There seems to be a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about abortion lately. I’m thinking it could possibly maybe be about CPC MP’s motion to discuss when life starts. This motion is, without a doubt, no matter what the detractors say, a backdoor attempt to try and take away Canadian women’s hard won human right to their own body. Attempts to paint this as anything but that are either disingenuous or misinformed. The only result of Woodworth managing to redefine when life begins at anything before birth is for him to carry on and propose a bill to then introduce limitations on abortion. Supporting this discussion is to support the attack on women’s reproductive freedom.
I bring this up because of what I’ve been seeing on other blogs I frequent, namely Dammit Janet and Unrepentant Old Hippie. They’ve both left progressive bloggers because it seems that suggesting that human rights, in particular a woman’s right to bodily autonomy, is not up for debate is worthy of calling said people idiots and shrill.
My response to said “progressives” is simple.
It’s regressive to think debating the merits of a particular group’s human rights is a good idea.
Stop playing Woodworth’s game.
It makes you a bad person.
Stop it.
Trust Women.
5 comments
April 12, 2012 at 7:15 am
fern hill
‘It makes you a bad person’. Love it.
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April 12, 2012 at 7:05 pm
JJ
It does make them a bad person! And stinky too! :p
(Nice post, bleatmop. Keep up the GW)
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April 12, 2012 at 10:02 pm
bleatmop
I aim to please :)
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April 15, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Gwenfrewi
Why birth?
Why does life begin at birth and not before it?
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April 15, 2012 at 2:51 pm
bleatmop
Why forced birthing? Why make women’s reproductive organs property of the state? Why ask asinine questions?
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