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

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This Sucks

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade this morning. I'm at a loss. I wanted to write about the draft so much today, but yet again America decided to kick me in the ass with this horrific news.

We are living in some futuristic dystopic world right now and it is awful. We will now have states telling women what they can and cannot do with their bodies. This is sickening. This is backwards. We are supposed to be living in the 21st century. Everyone is created equal. Everyone should have fair rights. Everyone should be able to do whatever they choose to do with the body they have. Now we are going to have white men telling women they cannot get abortions and it sickens me to my core. White men like Ron Desantis will be trying to jail women in Florida if they seek an abortion. The state I live in, with our horrific governor, will do the same. All the red states, and there are far too many of them, their governors are licking their chops just waiting to enforce rules to stop people from getting safe and legal abortions.

We are going in the wrong direction as a country. We are not the best and brightest. We sure as hell are not the land of the free. This is wrong on so many levels. The Supreme Court members that passed this should be absolutely ashamed and disgusted with themselves. This is not a win by any means. This is a problem. This is exactly why I stopped believing in any religion when I was a young teenager. This is not a religious thing anymore. Anyone that says it's about religion is way, way off base. There is no god anywhere that would have you believe that they would want old white men telling women what to do with their bodies.

This is all about power and getting more votes. That is all these monsters care about anymore. They will say whatever they need to say to their mouth breathing supporters so they will go out and vote for them. They could care less what a woman wants to do with her body. They want that baby to be born come hell or high water. I want to quote my dad here because he is 100 percent right. He told me months ago that these politicians and Supreme Court members are not pro life, they are pro birth. They could care less about that child after it is born as long as it is born.

This is a disaster. This is going to cause a massive amount of new problems in our country. There is going to be uproar and fights. People are not going to take this lying down. I know I'm sure as hell not going to sit here and let this happen. This is nonsense. This is scary. This is, as I stated earlier, dystopian. This is not a world that I want to live in. This is horrifying. This does not make America a better place. It makes it much, much worse.

And for these politicians who think they are going to eradicate abortion, you are wrong. Women will find a way. It will not be safe and could be harmful, but if a pregnant person wants, or needs an abortion, they will find a way. They will get it done. It happened before Roe vs Wade. And now in a post Roe vs Wade world, it will happen again.

I'm so sick of waking up to a living nightmare everyday in this country. When this news broke this morning I was on a walk with my wife and I told her we should seriously consider leaving. And I wasn't joking. I went so far as to ask if her company has locations in other countries. America is so backward. We don't have free health care. School is expensive. Racism is rampant. Mass shootings happen seemingly everyday. And now the Supreme Court has overturned Roe vs Wade. I tremble at the thought of what is next.

I am having a hard time dealing with this. This is awful, horrible news. And it comes at a bad time in this country's history. I truly do not like the state or country I live in. It is becoming a police state. It is becoming scary and bad and unlawful. I'm terrified for my kids future. I want to leave but don't think I can. I'm at a loss. This one hurts. This one is bad. I simply do not know what to do except fight. I will continue the fight. We can be better. We just need to show it.

Ty

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