Forced Birth is a Weapon of Control

I am reminded of a game where one team sits despondent, knowing they have been defeated and just wish the clock would run out and they could hit the showers. That was the first thought that came to mind when I read that a draft of the Supreme Court's apparently successful effort to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press. Though not official yet, it is only a matter of cleaning up the opinions, typing them out and signing them before a precedent just shy of fifty years old is tossed in the shitter.

And now what happens? A small but persistent minority has again made Abortion the number one story in the US. The many more deserving stories have been pushed down below the fold, or worse, the back page. The political players on each side are just warming up for the upcoming torrent of fiery rhetoric of anger or victory aimed at their adversaries.  And once again the people are distracted to issues of ideology that will never be resolved. 

 No one should be surprised at this recent turn of events. We should have anticipated this from a Supreme Court the Right has turned into a political organization and not a judicial one. 

For far too long, the leaders of this country have created controversy over ideological issues rather than doing their job, which is to actually govern. And once again, an issue that deserves far less attention than it deserves is still not resolved. Why? Because it never will be resolved. There will always be Pro-Birthers trying to own women's bodies and there will always be Pro-Choicers fighting for the right of a woman to rule her own body. 

Besides the religious fanatics who push their hateful anti choice rhetoric through what they imagine a great creator believed,  the secular leaderships who push Pro-Birth of many state legislatures are using the issue as another way of keeping the historically poor and needy, poor and needy. Forced Birth is but another weapon of control of the Right Wing to continue its quest to limit the rights of the individual in favor of the few who hold the purse strings. Any claim that Pro-Birth is about the sanctity of Life loses its impact when looking at the damage done to the most vulnerable populations of the lower income levels.

I found it interesting that one estimate now is that 26 states are probably going to push some kind of law directly related to Abortion. All 26 states are Red states ruled by Republican majorities. And of the States that depend on Federal dollars the most to make ends meet, nine out of the top ten are Red states. Forcing more children on families already tapped out sucks more money out of the federal assistance programs in place. Sadly the Pro Birth states are the ones who are the stingiest with help for neediest living within their borders. Nine out of the top ten states with the highest poverty rates are Red States. 

Is it a coincidence that states with the most restrictive Abortion laws also sport the higher poverty levels?  Personally, I don't think so. 

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Music on this topic, well, I have never looked for music about abortion. I am sure there is some. ........ I will get back to you. ....................... Yes, there are many tunes about Abortion. 

I picked "Til it Happens to You", by Lady Gaga. Not about abortion directly but a song about one of the many reasons access to abortions should not be infringed. The video and the tune are very powerful.