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I have to hand it to Deb Butler (@Deb_Butler), who is running to unseat Republican Thom Goolsby in NC Senate District 9 (Wilmington) — she pulls no punches in her new ad. How many candidates would run this shot?:
“I’m Deb Butler and I think we need to have a candid conversation about what Thom Goolsby’s policies actually mean to North Carolina women. He wouldn’t dare show you this, but this is Goolsby’s contribution to women’s health. A medically unnecessary and invasive procedure that is now required by state law.”
It’s time that these womb-controllers face exactly what their intentions are for women — would these men like their health and reproductive freedom determined by a state-mandated probe in their nether regions? Goolsby has decided that for women in NC.
Butler, an out lesbian, is endorsed by the Victory Fund. On her web site, Butler says exactly what this is about — perverting the doctor-patient relationship, and in this economy, does nothing to bring jobs to this state:
Injected itself right into the middle of the most sacred of relationships..the DOCTOR/PATIENT relationship by compelling a woman to undergo a medically invasive ultrasound procedure before seeking medical care that is allowed by law. This DOES NOT create jobs or promote economic development. How is the implementation of this new regulation to be paid for? This doesn’t feel like less government to me.
You can read more about Deb and her campaign here.
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Wow.
I am starting to feel that these campaigns are exploiting women for the women’s vote.
We already know how the religious right feels about women and about reproductive choice, don’t we?
So, let’s step back from attempts to gin up our outrage at Republicans and focus for a change on actual actions of Democrats, as opposed to the rhetoric of Democrats.
Nancy Pelosi assured Republicans during a meeting of Republicans and Democrats in the White House about Obamacare a couple of years ago, the Hyde Amendment is still the law. So they did not need to worry about Obamacare in the context of abortions.
Guess what? Pelosi was correct. And the Hyde Amendment is still in effect as I type.
What attempts and efforts have Democrats made to repeal it? None that I know of.
Indeed, what have Democrats in Congress done lately to even try to defend and protect women’s constitutional right to reproductive choice? (That is an honest question. I don’t know, but I do know that I don’t recall any recent pro-choice actions.)
Please recall that the rationale of Roe v. Wade was based in part upon the right to privacy. If the right to privacy does not extend to a right to reject insertion of objects into the inside of your reproductive private parts, exactly what in hell is a constitutional right to privacy?
No other constitutional right is subjected to this this kind of burden. Imagine if men or women had to have objects inserted into their private reproductive parts before they got to exercise a Constitutional right to attend the religious service of their own choosing. The nation would be in an uproar and federal legislation would pass within a couple of weeks, at most.
In comparison, requiring an ID for voting is exceedingly mild. I’m sure women have to give ID to get an abortion, too, and no one even blinks about that. Heck, I can’t even get treated for a fever at my hospital or neighborhood health center without presenting a photo ID several times during one visit.
Federal law about a constitutional right could easily override state wand laws. Has anyone in Washington D.C. even suggested that?
Is the Department of Justice defending women against the vaginal wand wielders for putting an undue burden on a woman’s constitutional right to choose, or is the D of J only fighting state legislatures to make sure voter ID laws do not hurt Democratic candidates in this elections?
Yet, for purposes of campaigning in general and the coveted women’s vote in particular, we are supposed to feel outrage against Republicans over this and only against Republicans? Why? Why are we not calling Democrats to task for their inaction?