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Josoph Ryan/Socialist Action clause as a reason to vote for the referendum.
This agreement to restrict women's rights is a direct result of depending on Democratic Party politicians rather than mobilizing to fight for the rights of all women.
If the anti-abortion right-wing legislators had introduced a bill limiting the right to choose, all pro-choice forces would have come together to oppose it. Why must we do less when "pro-choice" legislators advocate the same restrictions?
The right to choose will never be safe as long as supporters of reproductive freedom continue to vote for Democratic and Republican candidates.
We must build a pro-choice movement that is completely independent of these two big business parties. Although many Democrats (and some Republicans) claim to support a woman's right to choose, both parties have written off young women, poor women, and women of color.
The pro-choice movement must work for all women's rights and should adopt the saying of the labor movement: "An injury to one, is an injury to all."
Despite its serious limitations, a vote for Question 6 should be supported in November. Passage of this referendum in Maryland will strengthen the women's movement. Pro-choice forces will be in a stronger position to defeat future attacks on the right to choose and to extend this right to young women.