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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is someone's abortion any one else's business?
American women are seriously infantilized, as if they are still chattel.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)But some assholes think they have the right to control women and because of that they think they need to know.
dlk
(11,537 posts)Perverts all.
tirebiter
(2,535 posts)agingdem
(7,828 posts)it's not that the men just want to keep their wives/girlfriends barefoot and pregnant, they want them quiet and obedient..and when a woman is with child every 18 months then they're too damn tired to talk or express and opinion...
dlk
(11,537 posts)leftstreet
(36,102 posts)Sadly we have lawmakers and judges old enough to remember when birth control was illegal, a married woman couldn't have a credit card in her own name, and cops never took a male abuser to jail. They grew up believing women were a problem to be controlled, and until they're gone...
dlk
(11,537 posts)They cant handle treating like adults.
unblock
(52,164 posts)if they are put into service of another contrary to their will, if there are things they must do and things they cannot do that they have no say in, if their situation cannot be transferred or assigned to another, then legally they are chattel.
Whatever the court says about the penumbra of privacy, anti-choice laws are a form of slavery or indentured servitude and a violation of the 13th amendment.
dlk
(11,537 posts)They are enforcing religious tyranny.
unblock
(52,164 posts)dlk
(11,537 posts)We are experiencing the religious tyranny of a minority, exacerbated by opportunistic politicians; a nightmare designed to cruelly punish and kill women & girls. Its horrifying!
Arazi
(6,829 posts)Many rights are nullified in that situation, even now. For example they can forcibly draw blood for a suspected DUI.
Abortion will be a crime and the intrusion will be very bad. Brace yourself
dlk
(11,537 posts)This is just the beginning.
kskiska
(27,045 posts)dlk
(11,537 posts)Apparently freedom of religion doesnt include freedom from religion.
hunter
(38,309 posts)The Great Penis in the Sky would be very upset if Men lost dominion over them.
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herding cats
(19,558 posts)It's just a minority in the mid to low 20% who think they have a right to rule over others bodies. The rest have opinions but aren't rabid about them by majority.
Which is what makes this so very messed up. It's a minority rule and not democracy.
dlk
(11,537 posts)n/t
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,667 posts)and for years they have been wrong.
dlk
(11,537 posts)A cancer on humanity.
dalton99a
(81,426 posts)dlk
(11,537 posts)And more young boys, too. A pathology to be sure.
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Arazi
(6,829 posts)I give the same amount of voice to my fingernails that frequently need cutting away whenever I decide they need a bit removed.
People get to decide what they want to do with their body. Nobody else
mnhtnbb
(31,381 posts)but don't expect to tell other women what to do. It's none of your business.