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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAOC 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 Alabamas abortion ban after it was signed into law on Wednesday night.
She was joined by most of the partys presidential candidates.
Abortion bans arent just about controlling womens bodies, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. Theyre about controlling womens 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 womens power, the freshman congresswoman continued. When women are in control of their sexuality, it threatens a core element underpinning right-wing ideology: patriarchy. Its a brutal form of oppression to seize control of the 1 essential thing a person should command: their own body.
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stopbush
(24,393 posts)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.