Even though we socially accept the normal level of danger for
mothers, it's still good to remember it. Some people's pregnancies are more or less dangerous, like most things in life.
I shared a strange thought today with my mom who's a total LGBTQ ally (well almost. Better than usual). Back when Disney responded to Florida's don't-say-gay bill, I made a point of rolling my eyes at the rainbow capitalism. Even when Florida shot itself in the face to spite Disney, I was reluctant to be appreciative.
Yet when I hear about companies like Uber and, eungh, Amazon offering aid to people going out-of-state for abortion... I guess I fold. She wanted to be happy for me that Disney was "supporting" me, and likewise she was delighted to hear (FROM ME!) that these companies are supporting her.
I guess it's the same sort of thinking that keeps me voting Democrat in hopes that maybe PoC will get a little more justice in this
intolerable state of affair.
It's disgusting because it's holding people hostage against a completely immoral threat: The Republican party, which has absolutely no virtue other than accumulating wealth and swayable votes (the evangelicals and racists). And yet how can I balance my progressive ideals against a promise of harm reduction by establishment Democrats?
Anyway, vote in the ongoing primaries, please.
It's also worth noting that the Republican Establishment desperately doesn't want to discuss abortion. That's why their angle is entirely about hunting down the leaker and "bringing them to justice". Sure there are a few evangelical Republican congresscysts who haven't read a Bible in their life, but Lich McConnell and the serious Republicans hate that this issue is raised. They'd much rather still be talking about the handful of trans female athletes.
They are literally trying to hide their agenda. They won't even let it be discussed in the senate, thanks to the
bullshit "filibuster" rules. (Fuck Joe Manchin again, by the way).
They don't *even* want people having conversations about this. They want to just force it through as quietly as possible, using a "Supreme Court" stacked by the most anti-American, actively treasonous, ironically womanizing president we've ever had.