{"id":2915,"date":"2020-01-06T19:07:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/finance\/2020\/01\/06\/michelle-williams-urges-women-to-support-abortion-rights-when-its-time-to-vote-please-do-so-in-your-own-self-interest-its-what-men-have-been-doing-for-years\/"},"modified":"2020-01-06T19:07:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:07:09","slug":"michelle-williams-urges-women-to-support-abortion-rights-when-its-time-to-vote-please-do-so-in-your-own-self-interest-its-what-men-have-been-doing-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/2020\/01\/06\/michelle-williams-urges-women-to-support-abortion-rights-when-its-time-to-vote-please-do-so-in-your-own-self-interest-its-what-men-have-been-doing-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Williams urges women to support abortion rights: \u2018When it\u2019s time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest. It\u2019s what men have been doing for years\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>On a night that mostly steered clear of politics, Michelle Williams used her speech at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles to advocate against restrictive abortion laws.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, who won Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie for her role as Gwen Vernon in the FX &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                  &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n                                  &#13;<br \/>\n                                    <span class=\"quote down bgQuote\" data-channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203410047\/composite\" data-bgformat=\"\"><a class=\"qt-chip trackable\" data-fancyid=\"XNYSStockDIS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/investing\/stock\/dis\" data-track-mod=\"MW_story_quote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIS, <span class=\"bgPercentChange\">-0.87%<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                  &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n                                        \u00a0mini-series \u201cFosse\/Verdon,\u201d told the crowd on Sunday evening that she was \u201cgrateful to have lived at a moment in our society when choice exists, because as women and as girls, things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams urged women to vote for less-restrictive abortion laws. \u201cTo choose when to have my children and with whom, when I felt supported and able to balance our lives, knowing as all mothers do that the scales must and will tilt towards our children,\u201d Williams said. \u201cWe live in a country founded on the principle that I am free to live by my faith, and you are free to live by yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"shareable\" data-share-hover=\"true\" data-share-modprefix=\"mw_pullquote_\" data-share-text=\"Michelle Williams urges women to support abortion rights: \u2018When it\u2019s time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest. It\u2019s what men have been doing for years\u2019\"><p>&#13;<br \/>\n                  \u2018We live in a country founded on the principle that I am free to live by my faith, and you are free to live by yours.\u2019&#13;<\/p>\n<footer>&#13;<br \/>\n                          <cite>&#13;<br \/>\n                              \u2014Michelle Williams&#13;<br \/>\n                          <\/cite>&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                  <\/footer>\n<p>&#13;\n              <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo women, 18 to 118, when it is time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them, but don\u2019t forget we are the largest voting body in this country. Let\u2019s make it look more like us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Democratic candidates for president all support a woman\u2019s right to choose. Meanwhile, in May 2019, President Trump tweeted &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                  &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n                                  &#13;<br \/>\n                                    <span class=\"quote down bgQuote\" data-channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203180645\/composite\" data-bgformat=\"\"><a class=\"qt-chip trackable\" data-fancyid=\"XNYSStockTWTR\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/investing\/stock\/twtr\" data-track-mod=\"MW_story_quote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TWTR, <span class=\"bgPercentChange\">-0.08%<\/span><\/a><\/span>,&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                  &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n                                         \u201cI am strongly Pro-Life, with the three exceptions \u2014 Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the mother \u2014 the same position taken by Ronald Reagan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The president tweeted after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed into law the most restrictive abortion law in the country, a measure that did not make exceptions in the case of rape or incest. In October 2019, a federal judge temporarily blocked that law. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson said her intention was to advance the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also criticized bills in Virginia and New York that would make it legal for women to terminate nonviable pregnancies after 24 weeks. <\/p>\n<p>Approximately three in four women who obtained abortions in 2014 were poor or low-income, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/fact-sheet\/induced-abortion-united-states\" target=\"_new\" class=\"icon \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the Guttmacher Institute<\/a>, a reproductive-health think tank that supports abortion rights. More than half of abortion patients are also women of color, with black women accounting for 28% of abortion procedures in 2014 and Hispanic women accounting for 25%.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion law varies by state. Some states require abortion seekers to wait a minimum time period between in-person counseling and their procedure, a measure that proponents argue is necessary to ensure that women are 100% sure they want to go ahead with a procedure. Opponents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w26228\" target=\"_new\" class=\"icon \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">point to research<\/a> that suggests waiting can lead to riskier second-trimester abortions. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"shareable\" data-share-hover=\"true\" data-share-modprefix=\"mw_pullquote_\" data-share-text=\"\u2018I am strongly Pro-Life, with the three exceptions \u2014 Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the mother.\u2019\"><p>&#13;<br \/>\n                  \u2018I am strongly Pro-Life, with the three exceptions \u2014 Rape, Incest and protecting the Life of the mother.\u2019&#13;<\/p>\n<footer>&#13;<br \/>\n                          <cite>&#13;<br \/>\n                              \u2014President Trump tweeting in May 2019&#13;<br \/>\n                          <\/cite>&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                  <\/footer>\n<p>&#13;\n              <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/state-policy\/explore\/targeted-regulation-abortion-providers\" target=\"_new\" class=\"icon \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have also imposed regulations<\/a> on clinics and people who provide abortions, including specifications dictating the size of an abortion-procedure room or a facility\u2019s distance from a hospital, and requirements for an abortion provider\u2019s certifications or hospital affiliations. Critics of such regulations argue that they go beyond necessary patient-safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>Women turned away from having abortions face financial hardship, said a <a href=\"https:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/10.2105\/AJPH.2017.304247\" target=\"_new\" class=\"icon \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018 American Journal of Public Health study<\/a> that received funding from the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, which support abortion rights. The researchers say the funders had \u201cno role in the design and conduct of the study.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The anti-abortion group National Right to Life acknowledges that financial considerations are a factor for women seeking abortions, but says that\u2019s not a reason for a termination. \u201cA lot of people, even couples who have been married for years, find the prospect of raising and caring for a child intimidating,\u201d it says. \u201cYet, the baby comes, and somehow the bills get paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"shareable\" data-share-hover=\"true\" data-share-modprefix=\"mw_pullquote_\" data-share-text=\"Some states require abortion seekers to wait a minimum time period between in-person counseling and their procedure.\"><p>&#13;<br \/>\n                  Some states require abortion seekers to wait a minimum time period between in-person counseling and their procedure.&#13;<\/p>\n<footer>&#13;<br \/>\n                      &#13;<br \/>\n                  <\/footer>\n<p>&#13;\n              <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican lawmakers say they oppose \u201ctaxpayer-funded abortion,\u201d and anti-abortion groups say the unborn have a right to life, believe life begins at fertilization and object to abortion on moral and religious grounds. Some abortion opponents believe abortion is wrong under any circumstances, while others believe it can be acceptable in cases of rape, incest or in cases when a woman\u2019s life is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on the Family, a Christian ministry based in Colorado, <a href=\"http:\/\/media.focusonthefamily.com\/heartlink\/pdf\/2014_Sanctity_of_Human_Life_Guide.pdf\" target=\"_new\" class=\"icon \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says life begins at conception<\/a>. \u201cWe believe that human life is of inestimable worth and significance in all its dimensions, including the pre-born, the aged, the widowed, the mentally and physically challenged, the unattractive and every other condition in which humanness is expressed from the single-cell stage to natural death,\u201d the organization says.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said scientists at the National Institutes of Health would no longer be allowed to conduct research <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/fetal-tissue-research-what-it-is-why-its-controversial-and-why-the-trump-administration-is-clamping-down-on-it-2019-06-07\" class=\"icon none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using human fetal tissue<\/a>. 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