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Progressives who are committed to reproductive health rights currently face hostile opposition from social conservatives and self-doubt among allies. Americans, in their discomfort with abortion, have disengaged from a narrow and entrenched debate that is seemingly unconnected to other reproductive rights issues. Women's rights organizations, fighting constant attacks on their core beliefs, must spend their time playing defense rather than defining who they are and the values for which they stand.
To overcome these challenges, the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan research and educational institute, has articulated a vision for reproductive health and rights that seeks to broaden the current discourse beyond the stagnant abortion debate and that can be integrated into a larger progressive agenda.
In More than a Choice: A Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health and Rights, the Center outlines how progressives can expand the definition of reproductive rights by embracing equally the rights to have or not have children--with a partner of one's choosing and in a time and manner that honors one's conscience and life circumstances--and by placing abortion... |
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