Ms. Magazine incites abortion debate

Ms. Magazine, a feminist publication with staunch beliefs has decided to release a fall issue commemorating the abortions of over 5000 women, roughly 1000 of which will have their names published in the magazine. The magazine is showing that while the choice was difficult for these women, they made the choice, and had the right to.

Even before the issue reaches newsstands Oct. 10, anti-abortion activists have been decrying it. Judie Brown, president of the American Life League, wrote in a commentary that when she saw a Ms. announcement of the project, "the evil practically jumped right off the page."

Ms. executive editor Katherine Spillar said more than 5,000 women have signed the petition so far -- heeding its appeal to declare they are unashamed of the choice they made. The magazine itself had room for only 1,016 names, she said Tuesday, but all of them will be viewable online as Ms. encourages other women to continue adding their signatures.

Ms. says it will send the petition to Congress, the White House and state legislators.

Personally I think this is a good thing, women know the decision to have this done isn't easy, and will resonate with them for years to come, but again, they should have the right to do so. My one apprehension here is that all of these women have stamped their names in ink. Hopefully those crazy, inane pro-lifers don't get the idea to start mail bombing the names here, it's like they effectively have the address of a whole bunch of abortion centers.

What a woman does with her own body is her own damned business.

\\drew