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Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself.
Roe v. Wade turns 35 this month. With this anniversary we mark not only 35 years of reproductive freedom, but 35 years of impressive gains in the fight for women's equality.
These decades have witnessed important advances for many women. The numbers alone tell a significant piece of the story: Thirty-five years ago, there were 15 women in Congress; only 3 had ever held the office of state governor. Today, 92 women sit in Congress, including the first Madame Speaker; 26 women have served as governors; and in the current race for president, for the first time in our nation's history, a woman candidate is one of the leading contenders for the nomination of a major political party.
The political arena has not been alone in this transformation. Women currently make up 57 percent of college students (up from 42 percent in 1970) and are obtaining advanced degrees in record numbers. In the mid 1970s, women made up only 16 percent of medical school graduates; today they constitute nearly 50 percent. Likewise women holding science and engineering doctoral degrees have more than quadrupled since the late 1960s. And the ranks of female Fortune 500 CEOs have grown from 1 in 1973 to 12 in 2007.*
Nevertheless, we still face obstacles. Maine's poorest women still cannot access funds for a medically necessary abortion. A bill to provide this access did not pass last year. We have important battles to wage to ensure all women regardless of income have freedom to exercise their reproductive rights.
Join us in celebration of Roe v. Wade, and further discussion around the challenges we still face.
PORTLAND
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Freedom Forum
Presented by Planned Parenthood Northern New England
USM Glickman Family Library
6 pm
BANGOR
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Choice and Chocolate
Presented by Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center
Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center, 700 Mt. Hope Ave, Suite 420
5:30 pm
Alex, Brianna, Ed, Marian, Shenna, Zach
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