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Vidal

(642 posts)
Thu May 16, 2019, 03:06 PM May 2019

AOC calls Alabama's abortion ban 'a brutal form of oppression'

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who has emerged as a leader among progressive Democrats, denounced Alabama’s abortion ban after it was signed into law on Wednesday night.

She was joined by most of the party’s presidential candidates.

“Abortion bans aren’t just about controlling women’s bodies,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “They’re about controlling women’s sexuality. Owning women. From limiting birth control to banning comprehensive sex ed, U.S. religious fundamentalists are working hard to outlaw sex that falls outside their theology.

“Ultimately, this is about women’s power,” the freshman congresswoman continued. “When women are in control of their sexuality, it threatens a core element underpinning right-wing ideology: patriarchy. It’s a brutal form of oppression to seize control of the 1 essential thing a person should command: their own body.”

Read More: https://www.yahoo.com/news/aoc-calls-alabamas-abortion-ban-a-brutal-form-of-oppression-152137572.html

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AOC calls Alabama's abortion ban 'a brutal form of oppression' (Original Post) Vidal May 2019 OP
K&R Solly Mack May 2019 #1
So glad AOC hit the Christian bullshit on the head. stopbush May 2019 #2
It's forced labor. And all forced labor is slavery. Hassler May 2019 #3

stopbush

(24,393 posts)
2. So glad AOC hit the Christian bullshit on the head.
Thu May 16, 2019, 03:18 PM
May 2019

This is all about fundy Xians trying to impose their fucking make-believe on the rest of us.

BTW - where are the denunciations from the so-called moderate, “normal” Christians? Silence =enabling.

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