Today I figured some of the rage from the right [View all]
I went to cover an annual lecture at the Jefferson School of Law at an annual conference on women and the law.
Today's keynote was Sarah Weddington... who as a young lawyer argued Roe v Wade... and she was talking about THAT WORLD she grew up in. Yes, I wrote quite a bit into the story... but appart of sounding almost comical to our modern day ears, I had to think back to ANOTHER conversation I had with a fellow student at San Diego State back in the dark ages.
That weekend I took care of a woman who was in septic shock due to a botched abortion. Sadly, we lost her. I was taking at the time a class on women's studies... one of those optional classes... extra credits. We were covering the Equal Right Amendment at the time. Well the conversation went back to that... and Roe... and what sent me back memory lane was a comment by Dr. Weddington today, on how this is losing it's power...
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Well one of my classmates back then said, "well it is not like they will do that HERE... only in Mexico..."
Well, listening to her make me realize what the far right wants, in a very crystal way. Your innards are your meal ticket... and women should be seen but not heard. That is what they want.
This is what all these attacks are about.
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