In response to Matt Stollers
post commenting on our so-called “leadership” organizations on the abortion issue:
Some people think that this ruling will be a rallying cry for the pro-choice groups to organize around. I don't think so. You're either a fighter or you're not. The people that lead these groups aren't fighters.
It may be time to start a sustained campaign for the heads of these organizations. I know we’ve criticized some of them before for this or that, but this is now in a whole new ballgame. It is time to either 1) get credible statements by their leadership (preferably including an endorsement of said statement by their board of directors) that demonstrates that they’ve learned their lesson and who will fricking FIGHT for women’s rights, or call for the installation of new leadership who will.
This decision is as much a testament to their effectiveness as leaders forwarding this issue as anything. This decision is a clarion call that says that if things don’t change, then we can only expect further erosion of our rights. It is not wrong for us to now express our loss of confidence in the leadership here and DEMAND change in these organizations at the highest levels.