The anti choice group "Operation Rescue" plans on buying Tiller's clinic to be another headquarters for them. This needs to be stopped-they've already done this before! Can't we find some way to accumulate funds to keep this within our midsts?

Happy World Enviroment Day
have a great weekend
*Hugs*

6/8/09: Wear Yellow to Honor Dr. Tiller and Reproductive Freedom!

In light of the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, a reproductive
health doctor and abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas, who was
assassinated on Sunday May 31st in his church, we are asking that
everyone who stands in solidarity with womens' choice everywhere wear
yellow this Monday June 8th.

In her book "Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture and Votes for Women,"
Margaret Finnegan traces the use of yellow back to 1887, when Kansas
suffragists, campaigning for a suffrage amendment in their state,
adopted the yellow ribbon as their "distinctive sign," borrowing the
color from the state flower, the sunflower. She notes that the color
caught the attention of other workers throughout the country such as
Mary Livermore, and that Massachusetts and Pennsylvania suffragists
quickly created their own version of the sunflower badge. By 1896, the
National American Woman's Suffrage Association  (NAWSA), the main
suffrage organization in America, was selling sunflower stationery and
pins. Yellow, notes Finnegan, quickly became an official color.

The color gold, or yellow, has a long history of being important in
the women’s rights movement. The sunflower is the state flower of
Kansas, where Dr. Tiller practiced. We implore you all to stand with
us on Monday June 8th to mourn the loss of Dr. Tiller, as well as to
mark this day as one where we once again refuse to be intimidated and
afraid.

Please remember to wear yellow this coming Monday June 8th in
commemoration of those lost in the fight for reproductive freedom. We
also ask reproductive health facilities all across the country to
spread the message of solidarity by displaying sunflowers on Monday
June 8th.

thank you for standing up and supporting women. You do great work and Dr. Tiller is proud!! He was an amazing man and his work and caring will continue. Thank you