ict where our reproductive rights may lead. For the most part I am confident my reproductive right will be upheld because I have the means to afford them. Poor women on the other hand I believe will continue to suffer as the welfare system continues to be a target of reform. We have to be aware that we hold a responsibility in policy making by voting and participating in campaign movements. The participation rate of woman voters in 1994 was the lowest since 1974. As Sonia Jarvis so elegantly states, "This decline in female voter participation, at precisely the time that retrenchment on abortion, affirmative action, and welfare is occurring at the federal level, does not auger well for the ability of women to protect the gains of the past, (175)."Works Citeded. Costello, Miles, Stone. The American Woman 1999-2000. NY; Norton;1998Carver, Kathryn. Nelson, Barbara. "Many Voices But Few Vehicles: The Consequences for Women of Weak Political Infrastructure in the United States." WS 101: Women in Contemporary Society Course Packet. 1999.Davis, Angela. "Racism, Birth Control and Reproductive Rights. "Women Race and Class. NY: Random House;1981.Hanmer, Jalna. "Women and Reproduction." Introducing Women's Studies. NY: New York University Press;1997.Jarvis, Sonia. "Women and the Law." The American Woman 1999-2000. ed. Costello, Miles, Stone. NY; Norton;1998....
