{"id":219158,"date":"2010-01-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhrealitycheck.org\/blog\/2010\/01\/22\/the-hyde-amendment-killed-rosie-jimenez-because-roe-and-because-of-rosie-i-exist"},"modified":"2010-01-21T21:26:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T02:26:26","slug":"the-hyde-amendment-killed-rosie-jimenez-because-of-roe-and-rosie-i-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/219158","title":{"rendered":"The Hyde Amendment Killed Rosie Jimenez… Because of Roe and Rosie, I Exist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThis post is part of our "What Does Choice Mean to You?" series<\/a> commemorating the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade<\/em>.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For me, a daughter of immigrants, working-class, US citizen,
\nradical, fat, able-bodied (right now) woman of Color, choice to me means
\nsurvival and self-determination. Each year, as the US remembers and \u201ccelebrates\u201d
\nRoe v. Wade, I write something about Rosie Jimenez<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span>I may be too young to remember when she
\ndied, but I\u2019m old enough to know better than to forget her.\n<\/p>\n

\nA young working-class student and single Chicana mother of
\none daughter living in the US, Rosie was the first victim of the Hyde Amendment<\/a>, which disallowed Medicaid to cover abortion procedures to people needing them
\nand receiving Medicaid. Rosie died of an illegal abortion when she realized she
\nwas pregnant again and could not afford to cover the cost of an abortion.
\nRosie\u2019s death demonstrates the institutional classism, racism and \u2013isms\u2019 in
\ngeneral that still exists today for many people seeking reproductive health
\ncare in the US and all over the world.\n<\/p>\n

\nRosie died on October 3, 1977.\n<\/p>\n

\nAs a daughter of immigrants from Puerto Rico, the country
\nwhere forced sterilization<\/a> and birth control testing<\/a> by the US has a deep history, choice
\nmeans having control and power with<\/em><\/strong> my body, not just over<\/em><\/strong>
\nmy body. A body that is not valued as other bodies are in this country.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe
\nmere ability to love this brown bushy-haired big body in a country that still
\nhas colonial rule over my homeland is an act of rebellion and love. Because of
\nRoe v. Wade, and because of Rosie\u2019s death, I am able to sit here and write
\nthis. I am able to accomplish what Rosie had planned for herself and have
\nbecome a teacher. Because of Rosie, I can dream bigger, travel farther, educate
\nothers, and help people experiencing an abortion as their abortion doula<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nBecause of Rosie I\u2019m a survivor. I exist.\n<\/p>\n

\nI don\u2019t know where Rosie\u2019s daughter is today or if she knows
\nher mother\u2019s legacy. She is six years older than me; she is my peer. Today,
\nthis week, for as long as I am alive, I will remember her and her mother and
\nall they have both sacrificed for me; for us. Yo recuerdo a Rosie Jimenez.\n<\/p>\n

\nRelated Readings:\n<\/p>\n

\nRemembering Rosie: We Will Not Forget You<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n1977 Flyer In English & Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post is part of our "What Does Choice Mean to You?" series commemorating the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. For me, a daughter of immigrants, working-class, US citizen, radical, fat, able-bodied (right now) woman of Color, choice to me means survival and self-determination. Each year, as the US remembers and \u201ccelebrates\u201d Roe v. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}