Today is the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the most important civil rights decision handed down from the Supreme Court in 19 years on this day in 1973.
As I am posting, many of you in Washington already know that earlier today, misogynists from all over the country took part in the "March for Life". I dub that march as the March for Death and Misogyny, because everyone there are rallying in support for anti-choice laws that kill tens of thousands of women.
And speaking of misogynists, Wiliam Getha of Augusta, GA is the latest misogynist to come out of his hole.
Coming up at 5 p.m., the National Organization for Women will hold a vigil at the Supreme Court's steps.
And while we no longer have to worry about anti-choice laws for the next two years in Washington, that is a much different story in Columbia and in Atlanta. Hardline misogynists still hold a majority in both states' legislatures.
In fact, South Carolina is NOT ONLY trying to make it mandatory for women to view ultrasounds before having abortions, BUT ALSO dictate where women can view that ultrasound.
The rightists want to claim that somehow that they are for less government. That, my friends, is a BIG LIE. In the past 29 years, conservatives have only given lip service when it comes to reducing the size of government.
And nowhere is that more evident than the conservatives' support for government control over women's lives.
Since the beginning of this nation's founding, conservatives have treated women as dispensable. In fact, conservatives in Washington have given dogs more rights than women. And then, conservatives all over the nation cheer the deaths of Gerri Santoro (1935-1964) and Becky Bell (1971-1988) as if the anti-choicers had won the World Series.
That my friends, is how little respect conservatives have for women.
I am pro-choice because I know that one day it could be my wife, my girlfriend, my best friend, my godsister, one of my cousins that could die because of anti-choice laws.
I am pro-choice because I oppose government intrusion into women's private lives.
I am pro-choice because I want women to have the same 100% reproductive freedom as I currently enjoy.
I am pro-choice because I oppose coercion of all kinds.
[cross-posted at Aiken Area Progressive]
