With a Supreme Court overrun with religious zealots reportedly ready to void Roe v Wade and usher in a new crypto-fascist theocracy – Go Handmaids, Marthas, Aunties, silent wives and whores of Gilead! – GOP goons are already busy “removing the veils” of their anti-choice fervor and going full-on, red-meat, lunatic misogyny in their escalating efforts to remove any sliver of respect for a woman’s right to choose her fate when confronted with an unplanned pregnancy. Despite the longtime support of up to three-quarters of Americans for that fundamental right, GOP lawmakers have introduced 536 bills in 42 states to restrict or outright ban abortion, all in lethal preparation for SCOTUS’ anticipated reversing or at least gutting of Roe when it hears arguments on Mississippi’s post-15-week abortion ban in June. Combined, all those state moves constitute a chilling blueprint for a no-abortion future now being eagerly mapped out by forced-birth activists emboldened by the country’s rightward veer and enabled by a court majority of […]
Friday, May 6th, 2022
Rape As Opportunity: Because Only the GOP, Even Its Women, Could Hate Women This Much
Author: Abby Zimet
Source: Common Dreams
Publication Date: May 3, 2022
Link: Rape As Opportunity: Because Only the GOP, Even Its Women, Could Hate Women This Much
Source: Common Dreams
Publication Date: May 3, 2022
Link: Rape As Opportunity: Because Only the GOP, Even Its Women, Could Hate Women This Much
Stephan: The fact that all these anti-abortion laws in the states that are about to kick in make no exception for rape, incest, or even the life of the mother, tells you this issue is not fueled by rational thought. Instead, it is the product of hate and resentment. Be very clear, none of this is about protecting children because the same people who are anti-abortion are also against proper maternal healthcare, infant healthcare, or early childhood care. This is about men controlling women, dominating them. This is about religious beliefs, not science or medicine. This is about a minority dominating a majority.
These Republican legislators are all insane, and the people who follow them or vote for them are also insane.