Right to Lie: Anti Choice Hoax
A blog post on the anti choice movement by Charlotte Taft, director of the Abortion Care Network on RH Reality. The article is a tribute to Dr. William Harrison of Fayetteville AK.
The Anti-Choice Hoax of the Century
By Charlotte Taft
Created Sep 15 2010 - 7:00am
By Charlotte Taft [1]
September 15, 2010 - 7:00am
I’m inviting you to see why the so-called Right To Life movement is the hoax of the century.
I have been involved in the complex and fascinating work of providing abortion services since 1975. Despite the violence and the crazy politics, this is extraordinary work that has brought me in touch with extraordinary people. One of those is Bill Harrison, a doctor who has practiced in Fayetteville, Arkansas for nearly 20 years. (Read his speech here.)
If you were searching for the most progressive community in the country, you probably wouldn’t choose Fayetteville. Yet women there need abortions just as women all over the country. And they have been grateful to have Bill’s excellent medical attention and warm heart. Dr. Harrison is one of the most courageous and eloquent people I know. He wrote about his career:
“I have dared to ride the tiger. This tiger is ignorance, intolerance and hatred incarnated in some of the anti-abortion Religious Right…I have chosen to ride this tiger unquietly, raking its side with verbal spurs, swinging my hat and whooping like a cowboy for the past 15 years.”
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