When I was a kid, I was considering going to West Point. My father, a decorated WWII veteran, took me aside. He said, “You’ll have to follow all of your commander’s orders.” I said, “Yeah, isn’t that the point?” “No, ALL of his orders,” he emphasized with a certain “look”. Light dawned, and I never did apply.
I’m very, very glad that Mr. Trudeau is trying to start a national dialogue over this terrible problem in our military. Condoned rape of military women has been a reality probably since the first woman enlisted. We need to make it stop, and make it safe for everyone.
Make abortion illegal once again, and we’ll have the same situation we had pre-1973: only rich women will be able to get safe, sterile, confidential abortions from their private doctors. And they will – they do now, regardless of religion or “morals” – make no mistake.
Poor women, of course, will be stuck with the same old back-alley quacks, or do-it-yourself abortions with coat hangers and/or pennyroyal oil and/or falling down the stairs and/or having someone kick them in the stomach. They will be crippled or die of infection and blood loss and trauma, like they always have.
Women have been making the choice to have children or not for millennia. Just making abortion illegal won’t make it go away. It’ will just make it unsafe for the non-rich majority of women.
I think it’s MoveOn who’s sending a letter to Boehner asking him to repeal his own health care. I think it’s hilarious, and of course I signed it, for as much good as it will do.
When I was a kid, I was considering going to West Point. My father, a decorated WWII veteran, took me aside. He said, “You’ll have to follow all of your commander’s orders.” I said, “Yeah, isn’t that the point?” “No, ALL of his orders,” he emphasized with a certain “look”. Light dawned, and I never did apply.
I’m very, very glad that Mr. Trudeau is trying to start a national dialogue over this terrible problem in our military. Condoned rape of military women has been a reality probably since the first woman enlisted. We need to make it stop, and make it safe for everyone.