Why women should vote

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Why women should vote
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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 9:24am
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE.

This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.

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Remember, it was not until 1920

that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
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The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed
nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking
for the vote.
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(Lucy Burns)
And by the end of the night, they were barely alive.

Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden's blessing
went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of
'obstructing sidewalk traffic.'
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above

her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping
for air.
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(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her
head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate,
Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack.
Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging,
beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.

Thus unfolded the
'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917,
when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his
guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because
they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right
to vote.
For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail. Their
food--all of it colorless slop--was infested with worms.
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(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/prisoners.pdf

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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 6:01pm
Dag. Amen to that!




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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 6:04pm

Unfortunately, I do see it being reversed. Religious fanatics are running our country now. That is just reality. I wish it weren't so, but it is.

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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 7:09pm

If R v W is overturned, the decision goes back to the individual states, abortion does not instantly become illegal.


I personally don't care enough one way or the other, but there is something nice about having the federal gov't out of the abortion debate.

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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 7:14pm

You are not "always wrong" in my eyes. That being said, for me personally, I wouldn't use a conservative blogger as a reputable unbiased source. And btw, even with a "neutrality clause" the issue of possible malpractice suits was not addressed.


2003 BORN ALIVE LEGISLATION OBAMA OPPOSED IN COMMITTEE DID NOT HAVE THE SAME IMPACT AS FEDERAL LEGISLATION


Planned Parenthood: “Although The Definition Is Similar To The Proposed Federal Legislation, Its Application Would Have A Different Impact On State Abortion Law.” Planned Parenthood wrote in a fact sheet, “SB 1082 & SB 1083 are NOT the same as the so-called “Born Alive Infant Protection Act” which was recently passed in the U. S. House. The federal legislation is considered to be a restatement of existing federal law. It does not amend or change current Illinois law. Federal law does not regulate abortion practice. That is left to the states. Therefore, it is state legislation that would affect abortion practice in Illinois. The package of SB 1082 & SB 1083 creates new provisions in Illinois law. Although the definition is similar to the proposed federal legislation, its application would have a different impact on state abortion law.”


Illinois State Medical Society Opposed SB 1082. Robert Kane, legal counsel to the Illinois State Medical Society, filed a committee witness slip stating the Medical Society opposition to Senate Bill 1082.


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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 7:14pm

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I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 7:26pm
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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 7:41pm

I don't think basic rights belong at the state level.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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Registered: 07-16-2008
Wed, 09-24-2008 - 7:45pm

We'll just have to agree to disagree then.

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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 8:08pm

Its already up to individual states to decide on abortion. There was a Supreme Court ruling that handed the decision back to the individual states.

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Wed, 09-24-2008 - 9:04pm

Its already up to individual states to decide on abortion. There was a Supreme Court ruling that handed the decision back to the individual states.


Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that state law can not supercede federal law.

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