Outmobilize anti-choice fanatics!
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Alert! By the end of this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the Webster v. Reproductive Services (Missouri) case. Most people predict that the Court will in some way impair the historic Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed a woman's right to The Supreme Court could throw the issu back to the state legislatures—where it was prior to the 1973 Roe decision. Most state legislatures have already cut public funding for abortions on the basis of their opposition to the right to choose.
If the Supreme Court returns the issue to the states, women will again face severe risks-including death-from illegal, unsafe, back-alley or self-induced abortions. The coathanger, which has reappeared at all recent pro-choice demonstrations, symbolizes thi very real danger.
Any restriction on the right to abortion Will fuel the anti-woman fires spread by Operation Rescue and other anti-choice forces. Operation Rescue is the vigilante outfit that is attempting to close down family-planning clinics that offer abortion and birth-control services.
For the most part, they have been unsuccessful in closing clinics. But their efforts to intimidate women from receiving abortion services in privacy and to create a media splash have had a big impact—so