Alternet points out that that bastion of liberal thinking the New York Times isn't giving women much of a say on abortion:
Indeed, what's most striking about today's op-ed page is the absence of women of any sort writing on the subject of abortion. Of the 124 mentions of abortion on the page over the two-year period, only 21 of those instances were female authored. In total, there were 67 authors who wrote about abortion for the Times -- only seven of which were female. (Many authors wrote multiple columns mentioning the topic.) That's seven women over two years, compared with 60 men.
Sorry, but I'm not surprised. Once you look at the numbers over a period of years you just understand this is the status quo. I just talked to my shrink on the phone for the first time in years, for a little check in and to say hi, and she noticed that my phase of "feminist rage" (she's so cute and 70s) is over. It's so status quo. I do what I can. I make blogs and reading series and books and I write the introduction to THIS IS NOT CHICK LIT which is rocking out--so major, I am so thrilled by the writers in this book and the ability to voice some support for something beyond a fascist cinderella story told ad infinitum in our media. You think we're not already living in something well on the way to being a fascist state? Women's stories, women's control of their own bodies, women getting airtime--all of this is the only form of resistance I can think of. And then sometimes you get really tired, you go on antibiotics, you need to take a nap. And then you wake up and blog.
(Thank you to everybody who sent me that link) xxooElizabeth