It's always been a point of irony for me that women, the only beings that are truly MOTHERS, and I make no apologies for my views about THAT (yet another distraction!), have been and are STILL considered PROPERTY of men. That a group of MEN have been making decisions about what women are "allowed" to do for the past at least two or three thousand years is clear proof of that. It's NOT a "man's world," except that men seem to wish it. Might does NOT make right, except that men seem to enforce it. The chicken, OBVIOUSLY, came first. Men have long claimed a greater "stake" in the realm of offspring, because it has to do with THEIR mantle being passed on, as it were, but generally, only for MALE offspring. It is scandously recent that women were even able to control their own wages, or own their own property. This is STILL TRUE in many places in the world today. This superiority complex men claim, surely a defensive posture engendered by their FEAR that they are actually INferior because they cannot produce life, has never been granted by women, but again, by men themselves. To be honest, I'm a little weary of men feeling they should RULE-- look where that's brought us...
That said, I agree this is planned distraction. It is one more attempt to DIVIDE AND CONQUER, another tactic of MEN. Women are not toys, nor pawns, and women should not allow this kind of manipulation to continue. It's time that women took their rightful place, which is alongside, not behind, and not under the boot of, men.
All human beings belong to themselves, and themselves alone. Men making decisions about and for women is a form of slavery; it is the worst side of Patriarchy, after the impulse to declare war.
Many years ago I read, or heard in a documentary, that the anti-abortion "right" was able to shut down about 90% of the abortion clinics/facilities in the USA. There are a number of "red" (Republican/conservative) states that had very small numbers of abortion facilities, if any, in some cases, one abortion facility in an entire state.
The "right" could have called that a "win" politically and gone home, but abortion is as much of a propaganda (and funding raising and political organizing) narrative for them as it is the "left".
It seems like a relatively sane solution would be to allow for local legislation, and generally prohibit the use of taxpayer money for abortions (to semi-satisfy the 'right") and only ban abortions (with exceptions for rape/abuse/medical problems) in local situations were the vast majority of women themselves want abortion banned (to semi-satisfy the "right").
But instead of some kind of same solution, extremists on the far left and far right just want to use the issue for political purposes.
To people on the "right", if you don't like abortions, don't get one.
To people on the "left", stop insisting on federal/state tax money to fund abortion clinics.
IMO planned distraction. And life begins at the moment of conception based upon millions of humans who's lives' behaviors were shaped by their mothers' inner thoughts, feeling and environment.
It's easy to recognize 1st born child issues personality behaviors. Even child-to-mother relationship issues.
It's always been a point of irony for me that women, the only beings that are truly MOTHERS, and I make no apologies for my views about THAT (yet another distraction!), have been and are STILL considered PROPERTY of men. That a group of MEN have been making decisions about what women are "allowed" to do for the past at least two or three thousand years is clear proof of that. It's NOT a "man's world," except that men seem to wish it. Might does NOT make right, except that men seem to enforce it. The chicken, OBVIOUSLY, came first. Men have long claimed a greater "stake" in the realm of offspring, because it has to do with THEIR mantle being passed on, as it were, but generally, only for MALE offspring. It is scandously recent that women were even able to control their own wages, or own their own property. This is STILL TRUE in many places in the world today. This superiority complex men claim, surely a defensive posture engendered by their FEAR that they are actually INferior because they cannot produce life, has never been granted by women, but again, by men themselves. To be honest, I'm a little weary of men feeling they should RULE-- look where that's brought us...
That said, I agree this is planned distraction. It is one more attempt to DIVIDE AND CONQUER, another tactic of MEN. Women are not toys, nor pawns, and women should not allow this kind of manipulation to continue. It's time that women took their rightful place, which is alongside, not behind, and not under the boot of, men.
All human beings belong to themselves, and themselves alone. Men making decisions about and for women is a form of slavery; it is the worst side of Patriarchy, after the impulse to declare war.
Many years ago I read, or heard in a documentary, that the anti-abortion "right" was able to shut down about 90% of the abortion clinics/facilities in the USA. There are a number of "red" (Republican/conservative) states that had very small numbers of abortion facilities, if any, in some cases, one abortion facility in an entire state.
The "right" could have called that a "win" politically and gone home, but abortion is as much of a propaganda (and funding raising and political organizing) narrative for them as it is the "left".
It seems like a relatively sane solution would be to allow for local legislation, and generally prohibit the use of taxpayer money for abortions (to semi-satisfy the 'right") and only ban abortions (with exceptions for rape/abuse/medical problems) in local situations were the vast majority of women themselves want abortion banned (to semi-satisfy the "right").
But instead of some kind of same solution, extremists on the far left and far right just want to use the issue for political purposes.
To people on the "right", if you don't like abortions, don't get one.
To people on the "left", stop insisting on federal/state tax money to fund abortion clinics.
IMO planned distraction. And life begins at the moment of conception based upon millions of humans who's lives' behaviors were shaped by their mothers' inner thoughts, feeling and environment.
It's easy to recognize 1st born child issues personality behaviors. Even child-to-mother relationship issues.
Look at adoptees for example.