Life Choices Empowers Women

Life Choices: The Teachings of Abortion is now widely available. I had my debut talk and signing at Boulder Bookstore on Tuesday to a packed room of current and new friends (around 60! I was told). There was a lot of heart and a lot of love in the room, as well as a depth of thought and consideration about the need to thoroughly examine the ways in which we can engage with the abortion issue to improve women’s lives. What an auspicious start to the unfolding of this book’s path!

Several people spoke to issues of power and empowerment in women’s lives. That empowerment comes as we open to making conscious choices about caring in our lives—who and what we care about and where and when we do the caring. As more and more people move in that direction, through confronting the necessities of their lives (including making choices about pregnancy), we will develop the skills to make the same kinds of choices in relation to the whole earth. Moreover, we will become clear that we and the earth are one and the same and that what we do to her we do to ourselves. We can be inspired by the courage with which women face their lives, and embrace all of life’s difficulties as we protect and preserve the only home we have—our body and the body of the earth.

Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center will have a “funraiser” on October 22 at Boulder Theater. I’ll be selling my book there.

I’ll be at Tattered Cover (Colfax store) for a talk and signing on Friday, November 4, 7:30 p.m. I’m looking forward to it very much. Please join me, and tell all your friends.