I've enjoyed Amanda Marcotte's work at Pandagon for years now, but especially her work on tracking reproductive rights around the US and her constant emphasis on how this debate is ultimately rooted in misogyny. The Pandagon archives are a great resource for anyone wanting to move beyond Feminism 101 and into the complex issues of the intersection of sex/class/race/gender.
Marcotte has a direct but still fairly comprehensive article on recent GOP assaults on reproductive rights in the midst of a whole host of economic and foreign policy crises:
Marcotte has a direct but still fairly comprehensive article on recent GOP assaults on reproductive rights in the midst of a whole host of economic and foreign policy crises:
Amanda Marcotte
Salon, March 27, 2011
I especially like this observation:
"For the right, rolling back reproductive rights is considered a worthy goal in its own right, since the issue could also provoke a budget showdown that could result in a government shutdown, it's also a useful tool in their effort to force Democrats to blink. As with their push to bust unions at the state level, Republicans stand to gain electorally by wreaking havoc on the pro-choice movement and undermining its ability to get out the vote for Democrats."
"For the right, rolling back reproductive rights is considered a worthy goal in its own right, since the issue could also provoke a budget showdown that could result in a government shutdown, it's also a useful tool in their effort to force Democrats to blink. As with their push to bust unions at the state level, Republicans stand to gain electorally by wreaking havoc on the pro-choice movement and undermining its ability to get out the vote for Democrats."
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