In further Oh shit, we caught the car and the car is biting back abortion news, I’ve been watching as there is a movement to rebrand pro-life.
To make it slightly more palatable to those of us who object to our rights being taken away.
For years and years, as long as I can remember, there was pro-choice and pro-life.
Pro-choice wanted the woman to make up her mind about what was going on with her body and to be able to make a choice when it came time. To have autonomy over her bodily processes, no matter what men who sought to control them thought.
Pro-life wanted the political power of being the ones that wanted control over a woman’s body through the possibility she might carry a child.
For years, a subset of the population who wanted to “save the babies”* sent money to the political side that was pro-life. This political side got used to the cash flow.
*but then not have anything to do with them or support them after they were born but that is another post.
I think there are a lot of things going on here.
This subset of the population ceded their entire political power to the ones who proclaimed themselves to be “pro-life”. You know, the ones who secretly paid for their mistress’ abortions.
A simple Google of politicians who have paid for their mistress’ abortions will tell you that and who.
But it is always about the money. If you scare people that the “children” are going to die, they will vote en bloc for you and your whims, thereby giving you control and power and money. But I imagine that this dependable 50-year source of revenue is drying up.
The pro-life crowd caught the car and overturned Roe v Wade, giving individual states the right to ban abortion.
They were genuinely surprised when they stopping winning elections. Turns out women do care about control over their own body. Shocking.
And then they started to say no, you can’t go to another state for an abortion, we don’t allow it, all but stamping their feet. Forgetting that those are American citizens who have freedom to move around the country for their own purposes and no you can’t ask why they are going to Illinois. Or California. Or New Jersey. Or Colorado. Or Minnesota. Or Washington state. Or Alaska. Or Hawaii.
And then they started with the you can’t drive through our town on the way to get vital medical care. Oh, that wasn’t such a good idea because who is going to support the gas stations and other businesses.
And then they started with medication abortions are not good and here is a little-known process to stop them. Because we are old white men who are clinging to power.
And then they started with the hmm if there was no birth control, then we could force all the women to carry babies thereby ensuring that there will be a good, steady supply of white babies to shore up the birth rate and help them maintain the majority white country.
I’ve said it before, it is NEVER about the children.
Abortion remains a way to control the women.
It is and has always been about control.
And people who didn’t care one way or the other are getting wise to them.
Pro-life is now seeking a new slogan to get the money into their coffers.
Especially when it hits their pocketbooks.
Money, power, and control.
And the foundation of them is eroding.
And that scares them to death.
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