In hopes of creating a student movement for saving the continued legalization of abortion, the International Socialist Organization (ISO) held a lecture and discussion this Thursday.

“(We need) to build a movement on campus that will last from semester to semester,” said Leigh Smith, a senior in the astrophysics Department at SF State. “And also from president to president- a movement that will last through the ups and downs of politics. Also a movement that will protest things happening at school, like budget cuts or teacher dismissals.”

The event consisted of a 20 minute lecture on the topic of why we need to fight to save Roe. “One in three women by the age of 45 will get an abortion,” said Kristin Anderson, a junior in the classics department and the speaker at the ISO event. “The legalization of abortion is not a gift. Women made this happen and had a mass movement (composed of) women from the ground up.”

Despite a late start due to two room changes, the 40 to 50 people who showed up engaged in a 40 minute discussion that grew heated as the minutes flew by. Issues such as what to do next, what the movement needs to look like and how important the right to choose were brought up. A point was made that how can women fight oppression if they do not even have control over their own bodies. Further, according to an unknown member of the audience, this makes women one step lower then men.

What was made clear during the discussion was the fact that many students were very passionate about this topic. A passion and discussion that was fueled by the newly appointed chief justice, conservative John Roberts, on Thursday.

“He won by 70 to 80 percent,” said Sarah Dopp, a Technical and Professional Writing and Chinese major at SF State. “This makes me wonder who are these people voting them in and why. They say ‘I don’t agree with him, but in the past conservatives have done great things‘- well if that’s how they are thinking then we are in trouble.”

According to the members of the ISO, the democrats have been leaning towards the right in many of the decisions they have been making lately. And now, more than ever, there needs a stance to be taken- one that is unapologetic.

With various bills and propositions that threaten the rights that abortion holds, there is much as stake. First there was the bill that enabled pharmacists to not give out birth control based on their own personal beliefs and their religion. A bill that came into affect early this year, the women are faced with sexual harassment and verbal assault if they even dare try to get birth control from pharmacists who follow this bill.

Another is Prop 73, which On Nov. 3 will go to the polls to be voted on. If passed, Prop 73 will amend California’s constitution to ban abortions on teenagers until 48 hours after a physician notifies the teen’s parents, which could create hesitation among young women who would choose to get an abortion.

“Prop 73 shows how those in politics don’t care about a women’s body,” Anderson said. “(If abortion is made illegal) women will bare the brunt of the challenges, especially the poor.”

Now, what lies ahead for ISO is to keep fighting. An event is planned on Oct. 31 for Prop 73 and more meetings are scheduled in the upcoming months.

“This issue is one that us college students can relate to,” Smith said. “Because this issue can affect us students it is made more personal- it is our fight.”