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Related: About this forumWomen’s Rights Are Human Rights: Texas Men Explain Why So Many Are Joining The Fight
AUSTIN, Texas More than 5,000 Texans gathered on the lawn of the State Capitol Monday to voice their outrage about stringent new abortion restrictions that, if passed, would make it virtually impossible for women in large swaths of the state to access reproductive care.
Large turnout for the rally came after Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) called a second special session in order to try to pass legislation that had been defeated by State Sen. Wendy Davis (D) in a remarkable 13-hour filibuster last week. If it succeeds, the legislation would, among other changes, criminalize abortion after 20 weeks and create onerous new regulations that would force virtually all of the states abortion clinics to shut down.
One hallmark of Mondays massive protest was the number of men who joined the rally for womens rights, some even driving from as far as Houston and Dallas to attend. Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, remarked to ThinkProgress that their presence showed these are not just womens issues, theyre family issues.
ThinkProgress spoke with over a half-dozen men at the rally about what it meant for them to be there and the importance of womens rights being a universal issue. Heres what they told us:
PHIL PERKINS: They may pass it, but Ill still protest it. And when they pass it, Ill keep protesting it. Inside that building there are a lot of men working against women. Im just representing all the men that are outside this building that support women.
MICKEY SHANAHAN: Just like every civil rights fight, if someone is not free, none of us are free. All of our rights are at stake. This is not the first issue where our rights have been eroded, but this is one that happens to affect 52 percent of the population. We all need to fight for this.
More:
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/07/01/2242971/texas-men-womens-rights/?mobile=wt
Large turnout for the rally came after Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) called a second special session in order to try to pass legislation that had been defeated by State Sen. Wendy Davis (D) in a remarkable 13-hour filibuster last week. If it succeeds, the legislation would, among other changes, criminalize abortion after 20 weeks and create onerous new regulations that would force virtually all of the states abortion clinics to shut down.
One hallmark of Mondays massive protest was the number of men who joined the rally for womens rights, some even driving from as far as Houston and Dallas to attend. Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, remarked to ThinkProgress that their presence showed these are not just womens issues, theyre family issues.
ThinkProgress spoke with over a half-dozen men at the rally about what it meant for them to be there and the importance of womens rights being a universal issue. Heres what they told us:
PHIL PERKINS: They may pass it, but Ill still protest it. And when they pass it, Ill keep protesting it. Inside that building there are a lot of men working against women. Im just representing all the men that are outside this building that support women.
MICKEY SHANAHAN: Just like every civil rights fight, if someone is not free, none of us are free. All of our rights are at stake. This is not the first issue where our rights have been eroded, but this is one that happens to affect 52 percent of the population. We all need to fight for this.
More:
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/07/01/2242971/texas-men-womens-rights/?mobile=wt
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Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: Texas Men Explain Why So Many Are Joining The Fight (Original Post)
ismnotwasm
Jul 2013
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Skittles
(152,964 posts)1. if someone is not free, none of us are free
CORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)2. Damn straight
Little Star
(17,055 posts)3. That warmed my heart. It's nice to see the support.....
and I hope they come out in large numbers.
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)4. Me too
Such cool pictures