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<p>March is Women's History Month, but hard-line feminists in universities and major women's groups are deciding who counts as a woman. I have been labeled a non-woman. An angry critic once referred to Margaret Thatcher and me as "those two female impersonators." Why? Because in my books and articles I have questioned the basic premise of contemporary American feminism.</p>

It's well-known that Susan B. Anthony was one of the very first feminists and women's suffragists. What isn't so well-known is the fact that Susan B. Anthony and many of her contemporaries in the fight for gender equity were fiercely opposed to abortion. They saw that abortion was not the answer to the problem of women being exploited. Rather, they saw it as a symptom of women being exploited--an acknowledgement that in a world hostile to women, the unique, precious contributions that women make to society through pregnancy and motherhood are seen as a burden.

It's well-known that Susan B. Anthony was one of the very first feminists and women's suffragists. What isn't so well-known is the fact that Susan B. Anthony and many of her contemporaries in the fight for gender equity were fiercely opposed to abortion. They saw that abortion was not the answer to the problem of women being exploited. Rather, they saw it as a symptom of women being exploited--an acknowledgement that in a world hostile to women, the unique, precious contributions that women make to society through pregnancy and motherhood are seen as a burden.

DATE: May 2, 2002 TO: (ALL) FROM: Jennifer Bingham, Executive Director (Executive.Director@sba-list.org) The National Organization for Women and Planned Parenthood are working to activate their pro-abortion supporters to oppose a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed rule. The HHS proposed rule would make unborn children eligible for prenatal care under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Currently children under the age of 19 are covered. The new rule would allow children to be covered from conception. The expanded SCHIP rule would give many women who are not eligible for Medicaid the resources to carry and deliver healthy...