My Two Cents: SCOTUS' Attack On Women

Sometimes I am too optimistic, too sure that people will do the right thing. I felt that when the SCOTUS leak regarding Roe v Wade surfaced last month; I was certain it wouldn’t happen; I was sure our highest court wouldn’t overturn a law that had been on the books for over fifty years. I never thought women would be less free to make their own choices in 2022 than there were in 1973.

And yet here we are, because of Mitch McConnell and his refusal to grant Merrick Garland a confirmation hearing, and because the GOP, under McConnell, rushed through three justices’ confirmations—two of whom are completely unqualified to be on the highest court … two of whom lied to Congress during their confirmation when they said Roe was settled law, and then turned on it the first chance they got.

Let that sink in: two Supreme Court Justices got their positions by lying to Congress and to We The People. In America.

And it appears there is no penalty for Supreme Court justices who perjure themselves at their Senate confirmation hearing.

But it isn’t just Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barret to blame, it’s all those voters who stayed home in 2016 because maybe they didn’t care so much for Hillary, but still thought she’d win. How’d that work out for you? If you didn’t learn in 2016, learn it now: voting matters. Voting matters in every single goddamned election you have the right in which to participate. I cannot stress it enough:

Cast a GODDAMNED MOTHERFUCKING vote.

A nationwide ban on abortion is on the ballot this November and y’all better cast a GODDAMNED MOTHERFUCKING vote.

You see, overturning Roe v Wade and outlawing abortions will never make them go away, it will only make them more dangerous, especially for the poor and marginalized. Women will die because of this unconscionable decision.

And please do not think this is the last attack on freedoms by this radical court. Sure, Alito and Kavanaugh both said not to worry about ‘other’ rulings, that they were only attacking women … this time. But Clarence Thomas said in his opinion on the ruling that maybe they’ll come for birth control, for same-sex relationships, for marriage equality.

Of note, however, in the hypocritical asshatted backwards mind of Clarence Thomas, is the fact that his own marriage is not protected under the same Constitution he says doesn’t protect a woman’s right to choose, or a same-sex couple to marry,, because interracial marriage wasn’t allowed when that document was written; in fact, people of color were not even considered fully human, so I hope Clarence doesn’t think his marriage is safe, though maybe all of this is his chickenshit chance to dump his insurrectionist traitorous wife.

We must stop this court. We have to vote out every hypocritical Republican who hailed this decision as a win, who believe that forcing women to give birth in a  country with no universal healthcare, no universal childcare, no paid family & medical leave and one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations is the right thing to do.

This isn't about "life." It's about control. If it was about life, we would have had the strictest gun laws ever after Sandy Hook, but the GOP doesn’t care about children outside the womb, they only care about exerting power over women.

Young girls, raped by their fathers or brothers or uncles, will be forced to carry that fetus io term.

Women who are raped will have zero say in their own lives and will be forced to give birth to their rapist’s child, after which the GOP will instantly cease to care for that child.

If you’re against abortion, don’t get one, but don’t inflict your opinion on anyone else, because that’s denying them their freedom.

If you’re against contraception, don’t take any, but don’t tell anyone else what they can do with their bodies.

If you’re against same-sex relationships, don’t have one, but don’t tell other people who they can love.

 If you’re against same-sex marriage, don’t marry someone of same gender and do not come for mine.

I don’t impose my opinions on you, religious or spiritual or otherwise, you should do the same for the rest of us because that’s freedom, and what you’re doing is religious tyranny.

In America. In 2022.