i'm a little bothered by her statement on women not loudly boasting about their abortions. but i'm more bothered that it has gotten to the point where abortion rights are under such a threat that somone even has to make such a proposition. if unleashed during a second term, and with two or three likely vacancies on the SCOTUS, you can bet that Shrub will do everything he can to make abortion illegal again. that is, when he's not busy being the "peace president."
I think her point is totally right-on though. Abortion is such a commonplace procedure in the US, with diverse women choosing it for diverse reasons, and even though about two-thirds of the country are either libertarian or moderate on the issue, it is still a stigmatized procedure which could possibly (as you mentioned) be criminalized. (I personally don't think criminalization would last a day if it ever happened, which I think is in the realm of possibility but not likely in the first place. There would be a completely overwhelming display of dissent and defiance. At least, I sure hope there would.)
Ehrenreich's column is refreshingly blunt. We need to stop playing the euphemism game; no more "choice," no more "reproductive rights." Abortion. We believe that any woman of any age at any time in any place should be able to go to a good doctor who can perform a surgical procedure wherein a collection of cells, whether a dozen or millions, that if left to their own devices will very likely grow into a human being, are removed from her body and destroyed. And that's ok.
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i'm a little bothered by her statement on women not loudly boasting about their abortions.
but i'm more bothered that it has gotten to the point where abortion rights are under such a threat that somone even has to make such a proposition.
if unleashed during a second term, and with two or three likely vacancies on the SCOTUS, you can bet that Shrub will do everything he can to make abortion illegal again. that is, when he's not busy being the "peace president."
I think her point is totally right-on though. Abortion is such a commonplace procedure in the US, with diverse women choosing it for diverse reasons, and even though about two-thirds of the country are either libertarian or moderate on the issue, it is still a stigmatized procedure which could possibly (as you mentioned) be criminalized. (I personally don't think criminalization would last a day if it ever happened, which I think is in the realm of possibility but not likely in the first place. There would be a completely overwhelming display of dissent and defiance. At least, I sure hope there would.)
Ehrenreich's column is refreshingly blunt. We need to stop playing the euphemism game; no more "choice," no more "reproductive rights." Abortion. We believe that any woman of any age at any time in any place should be able to go to a good doctor who can perform a surgical procedure wherein a collection of cells, whether a dozen or millions, that if left to their own devices will very likely grow into a human being, are removed from her body and destroyed. And that's ok.
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