Starr Light

  “You have grey hair!”   I was 29, a baby public defender.   I was bent over at the table taking notes during an interview with a client.   He was an older gentleman.     “Yes,” I responded.   “I started turning grey when I was 21.”   “It’s a blessing.” he continued, with a smile.   “It’s a blessing to live long enough to turn grey.   Not many of my friends did.”   It is indeed a blessing: to turn grey, to turn 50, to have an amazing family, and to be surrounded by loving friends.   I am grateful.

  Dear friends and family, In honor of my 50 th birthday, I am raising money for the Women’s Medical Fund (WMF), an organization in Philadelphia that provides access to abortion. Help me raise $1000 for the WMF .     http://rebecca50.givesmart.com     Throughout my life, I have been a supporter and advocate for reproductive and sexual freedom:   condom education and availability during the emergence of the AIDS epidemic, abortion rights in the lead up to Casey , access to birth control for the women at my Jesuit law school, and general advocacy for a woman’s right to choose.     As I approach the end of my reproductive years, I now have the freedom and power to fight these fights for the benefit of others.   And while it is exhausting and dispiriting to know that reproductive rights are facing yet another robust legal challenge, regardless of the legal status, women will continue to seek abortions.   My role now is to help the ...