by Alexander Sanger

The Bloomberg administration in New York recently launched a series of subway ads condemning teen pregnancy by trying to shame teen mothers into delaying childbirth.
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Conversation with Joan Garry

Here is the link to my 20 minute conversation with non-profit guru, Joan Garry, on reproductive rights, the role of non-profits, board-CEO relationships and other things.
Enjoy!
http://www.joangarry.com/podcast-nonprofit-leader-alexander-sanger/

Why The Rise and Fall in Teen Pregnancy?

Two news stories – one about Canada’s rising teen pregnancy rate and one about the falling US teen pregnancy rate, both blaming the same rotten economy, with Canadian observers stating that the dismal economic prospects lead girls to become mothers and US observers opining that lack of economic prospects deters early childbearing. While Canada overall has about half the teen pregnancy rate as the US, the state of Maine and the adjoining Province of New Brunswick have a virtually identical rate.
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by Alexander Sanger

A 40th Anniversary – a cause for celebration. A 40th birthday – a midlife crisis. Roe v. Wade, turning 40 next week, is cause for both.
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Uruguay legalises abortion — Or Does It?

From the BBC:
Uruguay has become the second country in Latin America, after communist Cuba, to legalise abortion for all women.
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh Looks at Her Life, Her Children, Pregnancy and Abortion

In 1946 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, poet, essayist, writer, pilot, wife of Charles Lindbergh and mother of five living children (her first child had been kidnapped and killed in 1932), found herself unexpectedly pregnant. The following is an excerpt from her diary entry of January 5, 1947. It is reprinted with the permission of Reeve Lindbergh from her new book, Anne Morrow Lindbergh – Against Wind and Tide: Letters and Journals, 1947-1986.


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In my family, being pro-choice comes naturally. This is not just because the ghost of my grandmother, Margaret Sanger, would rise from her grave to wreak vengeance on any of her relations who dare stray from the path. It is also because the guys have the model of my grandfather, William Sanger, to emulate.
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Men. Who needs them, right? After all, who created all these laws and strictures against sexual and reproductive rights? Men. The men in churches and the men on thrones and the men in the legislatures and courts. Saint Augustine. Saint Thomas Aquinas. Martin Luther. Anthony Comstock. All of them were men. (Let’s skip over Queen Victoria and Indira Gandhi for a moment, so that I can have my Manichean Moment.)
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By Alexander Sanger
The Guardian, April 20, 2012

“What we want is women to be able to make their own choices […] We want women to make their own choices in healthcare … Women don’t need anyone to tell them what to do on healthcare. We want women to have their own choices, their own money, that way they can make their own choices for the future of their own bodies.”
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