Sincere question for the women of DU

[hamsterjill]

113. Definitely going backwards in this country.

This probably won’t be popular here, but please hear me out.

I am tired of women’s rights being equated to the rights of the LGBTQ community having rights. In my opinion, they are similar causes but yet still very separate causes. Both completely worthy and should be no brainers in this country.

But every time I see the topic of women’s rights brought up, ultimately, there is something said about LGBTQ rights, and the topic gets muddled.

Again, every person on this planet deserves the right to have control over his/her/their body, their appearance, their life, their conduct, everything. But the right to a safe, legal abortion should not be intermixed with the right for someone to dress a certain way. And I see Republicans using this constantly as a means of muddling the conversation and taking the attention away from abortion rights.

I’m sure I will have offended someone here with this post. I tried to explain this as well as I could. I’ve gotten to where I don’t even post that much on DU any more for that reason. I mean no offense; just stating an opinion.

We need a clear, definitive, aggressive campaign to protect the right to a safe, legal abortion without any other topics clouding that agenda. Other topics deserve their own clear, definitive and aggressive campaigns.