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Not My Normal Topic — Basic Human Rights
This is in reaction to the leaked US Supreme Court opinion on women’s rights.
I am deeply distressed by the news today. One reason I am so deeply distressed is that there is, realistically, little to nothing I can do about it. I can vote, attend protests, and offer my support to those most impacted by these developments.
That written, I can also do this: As a white, middle-aged, cis-gendered male, I fully and completely support a woman’s right to her body autonomy. Women have every right to decide for themselves what is right for them — and that’s the end-all, be-all.
If a woman wants an abortion, to get her tubes tied, to have her uterus removed, to take birth control, or to do anything whatsoever she wants to her body — that is all that matters. No man should be dictating laws and restrictions when it comes to the health of women.
If you believe for one minute overturning legal abortion is about saving unborn babies — you are being fooled. Ask yourself this — why are there NO LAWS AT ALL that suggest punishing the men who donate the sperm to impregnate a woman? Why the hell do rapists get rights to the children they force onto a woman? This is about control and subjugation — period.
