by Marit Knutson

As a Radical Women member, which is part of the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR), I have been asked by many constituents – liberal and radical alike – why counter-demonstrate? First, why hit the streets on a “wedge issue” that further severs the beleaguered anti-war movement? And second, why restrict their freedom of speech? The religious and conservative out-of-towners will march and then leave, and their message will apparently have no impact since we are all progressives here.

Is this really the case though?