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Risk Death For a Fetus, and Like it.
In the Idaho GOP’s party platform, they made a point of removing abortion exceptions for the life of the mother.
Even before the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, it was being argued that doing so is a move that would lead to the death of women. It should come as no surprise, really, that having the government seize our bodies and declare a uterus the property of the state would have devastating consequences. What else can we expect when legislation dictating what happens regarding the most intimate details of our lives and bodies is written by white christian evangelical men and women who simply do not understand, nor do they care to?
Well, they used to at least pretend they cared for the most part.
Even in the immediate aftermath of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, lawmakers were brushing off the significance.
“We’re not banning abortion, it’s just being left up to the states…”
“If something happens to the mother during pregnancy, of course she will get the care that she needs…”
Of course, a Facebook friend from the old high school days when I was going through the confirmation process for the catholic church weighed in shortly after celebrating the Supreme Court’s…
