Opinion | Anti-abortion movement wants to punish women for having sex

I want to be a mother someday. But for now, I’m having sex just because I like it. Sex is fun.

It’s a problem for a pure tyrant trying to rule our body. This radical minority, including the Supreme Court’s right-wing faction, probably does more than ban abortion. If you believe in Judge Clarence Thomas’s words, and there is no reason not to, the right to contraception can then fail. why? Much of this movement is energized by the insatiable desire to punish and enjoy women having sex on our own terms.

State law that limits or bans abortion is an attack on American women who decide whether, when, and how to give birth to a child. They are part of a movement aimed at curbing the freedom that has been struggling to pursue a career and joy outside the scope of wife and motherhood. Some Republicans say exactly this, and it’s important that we believe in them.

Take JD Vance, a Republican candidate for Ohio State Senator, as an example. He thinks a woman like me is at home and hasn’t written an opinion in a national newspaper.Hours a week in the New York Times cubicle Or Goldman Sachs, you’ve experienced it, “Vance said. I wrote recently On Twitter.

“I don’t have a bill that makes it easier or more convenient for mothers to get out of the house and have others raise their children,” said Idaho State Representative Charlie Shepherd. It’s a good way for us to move forward. I think.”

One tweeter I shouted the quiet part: “If you are afraid of your daughter’s future, focus on raising your daughter so that she does not become a slut.”

The radical minority of Americans wants to make examples of women who have sex other than marriage, women who are competing with men at work, and women who are independent and out of control. That is part of the reason why contraception is likely to be their next goal. That’s why the same movement, which claims to care for babies, is less concerned about the health and livelihoods of those who bring babies into the world and is hostile to policies that support newborn children and their families. ..

In the United States where I was old, my life was said to be more valuable than the ability to have a baby. And my sexuality wasn’t shameful.

I read Audre Lorde, who was exploring the power of erotica many years ago. She is a resource that she wrote in each of us as women, “deeply feminine and spiritual.” I declare that “choice is the essence of freedom” and believe that reproductive rights are essential to the fight against white supremacism and its insidious attempt to control the life and body of blacks. I learned about. “Yes, we know how painful it is to have no choice in this land,” read the 1989 Declaration signed by a group of prominent black women who support the right to abortion. I did. “We, who have been oppressed, must not be upset against any kind of tyranny.”

At the large and diverse public suburban schools in New York City that I attended in the early 2000s, I wasn’t ashamed or taught that abstinence was the only right path. The focus was on how to practice sex safely and responsibly with consent. We were taught that our sexuality is part of our humanity and that it is ours only.

Later, when I was a student at the University of Michigan, the sex-positive movement was thrilling and liberating. We have learned that a pleasant sexual experience between adults of all genders and orientations should be celebrated. Each year, the school held a safe sex fair and handed out Plan B condoms and prescriptions. One year, the students built a huge replica of the vulva. Be. It was a fun memory for me. What I’m thinking now is that more than 10 years ago, I had more rights than I do now.

One of the reasons I practice safe sex is because of its comprehensive and humane sex education. The other is the basic self-esteem that grew up in the United States, which, albeit imperfectly, has come to see women as equal citizens and humans.

From the Supreme Court’s right-wing enthusiasts to a group of sexually illiterate politicians who apparently didn’t pay attention to their health classes, what the radical minority of the United States sees us differently. it is clear.

Just one example is Virginia’s Republican candidate Yesri Vega, who has dismissed concerns about women being forced to become pregnant as a result of rape. “It’s not happening organically,” so the rapist does it “quickly.”

The movement has forced women in this country into second-class citizenship, deprived them of their autonomy over their bodies and rejected our essential medical care. Now the people behind it are betting that our hopelessness will paralyze us and allow them to carry out America’s oppressed vision without resistance.

But our numbers are higher than theirs. This is especially true if American men are aware that their way of life is also under attack. Men also have sex for pleasure. This is not just a problem for women.

In the days after Roe’s fall, the man I dated might be wondering how they too have benefited from the rights I and other American women have enjoyed over the last half century. I was wondering. What would their lives be if I had no access to emergency contraception or contraception? Do they have the freedom to work, get married, have children, and today?

They are nice people and I am happy with them. Also, I would like to ask you a question, but would you like to see me in the next protest? Would you like to take part.