Holding Democrats Accountable for the Abortion Nightmare

Well, here we are.  The leaked SCOTUS document confirmed that Roe v. Wade is about to be overturned. Even if it doesn't happen right away, the fact that we're still stressing about this bullshit in 2022 is beyond unacceptable.  Democrats have dangled "the abortion issue" (i.e. a woman's right to not be forced to carry an unwanted child, risking her health & life in the process) for the last 50+ years.  They use it as a political bargaining chip in every election cycle & mid-term, bludgeoning voters with it & promising us they're gonna "codify Roe into law" when it should've been codified with the stroke of a pen decades ago.  The Democrat congress could do it right now, no questions asked.  Biden himself made this promise during his 2020 campaign & since that time has refused to speak the word abortion in public.  No huge surprise to those who have followed his other broken promises (student debt forgiveness, getting COVID under control, banning new fracking on federal lands, offering a public option like Medicare, fuck it just see for yourself).  

Another of Biden's lies, courtesy of Holding Biden Accountable Twitter page

We all saw the writing on the wall when Saint RBG croaked in the SCOTUS while Trump was in office--another totally predictable scenario as she was on her 3rd bout of cancer (she had colon, lung and pancreatic--one of the most deadly types) & umpteenth recurrence of cancer as well as having had a heart stent placed, a gallbladder condition & fractured ribs.  All of that notwithstanding, she was in her late 80s.  The average life expectancy for American women is 78.79 years, so she'd already passed her expiration date by about 9 years at the time of her death.  With everything that was at stake should she die, how could she let this happen?  

Gee, what a mystery.   /s

I'll tell you how.  Like every other big-name politician, CEO or warlord, Ginsburg was an unrepentant power-hungry narcissist who did it because she could.  They rule over us plebs with a thirst for power unmatched.  Even the "sweet old grannies" like RBG would rather go to their graves with that gavel in their hands than do the right thing & relinquish their power in time to prevent millions of women from losing abortion access (or whatever the issue may be).  In no sane society should one person wield this much power, nor should politicians be allowed to hold office longer than most of us have been alive & well past the point when they're capable of thinking clearly due to the degradation & tangling of neurons that happens to EVERY elderly person.  Yet so many of our politicians are in their 70s or 80s.  And exactly zero of them are required to undergo drug testing or psychological fitness testing which is another issue entirely.  

The Wolf & The Fox

Before you rage at Republicans about this issue, stop and think about who you're really mad at.  Republicans told you their position from Day 1.  They are anti-choice zealots and they're loud about it.  Democrats are the ones who have claimed to be pro-choice champions willing to do whatever it takes to protect Roe v. Wade & the right of women to determine their own reproductive future.  Instead, they chose to do nothing or worse, welcome "pro-life democrats" into the party (because money).  It brings to mind the wonderfully accurate quote by Malcolm X about the wolf & the fox, the wolf representing conservatives & the fox liberals.  I've included it below.  

Abortion is a wedge issue that's incredibly useful in debates during election season.  Like gay marriage, the 2nd Amendment & anything concerning race, this incredibly important & consequential social issue is important to politicians for a very different and selfish reason--winning elections.  It's just that when they win, they don't do a goddamn thing they said they'd do about it.  Democrats, anyway.  Because if they did, they wouldn't be able to recycle the issue again next election season.  

And like clockwork, people still vote for them every 4 years anyway.

In the end that's all that matters.  Your votes & donations speak louder than any angry social media post or gripe at home around the television set.  They're hoping you'll go on Twitter or Facebook to scream into the void, get your frustrations out, get scared of "the other party" during election season & vote for them again.  They've got you by the balls in this 2-party system.  Except they don't.  You have other options.  Voting 3rd party in the presidential election speaks volumes.  If you want to support Democrats at the local level where your vote actually counts, that's fine.  But ffs, do not throw away another vote in a national election for these crooked bastards who won't even do the bare minimum to protect 50% of the population's reproductive rights.  

And really, this doesn't just affect women.  Not by a long shot.  Unwanted children are a burden on men as well:  child support payments start at 25% of a man's income & will be garnished from his wages in the event he refuses to pay willingly.  For 18 years.  Having a child ties you to the other parent in ways you couldn't imagine & often won't like very much.  So buckle up, guys.  If you're not willing to wear that condom or get that vasectomy, don't cry when the worst happens because we're now living in a dystopia of our own making.  We get the government we deserve.  We currently have a moderate right wing party (Democrats) and an extreme right wing/fascist party (Republicans).  If you're okay with that, keep voting Republican or Democrat.  If you're not, vote for an actually Leftist candidate.  It's not rocket science.  

But at this point we'll need more than electoral politics to salvage even a sliver of this once-great nation.  No great advances in history were made through voting.  Women's suffrage, gay rights, the labor union movement, the Civil Rights movement's monumental gains--all that was won the hard way:  by locking arms in the streets & gumming up the machinery of this giant combine.  Looks like we're gonna have to go back to grassroots civil disobedience if we plan to get anything done.  The other alternative is too dark.

Democrats are the "foxes" Malcolm spoke of.

In the meantime, check out my other relevant articles on this issue:

Reducing Abortions with Harm Reduction

Responsible Reproduction = Eco-Fascism?  

The Ethics of Having Kids in the 6th Mass Extinction