HEY! EVERYONE! There is some REALLY IMPORTANT NEWS going on!
A major thing happened yesterday. REALLY MAJOR.
It wasn’t about VT or American Idol. It certainly wasn’t about Anna Nicole Smith, Madonna or Angliena Jolie.
It was the first step to overturning Roe v. Wade.
There has been a lot of buzz about the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban on what the right calls “Partial Birth Abortions” Of Course, that is not an actual medical term. The proper term for the procedure is “Intact Dilatation and Extraction” and contrary to the Christian Nationalist rhetoric, the procedure is not performed unless there is a real medical necessity.
The Bush Administration has a plan. Bush and his Christian Base want desperately to outlaw abortion but it will be impossible to simply legislate it out of existence. I firmly believe there is a plan to effectively overturn Roe v Wade that is well thought out by numerous think tanks and political operatives. It will not happen overnight. It will happen slowly while the average American is not looking.
The ultra religious right want to send a message to American women: KNOW YOUR PLACE. Submit to your husband and take care of your children because that is what the bible says. Men are the breadwinners and women are the caregivers. Which means they must take care of the man the way he is supposed to. If a women has the audacity to make a decision about her body without the counsel of her husband and God, then she is a sinner. The religious right will make sure that everyone will come to the flock–even if they have to legislate laws to get people to see the Truth.
It’s about control of the non-believers. It doesn’t matter what you actually think when you are confronted with an unwanted pregnancy or faced with a serious medical issue that could effect your life. The life of the unborn child is more precious. The life of the unborn child is what matters most.
Which brings me to my next grievance. Why is it that adoption for an american couple so difficult and expensive? Why is it that judges have ruled in favor of greedy birth parents and ordered adopted children to return to a mother who is barely able to take care of herself, let alone the child.
I have friend who wants to start having children with his wife. When they went to the Dr. they were told that it would be difficult because she had a condition. I asked him if he was going to consider adoption. He said they wouldn’t be eligible because they simply didn’t have enough money. They would be deemed unable to economically care for a child because of a bout of debt due to hospitalization without healthcare. In short–they were a middle class couple denied the right to adoption because of red tape and money.
So, why isn’t the religious right working to make adoption a viable option for more people? Why isn’t there any discussion on reforming adoption laws to make it an attractive option to a women in need of assistance?
Because it is about control. Control of unbelievers for whom they believe they have dominion over.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:11 am
I find it ironic that the Republican party pretends to cater to its Christian base via issues such as abortion and stem cell research. Yet, Republicans promote economic policies that devastate the areas where these Christians are strong–primarily the South and Midwest.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:57 am
There is a specific reasoning for that.
The central idea of Christian Dominionism is to return all social services to the control of the church. If the poor need help, the church will assist–but you must repent your sins and accept christ in your life. That is the ultimate in saving a person in need.
This is why Bush’s faith based inititives have given overwhelmingly to christian organizations. I’m not saying they have given exclusively, just overwhelmingly. Ultimately, they would starve the current secular social welfare system into non exsistence and transfer the burden on to mega churches and christian orgs–Which also happen to be *ahem* Tax free.
It’s important to note, though that not all Christians share this world view. There are plenty out there that reject it outright in favor of simple good deeds without reciprocation. The scary part is that the people who do believe in dominionism are plentyful and hold a lot of influential offices in the current administration.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:41 am
“Religion is the opiate of the masses”.
-Some old commie
Get these throngs of fundamentalist zealots as your mindless voting base. It’s a group of Pavlovian dogs trained to support sewage like “God hates the gays” and “Think of the unborn babies” etc. mixed in with the large scale pro-corporate/anti-consumer/anti-worker/anti-liberty values. They’re all balled together in their vomitous spew of hate, ignorance, greed and skulduggery (that means butt rape, right?). The institution shirks welfare if it doesn’t come from the church, and isn’t for the zombies of the church (yeah, I used the zed word). The institution shrugs off environmental issues because, in their view, the Rapture is coming anyway, so why not have the biggest SUV, the biggest plywood mansion, and the most individually packaged snack foods that you can to bring on The Glory of The Lord as quick as possible. I could rant on like this for hours.
The long and short of it is, the Christian Fundamentalists of this country are a death cult that is taking the rest of the world to that great big mother ship in the sky with it.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:53 am
Hmmm….I wonder what today’s rapture index is.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Also saw this in the news (buried, of course), had a stroke, called husband, ranted…
Damn it, and me without a blog.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Hmmmpft.
I hope you come back soon.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:17 am
gotta say, i’ve been so angry about this since it hit the news. i’ve had several discussions since then about how prevelant these types of abortions are, and have been continually shocked that people who are otherwise intelligent and free-thinking humans have bought the right-wing rhetoric that this type of abortion is commonplace and easy to come by.
when in reality they are the least common, performed only in hospitals, and used in case of emergency, death of a fetus, or extreme birth defect.
and i’m so mad that i live in a country that has no problem convincing people that my body is not my own, and that if pregnant, i will choose trauma, self-injury, a hospital stay and life-long stigma over childbirth. heh.
April 29th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
I’m with you on that tfg.
I find it odd that the people who want to save all of these unborn children are usually the same folks that vote to cut public education budgets, headstart and after school programs, funding for arts and music departments, and are on the side of drug & insurance companies driving up the cost of healthcare. What kind of life does that promote?
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I hate religion. I hate religious nutjobs. I don’t believe in the lord. If my belief system is wrong, may I be struck by ligh–shit I’m blind. I’M BLIND! Oh wait, no, I just had my eyes closed. I hate religion and all it stands for. God (which I only capitalize because it is the first word in this sentence) is an imaginary friend for adults. Religion is a crutch for the weak minded and the biggest killer of man on Earth. Or is that just me?