My name is Tessa Marquis.
I am a member of NARAL
Pro-Choice Connecticut’s Political Action Committee.
I have a small collection of
words that I would like to say here today.
Whatever you may hear, There
is
a War on Women
We cannot
take for granted our painfully slow movement towards freedom.
- the end of child labor,
- the benefits of social services for the elderly and the young,
- the availability of quality, affordable education for all who seek it,
- the ability to decide when and if we will be pregnant
We absolutely
must be vigilant. We cannot lose even one Right or we may lose them
All.
For me, contraception, the right to a
safe and legal abortion, and the right to work are fundamental to removing
women from the unpaid and under-respected servitude of the home.
Being out of
the home is no bed of roses, since there is still no guarantee of equal pay for
equal work. Lilly Ledbetter and other
women like her – and you – and me - would not be cheated out of their proper
income, and the social security and retirement benefits that are based on those
earnings.—if we had equal pay.
Being in the
home is still disrespected, in truth because it is unpaid!
If
there were equal pay for equal work then other women besides Ann Romney would
be compensated for their labor, through a steady financial security until
death. All of the children would be well-fed, well-dressed and healthy: Protected
through the unbreakable contract of financial reimbursement for work.
As long as
“being a stay-at-home Mom” (or aunt or grandmother) is work for no pay, it is
just another form of slavery.
If women were paid for homecare and scullery work the entire
cost of living would be subject to an incredible readjustment of our economy.
Cinderella would be able to afford to go to the Ball all on her own.
When someone
says Women should have a choice whether to be a “stay at home mom” or “work
outside of the home” – the operative word is Choice.
Do not
relinquish your Right to Your Own Choices
Trust
Yourself Trust
your Guts Make your
own Choices!
Use your Voice Your computers Your Votes and Your Power to enforce what you truly believe:
The Right to
Live and Love and Work and Help others.
Don’t let
the Bastards Grind you Down!!!!!!!!
