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Defending a Choice for Women: A Feminist Video Ethnography
Beverly Yuen Thompson, Ph.D.
Florida International University
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Introduction
Involvement with Miami clinic access project (MCAP) Historic abortion restrictions Contemporary abortion issues The pro-life movement The pro-choice movement Clinic defense Defending a choice for women: A feminist video
ethnography Reproductive rights classroom education
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Miami Clinic Access Project (MCAP)
A Choice for Women clinic Priests for Life and local
Catholic churches, majority Spanish speakers
MCAP older, white activists and WS students
Women’s studies program has connection to MCAP
Every Saturday 6-11a.m. for six months of fieldwork and interviews
Intro to WS student involvement
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Miami Clinic Access Project (MCAP): Video Clip
0:30 min.
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Historic Abortion Restrictions
From female midwives to the American Medical Association (AMA)
New laws based on British common law, banning abortion after quickening
1821-first abortion law in Connecticut; by 1890, every state had regulations
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Historic Eugenics Programs
Between 1900-1960, for African American and Native American women, they faced forced sterilization (45k-60k) (CA accounts for 1/3)
Buck v. Bell, Supreme Court decision in Virginia that upheld involuntary sterilization (1927)
Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control Federation had “Negro Project” (1939), promoted eugenics practices
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Abortion and Contraception legalized 1960 FDA approved the pill 1965 Griswold v.
Connecticut- married couples have access to pill
1967 President Johnson approves $20m contraceptive programs
1973 Roe v. Wade-legalize abortion through privacy
1973-1977-gov’t pays for 1/3 of all abortions (294,600 in 1977)
1977 Hyde Amendment denies use of Medicaid for abortion (1977, fewer than 2,500 abortions covered)
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Contemporary Abortion Issues:Legal but restricted
Between 1.3 & 1.5m abortions performed
14% of US counties have an abortion provider
24 hour waiting period Parental consent Informed of abortion impact,
fetal development Required sonograms Only 12% of obgyn medical
programs require abortion training
2/3 of providers over age 65
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Abstinence Only Education
Government spends over $1 billion over last decade Global gag rule Under Governor Bush, Texas had most stringent abstinence
only education, and also was #1 in teenage birthrate (2000) Abstinence only education proven to be notoriously ineffective
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The Pro-Life Movement
Religious movement against pre-marital sex, abortion, contraception, and sex education
Political movement fighting on grassroots-national-international fronts At clinics: “rescues” and “sidewalk counseling” Movement has had violent extremists that conduct damage to clinics
and the murder of seven individuals
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The Pro-Life Movement: Video Clip
Although “pro-life” they are still pro-war and pro-death penalty and do not support social programs that assist women and children
1:21 min.
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The Pro-Choice Movement
Feminist movement to defend women’s right to control their bodies
Defending abortion/contraception rights and protecting women’s health and access
Defending clinics as escorts
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Defending a Choice for Women
23 minute documentary useful for community and classroom organizing
Provides a visual reference of the situation
Chapters: – Pro-life movement
– Clinic defense
– Catholics on all sides
– Women’s testimonies
– Student education
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Conclusion: Reproductive Rights Classroom Education Video
For Intro to Women’s Studies, the student attend a feminist event and write a short paper about it. Many chose to visit and write about the clinic defense.
1:03 min.