Seeing as my recent blog post earned me some animosity, I might as well move on to a safe and non-threatening topic.
Like religion.
Telling me that my support of the right to choose is advocating murder is the quickest way to end any kind of discussion on the topic with me. Period. End of discussion. Criminalizing abortion is not going to end abortion – it will just mean dangerous back-street procedures for poor women. The attack on reproductive rights by the right wing is just another prong in their ongoing, merciless attack on the poor. Just ask any pro-lifer why they haven’t adopted an unwanted child. If Republicans were truly pro-life, they would be in support of health care for all children, quality nutrition for all children, quality education for all children, a genuine opportunity for the future of all children. They would see our children as our greatest investment and respond accordingly. “Welfare mother” and “burden on the state” would never be spoken of any mother or any child.
Because I support reproductive rights doesn’t mean I want abortions to happen – that’s like saying my support of national defense means that I want wars to happen. Sometimes they do. And when they do, I want them handled by capable, skilled individuals.
But I’m sick and tired of this charade. The Powers That Be in the Republican Party could care less about abortion. However, they know that it is just one more powerful wedge issue that they can cynically employ to keep the 99% divided among themselves rather than joining together in opposition to the economic crimes being perpetrated by members of the 1%.