Readers' blog: Only women have right to decide on their bodies

I can no longer stay silent on the issue of the Eighth Amendment.

In 2015, on cold evenings and in the bitter rain, I stood on people’s doorsteps stopping short of literally asking them was it OK if I could marry the person I love by having their yes vote, and some people I clearly recall often said “They’ll think about it”. Those words I remember so well.