There was a cool article in the Huffington Post yesterday linking an old video made in the ’40s produced by the U.S. Military, which presents the case for the desegregation of the armed forces. Makes Glenn Beck’s serious case of displacement even that more spooky and ironic.
Where is the woman’s “right to life”? It’s tremendously ironic that a group of people so worried about “property rights” and “the sanctity of life” fail to acknowledge that a woman’s body is fundamentally her property, and are willing without compunction to further destroy a 10 year-old girl’s life and let a woman die (and likely the fetus with her) rather than give her an abortion and provide cancer treatment. Adult women are not just incubators, they have a right to life too. In defending that right, they are not criminal monsters an unborn cluster of cells must be protected from. They are exercising their fundamental right to do what is right for them, for their health and for the health and welfare of their future offspring.
To be perfectly clear: I’m not arguing for late-term abortion (except in cases where the mother’s life might be in danger), nor that it be used as a form of birth control. We should all be encouraged to take responsibility for our choices and if you don’t want to be pregnant, you can surely figure it out prior to that point. But, I genuinely believe that no woman wants to be put into the position of considering abortion. And, obstructing a young woman in getting access to a legal post-coitus drug after she has been raped and laws such as those that threaten not just women’s but parent’s rights to know if their baby is physically deformed or otherwise compromised so that they can make an informed decision are barbaric, immoral, and unconscionable. Enacting legislation that attempts to guilt women into changing their minds by requiring invasive procedures and dragging things out when they have already struggled with the decision is similarly so… and any law that could be misconstrued to suggest that a woman is a criminal for falling down the stairs is completely, utterly unacceptable.
Even if it doesn’t concern us, we should be concerned. I’ve never had an abortion. I’ll soon be beyond the age when it will matter for me. But, I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. My body is my property to do with as I please. GET OFF MY LAND!
This contains strong language. A lot of it. It’s pretty much NSFANYTHING. If you are an apologist for the Catholic church with regard to all of the abuse scandals, you’re going to be offended. It’s also catchy as heck and will stick in your head all day. You have been warned!
This made me laugh:
