In fact, the right-wing attacks on contraceptive availability proves that abortion is not the issue. In fact, Feldt claims in her book that the abortion battle is really not about protecting the sanctity of life and saving unborn fetuses at all. Gays, lesbians, even heterosexuals will not be free from the right wing’s attempts to de-sexualize America.įrom the elevation of “fetal rights” to the declination of women’s rights, Feldt chronicles the emergence of the Christian right that is determined to keep women’s bodies, and sexuality, under lock and key. In fact, if the religious right is able to stop women from living their own lives, they will not stop there. She discusses the right wing’s gradual encroachment on all aspects of sexuality, family planning, contraceptive availability, sex education and even what you can do with your mate in the privacy of your own bedroom.
Using plenty of research, solid documentation and well-sourced data, Feldt tells the story of a battle between those who wish to control women, and those who wish to be free to control themselves, and the results are not pretty. In fact, under pressure from religious right-wing extremists, the Bush administration may do away with all funding for basic family planning clinics, and may make it perfectly legal for retailers and pharmacists to deny a woman contraceptives on religious grounds.įeldt lays out the frightening thirty-plus-year campaign to try and deny a woman her basic right to privacy and to control her reproductive system. The battle spans the course of many Presidential administrations, including Reagan, who first placed a global gag rule and then a domestic gag rule on family planning clinics to Clinton, who lifted all gags and allowed a woman to regain her constitutional rights to Bush, Jr., who has re-instated the global gag rule and is on the verge of making it illegal right here at home for family planning clinics to even mention the word abortion. This shocking and distressing book details the long and ongoing battle between right-wing religious extremists and those who believe in a woman’s constitutional right to choose and to keep the government out of her personal affairs.
Not much longer, if the Bush administration wins another four years and the religious right has its way.
The question? HOW MUCH LONGER WILL A WOMAN HAVE A RIGHT TO HER OWN BODY? The book then goes on to document the chilling, if not terrifying, answer. Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, asks a disturbing question on the back cover of her book, The War on Choice. The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back - book review The War on Choice
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