"With a Conscience" - "Anger like you have never seen..."

 

     I am terrified.  Completely and totally terrified.  I was born in 1961.  Even then, as I was raised by my parents, in a conservative household by the way...My mother understood the importance of the rights of women.  Granted, she was the epitome of "June Cleaver" of "Leave it to Beaver," but she was determined to get her daughters through high school, college and beyond.  She wanted us to stand on our own two feet and support ourselves with or without a man in our lives. All of that happened much to her pride. She completely understood the position that women had been in prior to the mid-60's.  But here's the rub...

     Now, NOW, all of that influence has gone down the sewer.  With the latest Supreme Court decision on abortion, every woman in this country has been marginalized...Young, old, middle-aged...We have been reduced to nothing more than marginalized voters.  The Supreme Court made us second class, cliche as that sounds.  Women in this country, regardless of their political beliefs, are being reduced to nothing more than whispers of the voices they had 50 years ago.  This is no time to whisper, regardless of your beliefs.

     What is most important here, are the fundamental freedoms we had in this country for decades.  We have been supportive of our troops overseas, supportive of our national tragedies and last week was a complete slap in the face to our history.  We have to remember on important thing..."Our society does NOT flourish without a woman's influence in the home."  Women bare all of the angst and pain of pregnancy to birth.  Sorry men, but that is the truth whether you accept it or not. To negate our rights and to infringe on our privacy is an abomination of our society.  

     I know only too well the importance of childbirth.  I was not able to have that ability.  I found out when at the age of sixteen that it would not be possible.  I understood then, as I understand now, that child-bearing is a "gift."  Undertanding that at such a young age, I would never, EVER, turn my back on those who bring our children in to this world.  However, it is a matter of choice.  My body, my rules, my right to embrace the freedom of choice, even though that choice was not to be for me.  We are nothing without the women in our lives.  Remember that too because, elections are just around the corner.