I have a lot of ire over what happened during the Presidential race but top of the list is how women and our control over our own bodies was dismissed as “identity politics”. Welp. Now, for millions of American women, that control is likely gone.
From ThinkProgress:
President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Thursday that would allow states to withhold federal money for family planning services, such as birth control, from Planned Parenthood clinics and other women’s health centers.
The bill is a repeal of an Obama-era regulation that said states couldn’t withhold Title X funding, which covers family planning and preventative care, from organizations just because those organizations also provide abortion care. This bill would roll back that protection, emboldening states to try to restrict such funding.
The Senate passed the bill 51–50 in March, with Vice President Pence casting the tie breaking vote.
This isn’t just about forced childbirth. It is about women having any shot at self-determination and economic parity. Women make up half of the population yet, somehow, fighting for our rights was deemed an “identity issue” to be ashamed of. What utter bullshit.
You know what women? Vote. Your. Goddamned. Identity. Lord knows men do.