the Atlanta abortion clinic bombing. This year especially, the eyes of the nation will be on Washington D.C., so we can't let them go unopposed. Our side has got to be in D.C.

• because for 25 years, with legal abortion, millions of women have been able to escape forced childbearing, to carry on with their lives, hopes and dreams and have children only when or if they chose to have them.
• because when abortion was illegal, the terror of an unwanted pregnancy meant your life was at risk. You had to have a baby you weren't ready for, had to come up with a lot of money to get a safe illegal abortion, or risk a possibly dangerous "back alley" abortion or a desperate self-induced abortion from which thousands of women died.
• because now even though abortion is "legal" many deadly restrictions make it hard to get an abortion in most states, if you're under 18, poor, or live in one of the 84% of U.S. counties where there is no abortion provider. Anti- abortion groups waving pictures of fetuses, claim concern for "life" while leaving women who want and need abortions not only invisible, but subjected to lies, shame and guilt. For many women the "right to choose" has become a hollow promise.
• because those against abortion have waged a systematic campaign of harassment, violence, and murder against abortion clinic workers, doctors, and patients. In 1997, 15 clinics have been bombed or burned; in the past 5 years 6 doctors and clinic workers have been murdered, and others wounded and shot at, stalked, picketed, and threatened.
• because attacks on abortion are a basic part of today's politics of cruelty.

Thursday, Jan. 22 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Strong Pro-Choice Presence!

Gather for Rally & Speak-Out
11:00am - 1:00pm on the Mall between 14th & 15th
(The March for Life will rally simultaneously on the Ellipse, then march down Constitution to the Capitol)

* Bring Signs and Visuals in support of ABORTION RIGHTS & WOMEN'S RIGHTS
* Support & endorse this Call. Get this message to everyone you know.
* Get a van or bus reserved from your school, and sign people up NOW to be there!

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March 10, 1998 will be the second National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. This is the 5th anniversary of the murder of Dr. David Gunn, the first doctor killed in anti-abortion violence. We will use our imagination, creativity and dedication to help create situations at clinics where women, doctors and staff can hold their heads high without feeling shame or fearing assault. Help organize to support your local abortion provider! Honor abortion providers, without whom there is no "choice"!

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