Amy Coney Barrett's remark about abortion and adoption today was absolutely reptilian. Does she think the average woman, even one who would choose an abortion, could carry a child for 9 months with no affect on her psyche as well as her body? Most women keep the child.
Giving up one's own flesh and blood for adoption is not simple - it is traumatic for both mother & child. Our foster care sytem is dangerous and poorly run. Our social safety net is nothing compared to other wealthy countries. Abortion takes place before any attachment is formed.
As to religion, let me add my religious views here because no one else has. A woman's sexual & reproductive autonomy are sacred and absolute in my faith. Because a woman risks her life in continuing the species, that sacrifice and risk should only be undertaken by her own choice.
It is offensive that any man, government of old men, or god invented by men for the benefit of men, should presume to have any rights regarding the dispostion of any woman's uterus. We are not chattel - women are not property of any man or government. We are free citizens here.
I find the discussion in SCOTUS insulting to women everywhere. We are not "host bodies" or " vessels." As humans, we have free will, thoughts, dreams, ambitions and the full range of human emotions. Our lives should automatically take precedence over any collection of cells.
WOMEN ARE HUMAN. Be clear about that. We are not helpmates fashioned from a man's rib by a watchmaker deity in his workshop. The X chromosome is tens of thousands of years older than the Y. Every embryo begins as female. Women are the majority of the human population. We matter.
Women's rights should be central - not tangential, never negotiable. We are not here to serve men, or society, or a male deity. This world is built on women's backs, our work often unpaid, exploited, we are paid less than men for the same work, we pay a "pink tax" for things.
We are unappreciated. We are tired, and now, we are Angry. SCOTUS may ignore established law and deny our rights, but we will not stop fighting. The womrn most as risk here are poor women, women of color, women without means to travel out of state or country to get an abortion.
Every women must have bodily autonomy or we are slaves. Our government has been anti-woman from its inception. Our laws don't protect us from abusers or rapists, our work is not fairly compensated, Garland's DOJ is opposing passage of the ERA for no reason except misogyny.
Congress needs to act now and codify Roe. Pass the #ERA so that we are explicitly included in the US Constitution. This fight has gone on too long, but we will continue to fight until this society recognizes our Humanity and this government acknowledges our Rights as Citizens.
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