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Object Description
| Title | Operation Rescue scrapbook, part IV, 1988 |
| Identifier | W078_Bos69_sb4 |
| Date of original | 1988 |
| Decade | 1980s |
| Creator | Georgians for Choice (Organization) |
| Description | 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. |
| Scope note | Correspondence and printed material, as well as minutes and agendas, financial records, legal records, photographs, audio-visual records, and artifacts including textiles, 1974-2006 (bulk 1982-2006), document the legislative, organizational, advocacy, and educational work of Georgians for Choice to preserve reproductive choice in the state. Reference material documents legal issues, legislation, and various other organizations representing pro-choice and pro-life viewpoints. The Georgians for Choice records also contain materials relating to the administration, fundraising, and manangement of the coalition-based non-profit. |
| Biographical or historical note | 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." |
| Language | English |
| Subject |
Abortion--Law and legislation Pro-choice movement--Political aspects Pro-life movement--Political aspects Women--Political activity |
| Location depicted |
Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.) |
| Note | Georgia State University provides the http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu website as a service to the Georgia State University community and to the public. The views expressed in the content presented here do not necessarily reflect the views of Georgia State University, its students, faculty or staff. Georgia State University did not create and is not responsible for any information contained within the site. |
| Series | SERIES XII Anti-Choice Files, 1986-2004. |
| Collection | Georgians for Choice Records |
| Curatorial area | Archives for Research on Women and Gender |
| Digital publisher | Georgia State University Library |
| Finding aid | http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/findingaids/id/446 |
| 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. |
| Citation | W078_Bos69_sb4, Georgians for Choice Records, Archives for Research on Women and Gender, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University. |
| Source format | scrapbooks |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | Text |
