What is a Politician doing in the Doctor’s office?
Posted by michellemoquin on July 1st, 2008
The woman’s right to choose is back on my agenda today. Are you familiar with the abortion law in South Dakota? Thanks to the signature of Gov. Mike Rounds, the bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless the procedure was necessary to save the woman’s life. It would make no exception for cases of rape or incest. Hmm..let’s see, could it be as Adam pointed out a few days ago that this is because ‘women are inherently a distraction or impediment to the accomplishments of man…’ Oh so of course it is her fault for getting raped, therefore…sorry, you have to have the child. This makes me ill. I see many women saying, ‘Fuck that.’ and crossing over the state line. What if crossing the line wasn’t a solution?
When The Governor signed this bill in 2006, he expected the law would be tied up in court for years and the law would therefore not take effect unless South Dakota state got the case to the US Supreme Court and won. This is promising because the Legislature expects the law to give the Supreme Court an opportunity to overturn Roe, making an abortion ban constitutional. It would take 5 justices to overturn Roe. Remember Madaline’s STR? (Scalia, Thomas and Roberts – the trio of crooks she mentioned in a few blogs back) Scalia and Thomas have clearly indicated that they would vote to overturn Roe, and abortion opponents have high hopes that fellow conservatives Roberts and Alito will join them.
I agree with Madaline. The Supreme Court should be represented by at least 5 women. Where were the voices of the American women when all of these men got appointed? Including myself? – I am to blame too. I have to be honest, and this is no excuse, but my head was in the sand when it came to this and other important issues that could now have a lasting effect on the livelihood of myself and women in this country.
So what’s next? Now, they are inching their way even further to make an abortion ban constitutional and one way they are going about it is by preying on those getting the abortions by STRessing them out through an emotional guilt trip in the process. How are they doing this? Now the ‘Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted a preliminary injunction against a South Dakota law that requires doctors to tell women seeking abortions that the procedure ends a human life, deciding that the law is likely constitutional.’ What if a doctor doesn’t believe that an abortion ends a human life? To me this is all about legislating a religious belief, not about legislating a fact. Who decides when life begins and when it becomes a human? For everyone it is different. This isn’t about providing factual information to the patient; it’s about pushing ideologies. This places politicians between women and their doctors. For it to be a law that doctors must tell their patients this, that they must read ideological language to women seeking abortions is completely mindless not to mention totally bias. This violates the doctors free speech rights by enforcing them to say something that they may not believe. And just as bad, they intend to put a guilt trip on the woman for doing it by preying on her vulnerable emotions. This is what the Doctors are now required to say to these women:
‘The abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.’ And…they must also say that they have a right to continue a pregnancy and that abortion may cause women psychological harm, including thoughts of suicide.’ Can you believe this? Who says this is a whole, separate, unique, living human being? Fine if you believe that but don’t put an emotional guilt trip on someone who doesn’t, and don’t make it a law for a doctor to have to tell what he may not believe. And why not present the other side? What about women who have a child and have thoughts of suicide? Those women exist too. Oh yeah, to STR there is no other side. The court has given South Dakota doctors 21 days to start complying with the law.
I know many of us live in California and we could never imagine something like this happening in our own liberal state, but we must look at what is happening in our own country and not get complacent in our own little worlds. Our rights are being taken away, chipped away on a daily basis. It is not enough to tell our daughters; we must show action too and be exemplary in our behavior.
For me, my strongest passion has always been to protect the animals and the environment, for they are the voiceless. But I have come to realize that unless I as a woman am considered an equal to a man, my voice as a woman will mean nothing….My presence a mere distraction and my actions something to tolerate. I can’t let that happen.
Readers: In regards to women becoming equal to man, Adam and Madaline gave some good suggestions yesterday – How will you speak up now?
If you want to take action I am listing a few websites below that I know about. If you have any others that you want to share please post them – thanks.
Center for Reproductive Rights
Hi ZL: Madaline’s Prose is mentioned in the left hand column.
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July 1st, 2008 at 9:20 am
Hi Michelle, well, this is a powerful one…and u love our furry friends and I do, too, but yes, women’s causes come first to me. I alluded to a chaotic thing I did at a Planned Parenthood on my own blog, and was going to blog it but I’ll give the brief version here since it’s relevant to topic today.
At seventeen, a friend and I were heading into a PP clinic, me to get BC pills, her to take a prego test, there were ‘right-to-lifer’s’ in front (apparently Tuesdays is abortion day @ PP, who knew?) one looked right at me and said all heartfelt and sincere, ‘what about the baby?’ I, in my usual sarcasm said, ‘what baby? who said there was a baby?’ my friend was giving me the look but RTL and I exchanged a few words, and then another girl coming into PP starting getting into the foray, my pal cocked her head like ‘time to go’ so we ran in, within 15 it was in push and shove mode out there, I peeked from behond a curtain on a 2nd story window…and then the cops arrived, hee hee, my father amongst them talking into a headset and breaking up trouble, if he ever knew it was me…oh the a–kicking I would’ve gotten, hahaha…RTL’s/Christian’s should adhere to their own beliefs and leave everyone else alone.
I’ll check your sites, already have FMF on my bookmarks and PP gets a check from me monthly to this day, they helped me stay child free for a long time.
I was going to get into the oil industry, but needed a lighter note today, so http://edgy1.wordpress.com/ is ‘the blog starlet is Jonesing for…’ it’s about a wish list thought involving two boards…
yo anonz, forgive me yet? I’m cool, just thought you might want to finally show face/name with our flirtation but apparently the thought leaves you cold, hahaha. So, as per your request, there’s a new old pic for you on my blog and there’ll be more soon, gotta run now this happy mw has got to schedule a ‘nooner’ with my someone special ; )
Peace, Zen Lill
July 1st, 2008 at 9:35 am
Forgot, thanks Michelle for the Madaline click through, forgot it was there, and thanks Madaline, I will probably release that tomorrow or Th, cannot wait to see reaction to that!
I had a few slightly PO’d e-mail’s yesterday re: spouses of corp people, hahaha, I have to believe that they’re the buffoon/drunken idiot/nutters I was referring to!
Aaah, I love being me, hahaha, M, do you get many private e-mail comments??
Ciao, ZL
July 1st, 2008 at 11:42 am
“The Supreme Court should be represented by at least 5 women”
With women representing half of law school students, it is only a matter of time. But first some old dudes have to die. Stevens isn’t looking so good these days and Scalia’s pizza and pasta intake might take him down early.
July 8th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Why is one right and one wrong? Why can’t we just live with another’s decisions and worry about ourselves?
Why is it that someone could tell someone what to do or not? One person cannot know what is better for another because that person can only speak for the experience they know.
This is the paradox of life, we all think that the experience we live is because of everyone else. We project our ideas of what we believe onto other’s like they are not ok when really we are talking about the way we feel about ourselves.
How can anyone know what is better for another, when they are blinded by their own life’s feelings.
I think we could all benefit by accepting ourselves as we are in order to accept others
Mark Babineaux
http://www.progressyourlife.com