“Ain’t no love in the hood only hearts torn/Love letters to the innocent and unborn/All the babies that died up on the table/Wasn’t able to breathe, cause the family wasn’t able/Can’t, blame her I would do the same/All I could give it was my debt and my last name” ~2Pac Words 2 My First Born
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” ~B. R. Ambedkar (Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer)
New York’s legislative assembly cheered as the vote was announced on a controversial abortion rights bill.
“Troubled street kid” Norma McCorvey long symbolized the profound divide in American society over abortion.
Italy has on paper a liberal abortion law. Yet, in practice it is becoming more and more complicated for women to terminate their pregnancy, and the number of illegal abortions is reportedly increasing. Religious beliefs and political weakness when it comes to defending this constitutional right of women are keeping Italy in the Dark Ages of reproductive rights.