10 Reasons Why the Fight for Reproductive Justice Is Still Essential

By Jill Filipovic, AlterNet
Posted on January 22, 2008, Printed on January 24, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/74633/

Also posted at Feministe and the Huffington Post.

35 years after Roe v. Wade solidified American womens' right to abortion, reproductive rights remain in limbo. And while abortion rights are crucial to women's health and autonomy, they are hardly the end-all be-all to reproductive justice -- even if the constant attacks on those rights (and on the people who provide women with them) have forced the pro-choice movement to remain on the defensive about abortion in particular.

Roe at 35 is in bad shape. But there are plenty of forward-looking, positive steps to be taken. It's worth raising a glass to Roe today -- but even more importantly, it's time to get out and fight. Here are a few reasons why: