The People Want Legal Abortion

I am writing to politely ask, no I mean I am loudly pleading that we all take one step back before we throw the whole country off a cliff. For the last few days, I have been monitoring the public dialogue and the public sentiment when it comes to access to abortion. It seems to me that a small, very loud, part of our society is losing their minds and in the process are driving our country to a place we should not go. Please, come back from the cliff of anti-abortion zealotry.

You may ask am I pro-abortion. I do not think that my opinion matters. I am a middle-aged white man and therefore should not be the sole decider for over half of the country’s population. I am not here to discuss my personal beliefs; I am here to ask the pro-life movement to take a moment and have a discussion with this country and to not just arbitrarily decide what you think is right and what you think is wrong. Going down that path is a losing proposition for your group and a losing proposition for any political party.

Following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision many of the leaders on the right-hand side of our political spectrum were saying that the Supreme Court did not ban abortion, it just pushed the decision back to the states, to the voters. In the weeks since this historic decision, my home state of Ohio has led the country in trying to pass draconian laws aimed at punishing anything and anyone connected to abortion. No compassion, just punishment. Many of these laws are being put forward without any common sense attached to them. One proposal would ban invitro fertilization. Why would we do that? Is it the intent for the right to lifers to add to the trauma of a couple desperately trying to have a baby? Some of our state leaders have used the Dobbs decision to float the idea of banning the use of contraceptives. Again, why invade the privacy of others and add to their anguish. It has gotten so bad that the life of the mother is not even takin in into consideration to feed the right to life’s desire to not consider anyone’s pain.

The wrongheadedness of these anti-abortion absolutists came to a head recently with the news that a ten-year-old rape victim had to travel to another state to get a procedure that was going to save her life. How did the zealots on the right respond? Many questioned the story itself putting the onus on a ten-year-old to prove her trauma and relive her nightmare. A ten-year-old had to fight against grown men who have political power. Once these men were proven wrong, they immediately went to the predictable playbook of playing the victim. I will say again, these men did not feel bad about retraumatizing a ten-year-old so they could prove their “pro-life” credentials. It is madness.

The fact is that a large majority of the country does not agree with the pro-life absolutists. The ten-year-old girl story further illustrates how out of touch these people are. The Supreme Court said let the states decide. So, I ask these leaders to do just that. Let the people decide. Being elected to office does not make you a king, you represent the people. We are currently in the midsts of an election that will decide leadership at every level of government. I know that if the pro-life zealots continue to push their non compassionate out of touch agenda, they will see the losses at the ballot box and they will once again be pushed off to the side and be labeled again as the fringe.

Let the people decide. Back away from the cliff. Be compassionate and solve the true problems facing the people. You are on the wrong side of this issue.

 RD

RD is the founder and Head Editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast.

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