Most women, by the 1980’s, didn’t see the cynicism, or the logistical maneuverings that had gone into emptying words like “choice” and “rights” of real meaning. We accepted these words, in their bastardized forms, as the real thing. And the basic terms of our understanding of our world followed: We had choices. It was our responsibility to make good on them (or not). It was not the government’s responsibility to make sure we were able to make good on them.

p. 181, Perfect Madness, Judith Warner.