NARAL's New Leader Ilyse Hogue Aims to Change the Way America Talks About Reproductive Rights

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http://www.alternet.org/gender/narals-new-leader-ilyse-hogue-aims-change-way-america-talks-about-reproductive-rights




When Planned Parenthood announced it would no longer use the term "pro-choice" back in January, the Internet was abuzz with mixed reactions. Some thought the organization was needlessly bending toward a demographic that would rather shirk politically charged terms than take a strong stance on the issue. Others agreed with Planned Parenthood's campaign video, which asserted that the labels "pro-choice" and "pro-life" limit discussions of the complex factors involved in each individual's reproductive health decisions.

I thought I had heard the full range of opinions until I attended a panel at CPAC, where a young woman who identified herself as an abortion abolitionist celebrated Planned Parenthood's decision as a victory for the pro-life movement.

In an recent interview, Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, laughed about this interpretation of Planned Parenthood's campaign.

“If I had a nickel for every time the extreme right called a victory out of defeat; they're like, 'we lost...but we won!'”

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1. Well, perhaps a new slogan is needed, but why announce this "necessity" without a "new way" in hand?

The RW prospers by defining their enemies when their enemies are hesitant to define themselves.