It's been a longtime that I have written anything here. I spend too much time on FB only writing little snippets that I usually remove - inappropriate humor, something too revealing, or a political comment people wouldn't like or understand, and so on. My humor no longer fits in with world events. I'm preoccupied with the war in Ukraine and that is pretty much the focus of my prayer and spiritual exercises.
The leak concerning Roe v. Wade has overtaken MSM and a lot of social media. I'm so sick of partisan fear mongering. No surprise how well the dissimulation by the Trump appointees worked out to reverse Roe. It hasn't happened yet, but it will. Didn't people know that? Isn't that why women wanted the ERA? Now they will attempt to codify women's reproductive rights. When it discussed in those terms, as well as the 'right to privacy' concerns for a woman and her doctor to decide, it's a somewhat compelling and reasonable concept. Until you know and understand what abortion is and does to unborn children. It's mutilation and murder.
The business of mutilation extends beyond birth of course. It's big business - one can reconstruct one's body to look like an animal or an extraterrestrial, to change one's gender, to become more beautiful and so on. It can be used for good and it often is - but there is a dark side.
I used to read a blog by a former Dominican priest who often said, "Women only have the rights men allot them."
On the other hand, women like Hillary Clinton want to change that.
“There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality or broader human development, without safeguarding women’s reproductive health and rights,” Clinton said near the end of a speech marking International Women's Day. “That is a bedrock truth.” - Hilary Clinton, CNN
“Far too many women are denied access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don’t count for much if they’re not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice — not just on paper,” Clinton said.
“Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will,” she explained. “And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed. As I have said and as I believe, the advancement of the full participation of women and girls in every aspect of their societies is the great unfinished business of the 21st century and not just for women but for everyone — and not just in far away countries but right here in the United States.” - Hilary Clinton, The DC
I think the Dominican was right, to some degree. After all, it was an all male Supreme Court which ruled in Roe v. Wade.
