Letter: Supporting women while promoting pro-life view

A previous letter writer claimed to have visited our website, www.feministsforlife.org and correctly noted our pro-woman, pro-life philosophy, that we support eliminating the causes that drive women to abortion, including lack of resources and support.

But she went on to say, "There is no indication it is interested in improving a woman's resources or support."

She must not have been on the correct site, because if she had, she would have seen our decades of accomplishments on behalf of the most vulnerable, including our work on the original Violence Against Women Act, the Child Support Enforcement Act, our efforts to successfully remove punitive measures against mothers who had "too many children" from welfare reform, and how our work inspired the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act, later the Pregnancy Assistance Fund.

These accomplishments would not have been possible without our unique ability to work with those on both sides of the abortion divide toward our shared goals of helping the most vulnerable.

Additionally, our helpsite, WomenDeserveBetter.com, has been accessed by more than 125,000 mothers, pregnant women, and primary caregivers per year. Women Deserve Better is designed to guide a woman to work, learn, live and love better through various stages of her life.

As someone who has been in the room, working on the Hill with those on both sides of a contentious issue, including on-campus solutions for pregnant and parenting women, I can attest to our capacity to work together to solve complex issues through holistic, women- centered solutions. We welcome the opportunities to do more because women deserve better,

Serrin M. Foster

President

Feminists for Life of America

Alexandria, Virginia