While I’m on this tirade about the abortion “debate” its important to remember that this issue concerns more than purely women’s rights. Let me make this abundantly clear. The cutting of government funding, or restriction in any way of abortions will not stop those with money from undergoing a procedure, that would be beyond the reach of a person with the same need but not the means. You change the system so that is based on your wallet rather than your need. It is a totally abhorrent social divide that you would come to expect from the right of the political spectrum. What is disturbing is that many on the left also hold anti-abortion views and forget that it is an issue of social equity. A woman of means can either fork out to have it done properly, or go to a jurisdiction where the same restrictions do not apply. Those women without the means are either forced to go full term (which causes a whole other bag of problems) or to get it done on the cheap illegally and risk serious complications, even death.
Anyway, I hope I haven’t bored Lauren’s regular readers, I’m usually a bit more lighthearted than this, but the news just came back to the boil today and got me all fired up. Luckily I do have a couple of cats that you’ll see on Friday.
Tomorrow: Look on the bright side, its not just American women that are second class.