I am a goddamn American, and a woman at that. I am a goddamn female bodied American, and there you sit in your wooden paneled seat deciding if I can fuck, birth, ovulate and live my life correctly. Goddamn!
Last week was a bad week for America. Wisconsin moved to get rid of public worker rights and unions, South Dakota filed for a 'justifiable homicide' bill that would make it 'ok' to kill an abortion provider or anyone harming a fetus, and THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MOVED TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD 230 to 185! WTF. The EPA, PBS and NPR are on the chopping block too, nevermind the 25 million $$$ set aside for Wall Street prevention measures that would stop the repeat of the continuous cheating of our economy today by capitalist megalomaniacs. FUCK. This is so frustrating. However, I do believe the PP defunding is what shattered me the most.
This is a direct attack not only on reproductive rights and services that are ESSENTIAL for women, but an attack on the American family as a WHOLE. PP is NOT synonymous with ABORTIONS...abortions can only be funded by the patient and by state funds if the state is aligned with abortion healthcare. Not a federal dollar goes towards abortions, and last year, only 3% of all PP functions and actions were abortion related. That's out of how many service transactions and appointments last year? hundreds of thousands?!?! PP is synonymous with reproductive healthcare and women's rights. Its through such services that diseases can be kept in check, cancer screenings are made available, contraception is available (all types!) and overall wellbeing checks can be performed on people who can't afford insurance companies' murderous rates and doctor's visits. PP is a good and necessary program and to attack it and defund will not only hurt Americans everywhere, but it'll be a huge step backwards for AMERICA.
PS, since when were Conservatives so adamant about having control over peoples' bodies? Last I heard they hated Michelle Obama for creating a nutrition bill for public schools for 'interfering into private lives' and 'choices'?
BLUE OR RED, Y'ALL HYPOCRITES.
Monday, February 21, 2011
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