The news just flashed across my phone: “The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.” Shame on this country. Shame on those who’ve stolen the rights of women to make decisions about their own bodies, motivated by nothing less than power and control — motivation they cloak in what they want others to see as their *heroism*, claiming to save the lives of unborn children.
Thank you for your rage, Christine. I stand beside you shaking as well. Don't talk to me about consequences when there are basically none for the men who get us pregnant. When men are not forced to pay child support. When men are not punished for rape. When men are not required to have vasectomies. When men do not even know a woman's anatomy. And when the laws of these men are based on a religion that NEVER dictated life begins in the womb but instead that life begins with BREATH. I am livid and I am mourning.
Roe V. Wade Was Just Overturned
Thank you for your rage, Christine. I stand beside you shaking as well. Don't talk to me about consequences when there are basically none for the men who get us pregnant. When men are not forced to pay child support. When men are not punished for rape. When men are not required to have vasectomies. When men do not even know a woman's anatomy. And when the laws of these men are based on a religion that NEVER dictated life begins in the womb but instead that life begins with BREATH. I am livid and I am mourning.
It is shocking news and a backwards step thrust upon women. Thank you for your words