Tell Me Why Republicans Hate Mothers
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart
For some reason, Republicans worship a fetus, even when it
appears to be nothing more than a polliwog. At the same, time they display
their disdain for the woman who is pregnant with that miniscule biological growth
developing in her uterus. This is their reasoning for the biased Supreme
Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade
The important question is “how has the repeal of Roe v Wade
affected women across America?”
Red states continue to pass legislation preventing legal
abortions, all too often when the situation involves rape or incest. The most
stringent laws have been passed by the regressive state of Texas.
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN IN TEXAS, YOU ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU
ARE A THIRD-CLASS CITIZEN
In 2021 the Republican-dominated state legislature banned
medical care for women who legally chose to eliminate an unwanted pregnancy. From
2019 through 2022, “the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%,
compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period,” according to an
analysis by the Gender Equity Policy Institute.
“There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference
in maternal mortality,” said Nancy L. Cohen, president of the GEPI. “All the
research points to Texas’ abortion ban as the primary driver of this alarming
increase.”
“Texas, I fear, is a harbinger of what’s to come in other
states,” she said.
LET’S PUT THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT ABORTION RIGHTS IN PERSPECTIVE
One fact no one in the mainstream media is talking about is that
abortion should never have become a political issue. My grandfather taught me
many things, among them were, “your religion and your politics must remain
personal, and not subjects for discussion in public.”
A woman’s right to make choices about her mental and
physical health should have remained a personal and private issue. However,
pro-lifers decided to make it a political issue with assistance from the
Christian Religious Right. Republicans, who are partially owned by the CRR, chose
to make this First Amendment right a tool for winning elections.
Pro-lifers, the CRR, and today’s fake Republicans would like
you to believe that making a decision to terminate an unwanted or ‘forced’ pregnancy
is casual and even a convenience. This is far from the truth.
I had the occasion to talk to several women who had
abortions, and the universal comment made by each of them was, “this was the
most difficult decision I ever made in my life.” They all said the same thing
regardless of how they became pregnant.
WHAT I BELIEVE
No government, no man, has the right to force a woman to
comply with the beliefs of others. This issue should never have become public:
it is a personal and private matter. It is what America is all about. Individual
rights must be protected if they do not result in harm to the majority.
Most importantly, the first line of the First Amendment has
been violated by right-wing politicians for decades. Religion has no place in a
democratic and free society.
Regardless of your feelings about religion, it must remain a
personal decision. No one religion is of greater importance than another. Those
of us who reject all organized religion must be protected without prejudice or
bigotry entering into the situation.
America is about the freedom and right of all people to think,
make decisions, and act in accordance with their beliefs, their conscience.
This is my America, and it’s worth saving. It’s worth
fighting for.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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