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Another victory for women!
As of April 1, 2013 abortion and birth control are free and legal in France. Free birth control and free abortion are both very important things to have. They both lower birth rates and provide women with more opportunities. If women have free access than women of all classes can practice their reproductive rights; this removes class restrictions and often race restrictions, because it is often minorities which are in the lower classes. I think Canada and other countries need to follow France’s lead. Free and accessible birth control and abortions are fundamental to women’s equality. As Gloria Steinman once said “if men could get pregnant than abortions would be free and on every street corner”.
Here is a video explaining the move to free abortions and bith control in comparison to the United States:
For more information on France’s great new law go here: http://www.policymic.com/articles/32383/france-makes-contraception-and-abortion-free
This photo was taken in roughly the same spot as the last flowerbed picture. Curse you, Alberta weather!
Elvira Madigan is the nickname of Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major,” which he wrote in 1785 within a space of 4 weeks. It is one of Mozart’s most popular piano concertos, and has three movements.
The concerto was penned for a series of Lenten subscription concerts given by Mozart in 1785. However, it was actually premiered at Mozart’s benefit concert at the National Court Theater on March 10 of that year. A handbill for the concert announced that it would include “a new, just finished Forte piano Concerto.”
The slow second movement is the best known part of this piece thanks to its use in Elvira Madigan, a 1967 Swedish film about a tragic tightrope walker, which gave the concerto its name.
The second movement’s title is “Andante in F major.” “Andante” refers to the tempo marking, which in this instance means to be performed at a moderately slow speed. “Andante” is Italian for “a walking pace.”
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