Everything Old Is New Again
Everything Old Is New Again
Over 100 years ago, Congress passed a law that made it a federal crime to distribute birth control across state lines. Connecticut — like about 30 other states — had a similar law. That’s right, people were threatened with going to jail for distributing or using contraceptives. It took two Connecticut Planned Parenthood workers to put an end to the madness. They set up a clinic and provided information and medical advice to married couples about preventing pregnancy — they were soon arrested.
It took a few years, but on June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court overturned their arrests and determined that the law was unconstitutional. The Griswold case also established the right to privacy — in this case for married couples. A few years later, unmarried couples and later, minors, would get the same right. It’s been 40 years since the Griswold case, and you’d think access to contraception would be assured. Not so. Think about the threats to emergency contraception and the continued attacks on national and international family planning programs. Everything old is new again.
- Melody Barnes
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Lotta truth here. The Christian Taliban movement is what now controls the republicans. Not even most republicans (at least the ones I know) feel that way but a vocal, thuggish minority has been able to take over & the moderates are too scared to speak up.
These are exactly the issues that progressives need to resonate with the rest of ALL americans. Now is the time to speak up, everywhere.
June 3rd, 2005 at 3:23 pmWow. We really are going backwards again… When did it start? Sept. 11? Before?
Why?
June 3rd, 2005 at 5:11 pmWitch, my feeling is that this rabid fear was made worse by 9/11. These people have always been fearful, and 9/11 confirmed all their fears. Now the rest of us are paying for it. I hope they settle down soon, or we slap them down. Whichever…
June 3rd, 2005 at 6:21 pmI always knew they would get the 100,000. Now is the time to really pile on. If we can get millions in the next few months, those folks coming up for re-election soon in the House and Senate will start representing.
June 3rd, 2005 at 6:52 pm
I’ve signed that one and also Ramsey Clarks.
June 3rd, 2005 at 11:08 pmClark has almost a half a million signatures.
Sign the petition at votetoimpeach.org
“Everything old is new again?”
This is why the highest level of the ,a href=”http://www.perrspectives.com/features/ctl.htm”>Conservative Threat Level is:
Red/Severe: Return to Middle Ages Likely
June 4th, 2005 at 12:15 amAs Jay Leno noted during last year’s repug convention….”the republicans are in town this week, be sure to set your clock back 400 years.”
June 4th, 2005 at 10:46 amThe obsession, dear readers, is with oppressing the sexual choice, freedom and mobility of women. This is a rabidly fearful, misogynistic bunch who worship a two dimensional comic book caricature of masculenity whilst castigating and demonizing the nurturing mother. Death and pain is all these people want for us. Wealth in power is all they want for themselves. Oppressing and demonizing, eviscerating and elimanating any nuturing heart, in favor of the testosterone-driven, violent usurper is their game.
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June 6th, 2005 at 1:19 amI post again and again. Sometimes I post 4 or 5 times in as many minutes. As soon as I post I think of something else I should or could have said. I laugh at the things I say. I’m really funny sometimes. Of course, the pot helps. I laugh a lot. Want to know a secret? I don’t even know what the hell I’m talking about most of the time. If I think of anything else,I’ll post it immediately.
June 6th, 2005 at 1:21 amAs some of you may have heard by now, recruitment quotas are not being met. We have had some fifth columnists to deal with. We are making “progress� exposing them. We must not allow these subversives to distract us from our mission.
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