It’s Mother’s Day. The way things are going in this country fewer women will want to celebrate this day.
What if you never wanted your child? What if that child’s father is your rapist? What if your child’s father is your own father? Or your uncle or your brother? Maybe he is a stranger or even the man you love. No matter who he is, it does not mean you wanted to be pregnant and to carry it to term.
All health care issues should involve only the patient and medical provider, not lawmakers. (Image: Kathryn Reed)
No woman should have to give birth to a child they don’t want. Nor should she have to explain her decision to anyone. It’s her body. Her choice.
This Mother’s Day comes with a cloud over it in the wake of the news the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to rule on a case that would subsequently overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then let states regulate abortion.
So many states have already enacted restrictive legislation. Even more have trigger laws if the federal legislation is revoked; meaning abortion becomes illegal in those states.
I’m fortunate I’m past my childbearing years, and that I live in a state that is progressive and wants to do even more to ensure a woman’s right to an abortion. Even so, not every place in California makes it easy to get an abortion. In 2017, I wrote about how there are no abortion providers in the Tahoe-Truckee region.
The early release of the draft Supreme Court ruling proves many things, with an overriding one being the importance of voting. Too many people sat out the 2016 presidential election or opted to not vote for “that woman” or thought the “orange man” was the lesser of two evils. Plenty of talk at the time said how that next president was likely to have the opportunity to appoint several Supreme Court justices. Trump did—three. Those should have been Hillary Clinton’s appointments if popular vote (aka true democracy) mattered in this country.
What this shows me is that voting is so dang important in every election. It’s possible Congress could codify a woman’s right to an abortion at the federal level. If this issue and other topics that could come before the courts matter to you for whatever reason, then vote in the primary election and again in the November general election. Vote every year.
Abortion may not affect you directly, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t fight for what’s right—which is for women to have control over their bodies.
If we can’t have that, then it’s time boys/men start having mandatory vasectomies. After all, it takes a penis to get pregnant.
Absolutely!
It also takes a VAGINA Sue.
Maybe we should teach what happens when you spread your leg’s.
I agree with Abortions in cases of Rape, Insist , and DE formalities that can’t be taken care of before birth . but not the kill just because you had some fun and and don’t want to be
responsible, So then you can go do it again!
Make the Male Counterpart Responsible for his actions and pay for the Birth and Child
Support and it would not be long before word got out and these FUN LOVING KIDS would realize that they better get something that keeps that from happening or my life will be
ruined !!!
I am so frightened by all of this. I understand both sides of the abortion issue morally but how another person could have a right over another person’s body, mind, and life are beyond me. Women who want/need to make such a difficult decision should have safe access where they live. We will see women doing what they need to do no matter what but those ladies on the fringes won’t get the access they need. This is an awful strike against women and once again, nothing is going against their male counterparts.
This decision also affects so many other laws and this information is NOT being addressed. “The Right to Abortion” is just ONE of many “Fundamental Rights Under Due Process and Equal Protection.” Take one down the the house of cards can fall. Here’s a short list: The Right to Marry, The Right to Custody of One’s Children, The Right to Keep the Family Together, The Right of Parents to Control the Upbringing of Their Children, The Right to Procreate, The Right to Abortion, Constitutional Protection for Medical Care Decisions, Constitutional Protection for Sexual Orientation and Sexual Activity, Constitutional Protection for Control over Information, Constitutional Protection for Travel, The Right to Vote, Constitutional Protection for Access to Courts, Constitutional Protection for a Right to Education, and DUE PROCESS!
I believe our representatives are way off the mark. Make your mark by voting. Be a responsible person for the present and the future of our nation.
A 15 year old friend ‘made a mistake’ with her boyfriend. Neither of them were ready to have a child, nor was she even that enthralled with him as a future husband. She got an abortion, which gave her the opportunity to finish high school, get her college degree, get married and have a child WHEN SHE WAS READY!