it should be noted that in this particular case the point isn’t driven home for way too many people (like for instance that medical committee) even when it happens to an 11-year-old rape and incest victim. and it’s not really even that it shows “consistency in insanity” as someone commented, but precisely that the desire to control and harm women’s bodies can become SO accepted by society at large, and not just among hardline “pro-lifers”. it’s true that this is particularly surprising in romania, where we have the horrible history regarding abortion rights during the “communist” period… we know very well what the obsessive control over women’s bodies and denial of abortion rights can< mean. but we obviously forget, and very quickly.
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I’m just about ready to punch somebody right now.
it should be noted that in this particular case the point isn’t driven home for way too many people (like for instance that medical committee) even when it happens to an 11-year-old rape and incest victim. and it’s not really even that it shows “consistency in insanity” as someone commented, but precisely that the desire to control and harm women’s bodies can become SO accepted by society at large, and not just among hardline “pro-lifers”. it’s true that this is particularly surprising in romania, where we have the horrible history regarding abortion rights during the “communist” period… we know very well what the obsessive control over women’s bodies and denial of abortion rights can< mean. but we obviously forget, and very quickly.
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I’m just about ready to punch somebody right now.
@ Alexa: it's damn TRUE!