There is only one female supreme court justice left. Ruth Bader Ginsberg. And she voiced her very strong outrage and opposition from the bench. She agrees with you that this is chipping away at the rights of women.
We need her desperately to stay on that bench for as LONG AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
My only hope is that the next time a position on the court opens up, the sitting president will not be a criminally insane chimpanzee like the one we have now.
It frightens me, frankly, to think about how much ground American women are losing.
I agree with you completely, and it's nice to know that I'm being classified as an incubator rather than a person who has their own rights.
First the CDC decides that all American women are pre-pregnant, and require "interventions" so that they are in a position to bear early and bear often
The thing about that was that if the CDC had somebody working for it who knew what they were doing, they could've gotten what they wanted and still not offended women as a whole.
I think at it's heart, the "pre-pregnant" thing had good intentions, but hey, it's the CDC. Great with viruses, bad with people.
They could've avoided being so terribly offensive and medieval sounding if they'd said: "women who plan to become pregnant should be urged to take certain measures as early as possible, even before conception".
The difference being that it leave the choice up to the woman if she will become pregnant and what measures she wants to take.
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Date: 2007-04-18 10:01 pm (UTC)We need her desperately to stay on that bench for as LONG AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
My only hope is that the next time a position on the court opens up, the sitting president will not be a criminally insane chimpanzee like the one we have now.
It frightens me, frankly, to think about how much ground American women are losing.
I agree with you completely, and it's nice to know that I'm being classified as an incubator rather than a person who has their own rights.
First the CDC decides that all American women are pre-pregnant, and require "interventions" so that they are in a position to bear early and bear often
The thing about that was that if the CDC had somebody working for it who knew what they were doing, they could've gotten what they wanted and still not offended women as a whole.
I think at it's heart, the "pre-pregnant" thing had good intentions, but hey, it's the CDC. Great with viruses, bad with people.
They could've avoided being so terribly offensive and medieval sounding if they'd said: "women who plan to become pregnant should be urged to take certain measures as early as possible, even before conception".
The difference being that it leave the choice up to the woman if she will become pregnant and what measures she wants to take.
*shakes head*
I am so, so scared for my country sometimes.