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What are Reproductive Rights?
What is the Reproductive Justice Movement?
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Who are Students for Reproductive Rights? What do we do?
Students for Reproductive Rights began as Jayhawks for Choice. In 2005, upon their return from National Gloria Steinem Leadership Institute, new leaders Mia Gonzalez and Joy Lawson decided that the values the group wanted to encompass stretched beyond the definition of "choice" to the broader human rights/social justice movement. Because of outside factors like socio-economic position, language barriers, manipulative anti-choice rhetoric, specific targetting of race and ethnic groups, the bi-gender system, ageism, and other forms of discrimination SFRR believed that not every woman could define the decisions made concerning their reproductive system and their life as a CHOICE. Students for Reproductive Rights believes that it a person's RIGHT to make their own decisions concerning their own body and in that, their own life, and it is no governing body has the right to restrict access to resources that may provide agency or opportunity to a person.
What is the "pro-life" movement? What is anti-choice?
Here are a few definitions of "pro-life"
-- advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions)
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-- Pro-Life is the self-description for those in North America and Great Britain who are of the general political opinion that abortion, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and other issues regarding the sanctity of life are morally wrong and should be illegal in most cases.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-Life
--Feminists for Life (FFL) is a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, nonprofit, pro-life feminist organization established in 1972. The organization describes itself thus: As these statements show, Feminists for Life believes that being pro-life is not only compatible with feminism, it is the natural conclusion of feminist values. Members and supporters of the organization frequently claim that being a pro-life feminist "is not an oxymoron, it's redundant."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-life-feminism
-- Anti-choice
What is CHOICE?
As a ChoiceUSA affiliate we believe that
"Choice is Education, Access and Freedom
Choice means the right of each person to control their own life. It means that you can decide whether or not you have sex, whether or not you are pregnant, and when and if you have children -- and that no one can make those choices for you. In order to make these decisions for ourselves, we need education about our options, access to reproductive health services regardless of where we live or how much money we make, and the freedom to make our decisions without government interference.
Education
Everyone must be informed about their safe and legal reproductive health choices. These choices include abstinence, contraception, abortion, adoption, and parenthood. Education allows people to make informed decisions about what choices are best for them.
In schools around the country, students are denied comprehensive sexuality education in favor of "abstinence-only" education, which teaches that sex outside of marriage is wrong and leads to harmful physical and psychological consequences. No evidence has shown that abstinence-only education lowers teen pregnancy rates or sexual activity among teens.
Adult women seeking health services are often not told about all their rights and options. Catholic hospitals, for example, have policies that deny women contraception and abortion services. By 1998, eight of the country's 14 largest health care systems were Catholic.
Access
Choice means that all women have access to reproductive health services, no matter where they live or how much money they earn. Many women in the United States and around the world are unable to carry out their choices, because they cannot afford it, or because the services they need are simply not available.
About one in 10 women must travel more than 100 miles to find abortion services. Around 25 percent of the world's population lives in countries where abortion is banned. Many U.S. health insurance plans do not cover commonly used methods of contraception, and funding for Title X, the national contraception and family planning program, has declined by two-thirds since 1980.
Freedom
Choice means that every woman has the freedom to make a decision about her body that best suits her physical, emotional and economic needs at the time.
Choice means self-determination -- the power to control your own body and direct your own life."
What is Emergency Contraception?
Emergency contraception is a high dose of "Plan B® is approved by the FDA and contains the hormone levonorgestrel, the same hormone in the birth control pills that healthcare professionals have been prescribing for more than 35 years. The difference is that Plan B® contains a larger dose of levonorgestrel than the amount found in a single birth control pill."
Plan B is the most common brand of Emergency Contraceptive.
E.C.:"... can prevent pregnancy after unprotected vaginal intercourse. It is also called post-coital or "morning-after" contraception.
Theoretically, EC could also prevent implantation, but that has not been proven scientifically. EC will not cause an abortion." Planned Parenthood
| Pill Brand | Manufacturer | 1st Dose | 2nd Dose (12 hrs later) |
Progestin-only Pills|
| Ovrette® | Wyeth-Ayerst | 20 yellow pills | 20 yellow pills |
or 40 yellow pills in one dose
| Plan B® | Barr | 1 white pill | 1 white pill |
or 2 white pills in one dose
| Combination Hormone Pills | |||
| Alesse® | Wyeth-Ayerst | 5 pink pills | 5 pink pills |
| Aviane® | Duramed | 5 orange pills | 5 orange pills |
| Cryselle® | Barr | 4 white pills | 4 white pills |
| Enpresse® | Barr | 4 orange pills | 4 orange pills |
| Lessina® | Barr | 5 pink pills | 5 pink pills |
| Levlen® | Berlex | 4 light orange pills | 4 light orange pills |
| Levlite® | Berlex | 5 pink pills | 5 pink pills |
| Levora® | Watson | 4 white pills | 4 white pills |
| Lo/Ovral® | Wyeth-Ayerst | 4 white pills | 4 white pills |
| LowOgestrel® | Watson | 4 white pills | 4 white pills |
| LuteraTM | Watson | 5 white pills | 5 white pills |
| Nordette® | Wyeth-Ayerst | 4 light orange pills | 4 light orange pills |
| Ogestrel® | Watson | 2 white pills | 2 white pills |
| Ovral® | Wyeth-Ayerst | 2 white pills | 2 white pills |
| Portia® | Barr | 4 pink pills | 4 pink pills |
| Seasonale® | Barr | 4 pink pills | 4 pink pills |
| Tri-Levlen® | Berlex | 4 yellow pills | 4 yellow pills |
| Triphasil® | Wyeth-Ayerst | 4 yellow pills | 4 yellow pills |
| Trivora® | Watson | 4 pink pills | 4 pink pills |
| With a regular 28-pill birth control pack, use any of the first 21 pills for emergency contraception. Don't use the last seven pills in a 28-day pack. They are only reminder pills that contain no hormones. With Enpresse, use only the orange ones. With Triphasil or Tri-Levlen, use only the yellow ones. With Trivora, use only the pink ones. |
More information about E.C. can be found here
What is RU486??
Mifepristone is commonly refered to as the "abortion pill". Emergency Contraception is commonly mistaken to be RU486. The main difference between the two is that RU486 terminates a pregnancy whereas Emergency Contraception, when taken during pregnancy, does not affect the fetus.
Read more about Mifepristone here
What are "Abortion Misinformation Campaigns"?
Abortion misinformation campaigns operate under the guise of Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Some Kansas operations are:
Birthright, Advocacy Pregnancy Center, and Project Rachel/Project Joseph.
Complete Listing of Kansas "Advocate Pregnancy Services"
Profile of 15 anti-choice organizations
All all Pro-Choice Advocates atheists?
Of course not. Many women and men who participate in Reproductive Justice work are religious. You can read how the Religious Coalition answers some of the common questions concerning faith here
Pro-Choice and Religious
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
What is the big deal about Pharmacy Access?
Read more here
Where can I find more information about Reproductive Rights?
We get most of our information from ChoiceUSA, Kaiser Network, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, NNAF, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, <Alan Guttmacher Institute, and other various Choice Organizations.
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