15 October 2007

I'm Not Sorry.net

I'm Not Sorry.net

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I’m Not Sorry.net is a Web site that collects stories concerning women’s positive abortion experiences. The site went online on 2003-01-29 and as of October 2007 contains over six hundred stories. The site was created by Patricia Beninato (born 1966-09-28[1]), who was an unemployed customer service representative at the time[2]. She came up with the idea during an online chat concerning the thirtieth anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision [3] when it was noted that pro-choicers were tacitly agreeing with pro-lifers that abortion was a damaging experience for all women. Many of the women in the chat room had had abortions and expressed happiness that they had done so, and one woman suggested that there should be a Web site for women like them to tell their stories. Beninato agreed to create the site despite having no previous experience in site design.

In addition to the stories, I’m Not Sorry also features a popular FAQ section in which various questions posed by pro-lifers are answered. The site’s guest book is a frequent target of the pro-life faction, and Beninato’s sarcastic and humorous responses to them have gained a following on the Web. Beninato created a companion blog for the site in April 2005 in which she addresses various pro-choice issues as well as sheds light on the workings of the site. The site’s publicity comes primarily from word-of-mouth, blog mentions and clinic referrals, as Beninato does not accept advertising either on the site or the blog. There are rumors that there may be a collection of stories from the site published as a book, as in the “About INS” section Beninato once wrote that there would not be a book as she felt the stories were more powerful on the Internet, a statement that was recently replaced with a neutral statement about the idea being broached to her.[4]

Beninato lives in Richmond, Virginia, [5] although per the site’s blog she grew up in New Jersey and also lived in Kentucky. She is married with no children and has stated that she has had three abortions. She has also stated that her story is on the site under a pseudonym. It has been speculated that her story is among the original collection published when the site went online, and some bloggers believe that her story is under the name of Ruth, as it mentions the writer talking sports with her doctor and Beninato has written about her passion for football and baseball in the blog. Beninato has not confirmed or denied this, saying only that her story is under an assumed name so that site visitors would not focus solely on her.[4] Beninato has appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s newsmagazine The National and has given interviews to several publications, most notably The Nation.[2][6]

[edit] 1 References

1. ^ imnotsorrydotnet.blogspot.com.
2. ^ a b Jennifer Baumgardner. "We're Not Sorry, Charlie", The Nation, February 2, 2004.
3. ^ Eleanor J. Bader. "Moving on Just Fine", In These Times, 2003.
4. ^ a b About INS. imnotsorry.net.
5. ^ Laura LaFay. "The Long Fight", Style Weekly.
6. ^ Katha Pollitt. "In The Waiting Room", The Nation, April 21, 2003.

[edit] 2 See also

* Abortion debate
* Anarcha-feminism
* Antifeminism
* Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
* Feminist history in the United States
* Feminist theology
* History of feminism
* List of feminism topics
* New feminism
* Social criticism
* Suffragettes

[edit] 3 External links

* I'm Not Sorry.net
* I'm Not Sorry's blog

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Movements
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Issues of discussion Breast cancer, CPCs, Crime effect, Ethics, Fetal pain, Fetal rights, Genetics, Late-term, Libertarianism, Mental health, Minors, Paternal rights, Public opinion, Religion, Self-induced, Sex-selection, Unsafe abortion, Womens rights, Violence


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