Old Testament fetus fetishists who wish to remove any and all reproductive options for women failed in their bid to de-fund Planned Parenthood via their political influence within the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure.
A hostile backlash erupted after it became known the foundation would cease funding breast screenings offered by Planned Parenthood, an organization which promotes reproductive rights in addition to providing general health care information and services for women.
As a result, the foundation announced Friday it would reverse its policy on funding groups under congressional investigation, even when those “investigations” are manufactured by radical, right-wing congressmen like Cliff Stearns and meant only to incite an extremist minority.
At the core of conservative dislike for reproductive rights (a.k.a. abortion) is that it removes from their control the lives they would otherwise destroy via poverty, unemployment, denial of health care and long-term marginalization.
A statement by the Komen Foundation said it was "distressed" by the notion funding changes were made for "political reasons."
Imagine how the rest of us felt.
Score one for the silent majority.
A hostile backlash erupted after it became known the foundation would cease funding breast screenings offered by Planned Parenthood, an organization which promotes reproductive rights in addition to providing general health care information and services for women.
As a result, the foundation announced Friday it would reverse its policy on funding groups under congressional investigation, even when those “investigations” are manufactured by radical, right-wing congressmen like Cliff Stearns and meant only to incite an extremist minority.
At the core of conservative dislike for reproductive rights (a.k.a. abortion) is that it removes from their control the lives they would otherwise destroy via poverty, unemployment, denial of health care and long-term marginalization.
A statement by the Komen Foundation said it was "distressed" by the notion funding changes were made for "political reasons."
Imagine how the rest of us felt.
Score one for the silent majority.
"At the core of conservative dislike for reproductive rights (a.k.a. abortion) is that it removes from their control the lives they would otherwise destroy via poverty, unemployment, denial of health care and long-term marginalization."
ReplyDeleteYou do not believe this claim, do you? You do not actually believe that that is what motivates pro-life (aka anti-abortion 'rights') people, right? If so, why? Did somebody you know, or heard about, or saw on TV, say that that was their motivation? If not, what, specifically, would make you believe that they do what they do solely out of malice, and a desire to dehumanize and oppress the poor?
If you do in fact believe this, you are simply wrong.
Yes, I do believe it. If I didn't, I wouldn't have written it.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I didn't say that is what motivates pro-lifers. I said that is what motivates radical, right-wing conservatives.
Why do I believe that? Because I hear them speak. I see the legislation they attempt to pass. Its intent couldn't be more clear.
Have you forgotten the sight of John Boehner standing before Congress (and the nation) in January of 2011 and saying that NOTHING was going to happen in that legislative body until multi-national corporate behemoths and billionaires received still-more tax breaks?
I haven't.
I don't know what that says to you, but it tells me in clear and unmistakeable language just what conservatives think of anyone who isn't a billionaire or a corporation. It pretty much says "Fuck you" to the rest of us.
Assuming, of course, that you're listening.