A year before Roe v. Wade, 53 prominent American women, including singer Judy Collins, actress Lee Grant and tennis star Billie Jean King, signed a petition headlined “We have had abortions” in Ms. magazine.
“I thought, ‘Oh, God. Me, too,’ ” recalled Levine, who had told hardly anyone about the illegal abortion she had in New York
“It liberated and mobilized an army of women who had been keeping a secret,” said Levine, who joined MsThe petition was part of the magazine’s spring 1972 preview issue, a 40-page excerpt of which ran first as an insert in New York “To many American women and men it seems absurd, that in this allegedly enlightened age, that we should still be arguing for a simple principle: that a woman has the right to sovereignty over her own body,” the petition stated.
When Steinem, a friend, asked her to sign the petition, she didn’t hesitate. “I think it’s very important to speak out when the occasion comes,” said Collins, who added that she didn’t get much feedback from fans after the issue ran. “Was I proud to be part of the effort to getNot all of the 53 women on the petition had actually had abortions.
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