Do you think there will be a day when

[boston bean]

people will say, "I remember when abortion and birth control were legal".

[el_bryanto]

1. It's tricky answering that question

On the one hand, no. I don't. I think that they can go a certain distance with this one before the American people are going to snap back and leave them hanging, particularly on birth control.

On the other hand, I don't want to encourage complacency. Because I can certainly see a situation where someone said "I remember when abortion and birth control were legal in Oklahoma." And there's also the issue of availability vs. legality; many states have taken steps that, while not technically making abortion illegal, do render it very difficult to get.

Bryant

[RKP5637]

2. Depends on what type and how much propaganda will continue to be spewed on the

faithful by authoritarian religions. There seem to be quite a few control freaks in the US, and some sadly in positions of authority they belong nowhere near. I think it's plausible this could happen. Many Americans seem brain-numb-dumb when they vote.

[Squinch]

3. I always think of a photo from the 70's of a group of Iraqi women wearing skirts and

heels to their college classes.

Women's rights can be, and often are, rescinded.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Absolutely!

Here are a couple of photos to consider.

[Johonny]

8. +1

[roody]

4. I recall hearing a feminist lecture in

the 80s in which the speaker said that women were learning to do menstrual extractions and taking charge of their reproduction. In order to keep women under control of the system, abortion became legal.

[hlthe2b]

5. If all too many young women remain apathetic, yes

I can only hope more women (Mothers and Grandmothers) are pressing their daughters to move beyond our superficial, celebrity-driven obsessive culture to consider the things that really matter to their future.

And, while I focus on the daughters, the fathers damn well better be similarly lighting a fire under their sons/grandsons--whether gay or straight. There is NO equality without women's equality.

[ananda]

6. Will be?

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