TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 10 P36

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 10 P36 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 338 WATTLETON ALYCE FAYE We re not saying ABORTION IS RIGHT OR WRONG OR PREACHING A MORAL CAUSE BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY PERSONAL DECISION. WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO RIGHT TELLING WOMEN WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES. Faye Wattleton While at Columbia on a full scholarship Wattleton trained as a midwife in New York City s Harlem Hospital. In the 1960s abortion was prohibited by law in most states. At Harlem Hospital Wattleton saw firsthand the appalling medical consequences of illegal abortions. She witnessed the blood poisoning torn uteruses and painful deaths of desperate women who tried to induce abortions with chemicals or sharp instruments. These grim cases influenced Wattleton s decision to join Planned Parenthood and to support reproductive freedom. To Wattleton the issue was one of self-determination and basic human rights for women. After earning her master s degree in 1967 Wattleton became assistant director of the Montgomery County Combined Public Health District in Dayton. As a public health nurse she helped increase the prenatal health care services in the area. In 1970 Wattleton became executive director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Dayton. She married social worker and musician Franklin Gordon in 1971 and had a daughter Felicia Gordon in 1976. Wattleton and Gordon divorced in 1981. Wattleton s work ethic and her successful outreach and fund-raising efforts in Dayton led to her appointment in 1978 as president of the national Planned Parenthood organization. At age 34 Wattleton became the youngest person ever to head the huge family planning enterprise. By the time Wattleton resigned in the early 1990s Planned Parenthood had 900 . affiliates and an annual budget of 380 million. Wattleton assumed leadership at a time when donating funds to Planned Parenthood was neither controversial nor a political act. Once Wattleton began to lobby for abortion rights Planned Parenthood s reputation and perceived mission changed .

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