Not to pry, but because I've seen some of her posts and I've never come across anyone who feels SO strongly about any one position if I'm being honest, but what drives this passion? Don't get me wrong I also have Eastern European Catholic parents who are both religiously and culturally Catholic so I get this issue being at the forefront but even they have managed to migrate to a "pro-choice in certain circumstances" position which is quite the evolution. And part of it is, according to my Mom, that as a woman of almost 65 this issue isn't personal to her anymore, she can't have children, isn't adopting them, etc. So she has sympathy for women who are in a position where it very much is personal and attempts to steer clear of interfering. That made me wonder about the position other elderly people have and why on earth feel so strongly about something that truthfully has little impact on their life.
just an aside before answering your question.
I wonder why I currently associate the word "elderly" with fraility but not necessarily with the word "old".
At 63 I don't feel old, and especially not elderly.
To the "?".
Oh and I was partly raised in the Ukrainian Catholic church. I eventually moved away from Catholicism, then Christianity, and remain very a spiritual person.
I was almost 20 when Roe v Wade was passed (thank the powers & TSC). My dad was the Ukie w no sibs. I was at my mom's big Greek Orthodox (1st gen) family where we hung out, where I went around the living room asking how they felt (don't remember anyone's answers) about it.
I was a feminist early on since while I luvvvvved fashion and jewelry, I was also all artist, part geek, SF & science fan, sports player, policy wonk and political activist. So such even relatively restrictiveness in being thought weird, odd, and women being told couldn't do, or shouldn't be interested in this sruff even in Cosmopolitan, relatively Modern NYC ... BIG fucking
... it felt terrible to be told this or looked askance at...but it didn't stop me.
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So by the time R v W rolled around, I had changed from the traditional Catholic view to the - a woman has a right to choose whether she wants to carry, and have a child.
I still feel very passionate about it. I want women to have the most open to opportunities in situations/chances in their life.
Whether they decide to be mother's or not. It's important for a woman to feel she's more ready than not to be a mother. I've been in several pro-choice marches through the decades.
