Great column! I know many women who have had abortions -- both legal and in the before-times, when abortion was illegal. There must be Republican women who have had abortions. Many, many wives, daughters, girlfriends of Republican men who have as well. Wish some of them would come out of the Handmaiden closets.
I'd like to drag one more four letter word out - rape. Have any of the women supporting this cruel legislation ever been faced with that? Or their daughters or a niece? I mention bio females here but that does not exclude bio males from the discussion. If they were raped, did they report it? Or not, because the justice system quite effectively punishes rape victims again, far more often than not. If they became pregnant from rape, were they wholly and fully willing to proceed with the pregnancy?
These are hard questions. Statistics show that one in six women experiences a rape in their lifetime.
Republicans: Rules for thee but not for me! We need to get bodily autonomy on the ballot. Over 60% of Iowans believe abortion should be legal. Must be nice to be able to legally ram your religion down everybody else's throats. What's next? Contraception? Need more kids to keep those packing house sanitation worker positions filled! And make sure they don't get that fancy dancy high school eddikashun. Book lurnin? Pooh pooh. Too much information and they'll start voting Democrat! Can't have that!
We can ask those questions of our local elected officials, but I can almost guarantee that none of them "ever experienced any of the situations that you allude to, and know absolutely nobody who ever has." I mean, do you honestly expect an honest answer from anyone from Grassley down to local state representatives?
Great column! I know many women who have had abortions -- both legal and in the before-times, when abortion was illegal. There must be Republican women who have had abortions. Many, many wives, daughters, girlfriends of Republican men who have as well. Wish some of them would come out of the Handmaiden closets.
I'd like to drag one more four letter word out - rape. Have any of the women supporting this cruel legislation ever been faced with that? Or their daughters or a niece? I mention bio females here but that does not exclude bio males from the discussion. If they were raped, did they report it? Or not, because the justice system quite effectively punishes rape victims again, far more often than not. If they became pregnant from rape, were they wholly and fully willing to proceed with the pregnancy?
These are hard questions. Statistics show that one in six women experiences a rape in their lifetime.
Republicans: Rules for thee but not for me! We need to get bodily autonomy on the ballot. Over 60% of Iowans believe abortion should be legal. Must be nice to be able to legally ram your religion down everybody else's throats. What's next? Contraception? Need more kids to keep those packing house sanitation worker positions filled! And make sure they don't get that fancy dancy high school eddikashun. Book lurnin? Pooh pooh. Too much information and they'll start voting Democrat! Can't have that!
We can ask those questions of our local elected officials, but I can almost guarantee that none of them "ever experienced any of the situations that you allude to, and know absolutely nobody who ever has." I mean, do you honestly expect an honest answer from anyone from Grassley down to local state representatives?