I'd rather it be other issues too because dammit, this was settled! We've already been through this! WHY are we having to defend it yet again?
But it's more than simply a wedge issue. To women everywhere, it's absolutely vital! It intrudes into only just THE most personal and private and intimate parts of the female human's body. What most of this legislation supports and demands is in many cases a LITERAL assault on one's physical person forcryingoutloud! For me, this is an absolute, flat-out non-negotiable. MY rights, MY right to have the last word on what happens to MY body, is an absolute. To some it's a side issue. To me, I'm afraid everything starts from that. It's the first level of "Sorting Hat" for me. If they're pro-choice, then we proceed. If they're anti-choice, they're automatically eliminated. Yes, unemployment and poverty are priorities. No debate there. Yes, eliminating war and changing course away from our long history of predatory international imperialism and aggression. Yes, if we're talking morals we damn well better walk the walk, and that means moral business practices domestically AND overseas. Major, high-priority issues all! No debate there, either. But for me, it all starts and ends with the candidate's stand on a woman's right to choose. If a woman is not master of her own body forcryingoutloud, how can she possibly be master of her future - for herself and her family if she has one?
At least in this climate, what's being talked about most is how outrageously disgraceful and offensive the republi-CON policy hard-on is, and how - IRRELEVANT how religious they are - we will NOT be dragged back to the 1950s, or as santorum recently mentioned, 1860. Or farther back than even that. They will NOT turn time back. That isn't possible, and not even an option. I am comforted to see what a huge backlash has been created - against the GOP and in support of the positions Democrats have taken on this issue. It's nice to know the whole country hasn't gone frickin pre-Cambrian on us. Just 30 - 40 %, it appears. The majority REMAINS on our side, though, and has been with us for a long time.
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