My heart is breaking.
I don't even know where I live anymore. I don't recognize anything about this place I used to call home.
No exception for health of the mother. None. So what if I'll need a kidney transplant? Permanent brain damage? Delaying chemo for 4 or 5 months? Fuck.
My government has just told me that my health holds no worth aside from my body's ability to produce a child.
At this rate, it doesn't really matter if Roe v. Wade is never overturned. They can ban abortions in this country by planning individual procedures, and then by making access to the few procedures left impossibly difficult for all but the wealthiest and most privileged of women.
Then they'll start on birth control. Even more than they already have.
Head on over to Feministing for some good commentary, including parts of Justice Ginsburg's dissent. Check out what the 2008 candidates are saying. Stop on over at Cecily's to commiserate. Drop a little green here or here to fight the good fight.
This whole thing is crazy. I just sent a check to NARAL and NOW.
Posted by: pye_w_cat | April 19, 2007 at 08:12 PM
One more way women can not have control over their own bodies. On a related note: NPR just did a story this morning about the forced abortions in southwest China. What a case in point of the messed up family planning laws around the world. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9766870
Posted by: Yvonne | April 23, 2007 at 05:39 PM