'Mama Grizzlies' Embody Authentic Feminism

It;s good to see there are conservative feminists, thank you. One's that care about women in general, not just liberal women. I have no faith and would never support NOW after I saw their silence on the press treatment of Palin and her children as well as all conservative women. Same goes for all the animal protection rackets when Michael Vick made a business of torturing dogs. Silence there....Unborn children did not do anything to make themselves. 90% of abortions are based on inconvenience and bad timing- so, cramping your lifestyle is not a good reason for murder...if it were, there would be a lot of spousal removals....

It is insulting, your organizations usage of Susan's name. She would be one of the very first to admit and fight against forced pregnancy. This is what you support despite your use of her name, and fancy words. As if a mass of non-breathing cells are worth more than a breathing living life. You can steal her name. Her spirit will remain with us that believe in the human right of all living breathing people to self determine the path of their life's journey. Secondly, I really found your picture interesting. I might not be laughing if your front line had been made up of pregnant women instead of young, healthy, unstressed non-pregnant women. Your just another do as I say, not as I do group. In closing a part of the greater force a baby upon us movement, claims to be based upon Biblical tenets. Untrue, the right to life in scripture is the ability to breath on land, and I know of no fetal mass able to breath independently on land. Scriptural support for my assertion Leviticus 27:6; Numbers 3:15; Ezekiel 37: 8-10. I am not including Genesis 1, Adam's creation while fully formed he did not live until the "breath of God" entered him. The breath of God happened while he was on earth sleeping in the void of pre-life. I can handle your untruths and distortion of scripture; for your own sake but can, will the author?

How is fixating on the supposed "starvation" of a fertilized egg that hasnt even attached to the womans uterine lining and ignoring actual childrens starvation feminist? Why do these people never pay attention to adoption laws? You cant give a kid up for adoption without the fathers permission. So essentially a domestic abuser can sabotage a womans BC, get her pregnant and then refuse to allow her to have an abortion and then refuse to sign adoption papers as well. We also know that making abortion illegal does nothing to stop abortion, actually increases it and ends up harming women in back alleys who get one. The authors anti-abortion rights views are the same as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nicaragua and Yemen! As well and lastly, how in the world is forcing a woman to deliver a rapists baby feminist?

The purpose of your article is to promote a political agenda that is pro-Life. You aren't interested in the plight of women. Your use of the term "authentic" feminism is intended to discredit the rest of us. Personally, I don't care what a woman calls herself. "Feminist" is just a label. I care how a woman lives her life. You can see the feminism in her personal choices. • Does she educate herself enough to support herself and her family? • Does she choose friends and partners who believe her body and her destiny are her private property? • Does she use sexist language that objectifies men and women? • Does she ridicule others based on physical appearance? • Does she advise other women to use their femininity to fulfill their goals in life? • Does she complain about sexism, and then reap the benefits of a sexist society? In politics, a feminist candidate, "authentic" or otherwise, is someone who supports pro-woman, pro-family, pro-elderly, pro-children public policy. Her views on abortion are secondary. There is space in feminism for both sides of the issue. Fact is, feminism was never about abortion. It was always about choice. Giving a woman the power to make her own choices, rather than leaving that to the government or the men in her life. Trusting that a woman is smart enough to know what's best for herself and the people she loves. Many of my friends and family are mothers who love and support their families. And, of the many women I know who aren't mothers, this is their choice -- and few of them would use the word "feminist" to describe themselves, any more than my friends who are mothers would. Basically, I think you haven't a clue what you are talking about. Your article says nothing about the female experience. It is completely "unauthentic". It is only intended to score political points.

How it is that any woman who wants control of her own destiny can advocate "pro-life" is beyond me. We win the right to vote... We win the fight for equal wages and equal opportunity... We win the right to be treated like intelligent, capable, educated, independent human beings... And then some radically conservative women try to take control of our bodies by telling us how we should reproduce! If a women (or a man) is opposed to abortion, then DON'T PERSONALLY HAVE (or pay for) ONE! I find it ironic that those who are "pro-life" also tend to be against welfare programs and/or universal medical insurance, so I have to wonder, are the "pro-lifers" willing to cover the maternal medical and child-care costs the "pro-choicers" who are [potentially] being forced to carry an un-wanted pregnancy to term? If "pro-lifers" are so certain that they the more compassionate and responsible, then I think they should be required to put their money where their mouth is! Until then, I strongly suggest that they keep their mouths shut.