I share these observations as someone who is well past worrying about finding myself pregnant, welcome or otherwise. Very well past! And I don’t live anywhere near Texas. But the self-righteousness of the lawmakers – virtually all men and all people with financial security – who’ve passed such restrictive, regressive, and in some cases downright cruel laws – against women, often with few resources or support – gives one pause. Who’s bearing this burden … and why? Something to think about.
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I’m in Texas. 😔
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Oh, of course, Crystal. The recent passing of extreme measures against women’s rights and responsible gun ownership, along with encouraging snitching on neighbors must be making for a more divisive environment than ever. So sorry. And that’s on top of all the rain. 😥
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And not to mention COVID and mask mandates or lack of. We are masked up in Houston schools. (Tuesday was a no school rain day. Today is a planned fall break).
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Oh, yes, all this on top of the relentless individual tragedies and further divisions caused by COVID. It doesn’t seem to end these days.
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You are spot on with this one girlfriend, lawyers and money!!
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That’s it, isn’t it, Rita. The quest for money and power, and we all pay in one way or other. 😥
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THANK YOU for this blog post. This is such an area of concern for all the reasons you said. I am weary of old men in suits making decisions about what women can & can’t do with our bodies (mine also is past its pregnancy expiration date but I am rightfully concerned & insulted).I can guarantee if mandatory vasectomies were up for debate or the people who father unwanted pregnancies were, by law, forced to take on the care of the child after birth singlehandedly, there would be an uprising that would bring the house down. We may be progressive as a country but we are only just rearing our heads out of the dark ages where women’s rights are concerned.
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Thanks for such a strong and articulate response to this situation, heimdalco. It’s impossible for so many of us to make sense of well-off (and mostly) men deciding what women can and cannot do while providing no social support for women who have been abused, abandoned, or raped by men. And, sorry, but typically this action is framed as supporting “Christian” values. There are no words to describe such hypocrisy. Human beings have a long way to go, as we are being reminded at every turn.
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No one has the right to pass judgement if a woman chooses to have an abortion, that decision is hers and hers alone 🙂 .
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Andrew, thank you so much for these supportive words. Much appreciated by MANY women.
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MY BODY, MY CHOICE seems to be acceptable where the life-saving COVID vaccine is concerned & puts thousands of people at risk. Apparently mandating a life-saving vaccine tramples on people’s rights, yet that same standard isn’t in practice for women’s personal choices about their bodies, which is singular & does not impact people globally.
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Profoundly appropriate and confounding comparative examples. Both are heartbreaking in their hypocrisy and lack of compassion.
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That Katz quote is so perfect. That’s exactly part of the issue. Things are just happening to us: we’re impregnating ourselves, being raped by an unknown, etc., etc., etc., all while laws and court cases dictate our fate.
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I know. It’s a very clever/crafty/ingenuous approach. And some might say that it’s evil!
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What scares me most about the Texas law is how it legitimizes vigilantism. The state there is openly endorsing citizens to spy on one another. Scary. – Marty
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I know. I just don’t understand how the populace can be OK with that. Or how that can be constitutional. Oh, America, what’s happening to (parts of) you? Do you suppose they can tighten up their vote restrictions even further to make it harder for ALL women to vote?!
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They certainly want to make it harder to vote in suburban areas, that’s for sure.
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No thinking, rational person should accept this behavior from privileged self-righteous people who think it’s their right to control a woman’s body. It’s 2021, for crying out loud. This is barbaric.
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Barbaric, heartbreaking … and real for so many women. 😥
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Women’s rights are still so fragile all over the world. It makes me wonder what could have happened if a certain Canadian political party leader who was pro-life had stayed on and been elected PM …
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😳 I don’t even want to go there!
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Yet more proof we are living in scary times. Information Age? I fear it is the new Dark Ages. What’s next? Witch-burning, again???
Deb
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Oh, Deb, some days it does seem like we’re entering a new Dark Ages, doesn’t it? We can’t let that happen.
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As Kamala Harris asked during a Senate hearing “Can you name one law regulating a man’s body?” That’s when I knew she should run for president.
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Lol. You’re my kind of guy, OmniRunner, a lover of running AND a supporter of women’s rights! 😊
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Reblogged this on Musings and Wonderings and commented:
So true.
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I just don’t know what to say about this. Clearly, compassionate and reasonable voices in TX are outnumbered by the reactionary rednecks. Sadly it’s not only in crazy, outlying countries that Neanderthal thinking still exists.
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It’s a sad reality, all right.
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