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Women's Rights Once Again Denied
Victimized by
the highest court
in our land
BY THE R .
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M . L inda J aramillo
H undreds o f o rg an i­
z a tio n s h a v e r e l e n t ­
lessly w orked fo r g e n ­
erations to educate o u r c o m m u n i­
ties about the tragic ep id em ic o f
violence against w om en in this coun­
try. T hro u g h these co n certed e f­
forts, w e have m ade som e progress.
M ore p eople are n o w aw are o f the
abuse that w om en and girls face
daily (prim arily at h o m e) th ro u g h ­
out the U nited States.
It has been no sm all feat to fi­
nally realize public law s that hold
perpetrators acco u n tab le fo r such
violent acts. L aw en fo rcem en t and
local and state courts reco g n ize the
problem and have jo in e d w o m e n ’s
advocacy groups to help turn the
rising tide o f violence around.
W hile these diligent efforts to
protect w o m e n ’s personal safety at
hom e have increased, the June 26
U.S. Suprem e C ourt ruling in a M as­
sachusetts case, effectiv ely strips
that sense o f security.
T h e ruling that rem oves b u ffer
d a tio n , a b u se an d e v e n m u rd e r.
m a k es m y sk in c ra w l. It w as th a t
In fa c t, th e M a s sa c h u se tts law v e ry d ay as w e b e g a n w o rs h ip in
c re a tin g n e c e s sa ry sa fe ty b u ffe r th e s a fe ty o f o u r s a n c tu a ry th a t
z o n es w as in re s p o n se to o n g o in g m e m b e rs o f m y c o n g re g a tio n r e ­
zo n es su rro u n d in g w o m e n ’s th re a ts a n d the tra g ic 1994 s h o o t­ n e w ed o u r c o m m itm e n t to a c c o m ­
rep ro d u ctiv e health care c en ­ in g in B ro o k lin e th a t in ju re d fiv e p a n y a s is te r w h o n e e d e d o u r
ters w idens the d o o r o f vio ­ an d k ille d tw o y o u n g c lin ic w o rk ­ p h y s ic a l, e m o tio n a l, an d s p iritu a l
lence, spilling it into the public ers, S h a n n o n L o w n ey (ag e 25) and
su p p o rt w h en fa c e d w ith m a k in g
square. T h e free expression o f L ee A n n N ic h o ls (a g e 38).
th is v e ry d iffic u lt d e c is io n fo r
a hateful and threatening p ro ­
A n y o n e w ho has en co u n tered h e rself.
testor is given m ore im portance such hostile protests can attest to
T h e m a tte r b e fo re th e c o u rt is
than the rights o f a w om an to be safe the fact that they are q u ite the o p p o ­
sa id to h a v e b e e n o n e o f free
w hen she m akes health choices for site o f p eacefu l d em o n stratio n s.
sp e e c h ; h o w e v e r, I su b m it it w as
h e r ow n body.
W hile w o m en ’s health clinics are d riv e n by th is n a tio n ’s c o n tin u ­
T h e c la im m a d e b y th e c a s e ’s m o st p ro m in en tly th e targets o f in g c o n tro v e rs y a b o u t w o m e n ’s
p la in tiff, E le a n o r M c C u lle n , th a t these aggressive p rotests, w e see rig h ts to r e p r o d u c tiv e c h o ic e .
sh e an d o th e rs ju s t w a n t to “e n ­ them in o th er co m m u n ity venues O th e rw is e , w h y are b u ffe r z o n e s
g a g e in p e rs o n a l, c a rin g , c o n s e n ­ such as g rocery stores, retail m alls, th a t p ro h ib it free sp e e c h e x p re s ­
su al c o n v e rsa tio n s w ith w o m en and even local churches.
sio n s till in p la c e at th e e le c tio n
a b o u t a lte rn a tiv e s to a b o rtio n ” is
I k n o w th is b e c a u s e se v e ra l p o lls, m ilita ry fu n e ra ls , an d o u t­
h ig h ly q u e s tio n a b le b e c a u se th e y e a rs ag o , m y lo c a l c h u rc h w as
sid e th e v ery p la c e in w h ic h th e
p re v a ilin g e v id e n c e p ro v e s o th ­ th e ta rg e t o f su ch a p ro te s t on
S u p re m e C o u rt m ad e th e ir ru lin g ?
erw ise.
S u n d ay m o rn in g . T h e y cam e fu lly
It is p re p o s te ro u s in th is d a y
I f w e d o n ’t b e lie v e th a t a a rm e d w ith b lo w n u p p o ste rs o f
an d a g e; a fte r all w e k n o w a b o u t
w o m a n ’s life is th re a te n e d as she d e ad b a b ies an d e v e n a la rg e ja r
v io le n c e a g a in s t w o m e n , th a t
se e k s re p ro d u c tiv e h e a lth c a re fille d w ith a fetu s in c h e m ic a l p re ­
w o m e n are o n c e a g a in v ic tim iz e d
s e rv ic e s , w e n e e d o n ly be r e ­ s e rv a tiv e s .
b y th e h ig h e st c o u rt in o u r land.
m in d e d o f n u m e ro u s c a s e s in
P ro te c tin g m y in n o c en t an d im ­
The Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo is
w h ich p a tie n ts, th e ir c o m p a n io n s, p re s sio n a b le c h ild re n fro m su ch a
executive minister fo r Justice and
c lin ic w o rk e rs an d d o c to rs w ere h o s tile im p o sitio n o n th e s id e ­
Witness Ministries in the United
ta rg e te d fo r h a ra ssm e n t, in tim i­ w a lk rig h t o u ts id e c h u rc h still
Church o f Christ.