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Saturday, September 07, 2019

Birth Strike


The concept of a "birth strike" arises from the idea that the importance of children to the powers that be gives women leverage to demand better as seen in other countries where incentives like child care was provided. The book covers a lot of ground in its small package (a lot of notes and other material) to explain how opposition to reproductive liberty has been in large part not religious as much as economic in nature. A bit much at times, and sometimes seems part of the story, but a lot to think about.

"Comics for Choice is anthology of comics about abortion." Graphic novels can be quite good to deal with diverse issues and this collection is also very good with various perspectives. (One notes some clinics have personnel who are not supportive while another tells of a mom who doesn't use strict choice language, but it might have done with one or two more not in a standard choice voice. It does have cases where people were conflicted but generally they got past it. Pro-choice comes in all sizes.) And, you can download it free online.

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