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Date: 01-22-03
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It's the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, but almost
90% of counties have no abortion provider, the Supreme Court
hangs in a 5-4 balance, states impose restrictions, harassment
and attacks continue: an hour special
From Mobile, AL to San Francisco, CA: a conversation on
access to abortion and abortion training for med students
Post Roe v. Wade, women still die from back-alley abortions:
we'll hear two women's stories
9:01-9:06 Headlines
9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break: Ani DiFranco, "Birmingham"
9:07-9:20 IT'S THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE,
BUT ALMOST 90% OF COUNTIES HAVE NO ABORTION PROVIDER, THE
SUPREME COURT HANGS IN A 5-4 BALANCE, STATES IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS,
HARASSMENT AND ATTACKS CONTINUE: AN HOUR SPECIAL
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade. On January
22, 1973, the Supreme Court legalized abortion by a vote of
seven to two. State laws prohibiting abortion became instantly
void.
Before the historic Supreme Court decision, abortion was
illegal in almost every state. Poor and desperate women resorted
to desperate measures. They used knitting needles or hangers
to puncture the cervix. They douched with bleach. They turned
to back-alley doctors, who performed hundreds of thousands
of illegal abortions under unsanitary conditions. Unknown
thousands of women died.
After the historic decision, states immediately began passing
restrictive legislation. Congress passed the Hyde Amendment,
which withholds federal Medicaid funding for abortions for
poor women except to save a woman's life. Some states
passed laws requiring a husband's consent, parental consent
laws, and 24-hour waiting periods.
Today, 87% of counties have no abortion providers, according
to the Alan Guttmacher institute.
Roe v. Wade itself hangs in the balance by 5-4 at the Supreme
Court. President Bush has vowed to try to have it overturned.
Thousands of abortion foes are protesting the historic decision
in Washington today. And then there is the continual harassment
of women outside clinics, and murders of health care workers
in clinics and in their homes.
Tape: the sounds of harassment outside clinics and news
footage of shootings of abortion providers, from "The
Fragile Promise of Choice: Abortion in the United States Today",
a documentary directed by Dorothy Fadiman and produced by
Beth Seltzer (1996)
Guest: Elizabeth Cavendish, legal director, NARAL Pro-Choice
America Contact: www.naral.org
Guest: Olivia Gans, spokesperson for the National Right
to Life Committee and director of American Victims of Abortion
Contact: www.nrlc.org
9:20-9:21 One Minute Music Break: Ani DiFranco, "Lost
Woman Song"
9:21-9:40 FROM MOBILE, AL TO SAN FRANCISCO, CA: A CONVERSATION
ON ACCESS TO ABORTION AND ABORTION TRAINING FOR MED STUDENTS
Guest: Pat Mitchell, Executive Director of the Center for
Choice in Mobile Alabama. It is the only clinic in the Mobile,
Alabama/Pensacola, Florida area where a doctor has not been
killed
Links: Center for Choice: www.abortioncare.com
A listing of Feminist Women's Health Centers and other
links to abortion clinics around the country: www.fwhc.org/abortion/clinics.htm
Tape: Center for Choice in Mobile Alabama Executive Director
Pat Mitchell explains why she keeps going despite the shootings,
anthrax, arson, and harassment, from "The Fragile Promise
of Choice: Abortion in the United States Today", a documentary
directed by Dorothy Fadiman and produced by Beth Seltzer (1996)
Guest: Jennifer Parker, (she goes by "Parker"),
executive director of a group called Access, which is a hotline
and resource for women seeking abortions
Contact: www.whrc-access.org
Guest: Dr. Jody Steinauer, OB-GYN at the University of California
San Francisco, and founder of Medical Students for Choice
Contact: www.ms4c.org
9:40-9:41 One Minute Music Break: "Where Were the Flowers",
by Sandy Rapp
9:41-9:58 POST ROE V. WADE, WOMEN STILL DIE FROM BACK-ALLEY
ABORTIONS
Before Roe v. Wade, unknown numbers of women died from back-alley
or self-induced abortions. Few people know that now, in this
country, women still die from these kinds of abortions.
Guest: Bill Bell, father of Becky Bell, who died from a
back-alley abortion in 1988. Becky felt she couldn't ask her
parents for their consent, and then was afraid to go to a
hospital. The Bells live in Indiana, which requires parental
consent.
Link: www.naral.org/issues/issues_stories5.html
Tape: the story of Kristine, a woman who died from a self-induced
abortion after Roe v. Wade, from the documentary ŒThe
Fragile Promise of Choice: Abortion in the United States Today'
(1996), directed by Dorothy Fadiman and produced by Beth Seltzer
9:58-9:59 Outro and Credits
Special thanks to Mindy Sobota and Women Make Movies. For
a copy of today's program, call 1 (800) 881 2359. Our
website is www.democracynow.org. Our email address is mail@democracynow.org.
Democracy Now! is produced by Kris Abrams, Mike Burke, Angie
Karran, Ana Nogiera and Alex Wolfe. Mike Di Filippo is our
music maestro and engineer.
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