- Collection:
- Archives for Research on Women and Gender
- Title:
- Operation Rescue scrapbook, part IV, 1988
- Creator:
- Georgians for Choice (Organization)
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1988
- Subject:
- Abortion--Law and legislation
Pro-choice movement--Political aspects
Pro-life movement--Political aspects
Women--Political activity - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- scrapbooks
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Formed in 1986, Georgians for Choice brought together 16 women's organizations in an effort to greater impact the protection and expansion of women's reproductive freedom in Georgia. Over time, Georgians for Choice grew to become to a 45 member coalition. Membership in Georgians for Choice was open to any organization supporting the coalition's mission and goals. Each organization paid a membership fee based on its total budget. However, no organization was denied membership due to an inability to pay dues. Additional financial support for the coalition came from special events, individual donations, organizational donations (special appeals), and foundations. Georgians for Choice strove for diversity in both its membership and leadership, and in its selection of its steering committee, worked to ensure that members represented varied geographic regions and included women of color, organizations of faith, social services, the women's legal community, health care providers, educational organizations, and gay and lesbian organizations. Serving as a clearinghouse for members, Georgians for Choice functioned as a centralized source for media referrals; had a video library on women's reproductive health issues; provided timely information on state and national legislation; provided a quarterly newsletter with state, regional, and national events; provided speakers for panels and forums; monitored clinic violence; provided clinic escorts and training; testified before state legislative committees; and conducted in-district and Washington meetings with members of Congress. GFC invested a great deal of energy in its Candidate Report Card, which provided voters with information on national, statewide, and local candidates for public office and their positions on reproductive rights. It also helped connect women seeking reproductive services to care providers who offered family planning, abortion, pregnancy care, adoption services, and financial assistance. In 2008 Georgians For Choice changed its name to SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW and its mission to "collaborate with individuals and communities to build and sustain a powerful reproductive justice movement in Georgia by developing and sharing a radical analysis in order to shift culture; mobilizing in response to immediate threats and; organizing for long term systemic change."
Scrapbook of newsclippings documenting Operation Rescue and related anti-abortion protests and reactions in the Atlanta, Georgia area, as well as national media and political responses. Most articles come from the Atlanta Journal, the Atlanta Constitution, or the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arwg/id/57
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/arwg:57/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- These materials, gathered by the donor from many sources, have been digitized for preservation purposes and are being made available on the Internet for scholarship, educational, and personal use only. These materials document a thematic assemblage of manuscript, photographic, and printed research materials, and neither the donor nor Georgia State University claims ownership of the intellectual property rights for printed materials not created by the donor or Georgia State University. If you are a copyright holder of any part of the content and believe that that content should not be made publicly available, please contact Special Collections and Archives.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: W078_Bos69_sb4, Georgians for Choice Records, Archives for Research on Women and Gender, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Original Collection:
- Georgians for Choice Records
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1607
SERIES XII Anti-Choice Files, 1986-2004.
Archives for Research on Women and Gender - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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