Separate And Unequal: How Abortion Bans Exacerbate Discrimination

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Separate And Unequal: How Abortion Bans Exacerbate Discrimination

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Arons writes that Rep. Hyde's reason for enacting his ban on federal funding for abortion care is not out of concern over taxpayer money for abortion. Hyde:

"admitted during debate of his proposal that he was targeting poor women because they were the only ones vulnerable enough for him to reach. “I certainly would like to prevent, if I could legally, anybody having an abortion, a rich woman, a middle-class woman, or a poor woman,” he said. “Unfortunately, the only vehicle available is the … Medicaid bill.”

Hyde (and presumably most anti-choice advocates) wished to ensure the end to legal abortion for all women in this country, and targeted low-income women and women of color because they were (are) perceived as easy prey, so to speak.



http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/12/06/draft-separate-unequal-report-abortion-bans-discrimination-fighting-back

[texshelters]

1. Legal Abortion

is yet another weapon used against poor women. And the a-holes who think banning choice would make abortion go away are deluding themselves. Rich and middle class women would travel to have an abortion and the poor would be stuck with babies they can't afford or poor women would die and babies would be deformed because of the illogical rantings of fundementalists. And while we're at it, let's take about health care and Aid to Families so that the poor families can have more kids and not be able to feed them.

The fundies like Hyde don't care about people or babies, he cares about unwanted fetal cells.

Peace,
Tex Shelters

[JustAnotherGen]

2. And yet at the same time

They would never support Birth Control On Demand for any woman or man who wants it, regardless of economic status, at the tax payers expense. *sigh*

He could reach EVERY woman - every single one of us - with birth control. After abstinence (ain't going to happen LOL) the second best way to prevent abortion from happening is affordable access to birth control - condoms, pills, depo, mirena, etc. etc.