This commentary was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal.
After the 2016 election, shocked women prepared for the worst. A vulgar misogynist – and a direct threat to reproduction, civil rights and human rights – was poised to make the next four years a living hell. and men) held mass marches and condemned the promotion of good civil servants to sex offenders.
Millions more have joined American sisters around the world. This was her one-day protest, the largest in U.S. history. Wall-to-wall fury from DC to LA was sparked by a burning determination to resist.January 21, 2017 was not a one-off. Women harnessed the energy of the moment to organize, mobilize, and sustain resistance to the blatant misogyny and bad policies to come.
Their work bore fruit a year later, with record numbers of women winning seats in Congress and Democrats usurping control of the House with historic voter turnout. Not only did the woman contribute to her 2018 Blue Wave, but she gained momentum.
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It will also affect the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections. But unlike four years ago, this election won’t be a referendum on an infamous president and his draconian health care policies. It’s about choice. Voters choose between extremists and mainstream voters. Between pro-democracy candidates and election opponents. Between bodily autonomy and none.
For many women, here is the worst they feared. The right-wing ideology of the U.S. Supreme Court has expunged half a century of constitutionally protected abortion rights. They scrapped her 50-year legal precedent and suddenly relegated the woman to a government-regulated breeder.
Disenfranchising women nationwide is a Republican priority. Radical politicians flooded in and piled up orders for forced childbirth, reinforcing the dehumanization of women. Former Vice President Mike Pence called it “much more important than short-term politics,” and Sen. Lindsay Graham said abortion should be banned federally if his party wins control of the Senate. I promised. Ohio Republicans implemented a near-total abortion ban in the state (which has been temporarily suspended) the same day the law was overturned.
For many women, here is the worst they feared.
In Ohio, the Republican-dominated legislature is set to pass even more extreme anti-abortion legislation after the Nov. 8 election. A Republican governor running for re-election would sign anything a hard-line anti-women lawmaker would send him.Mike DeWine has already committed a crime against an Ohio woman and his 10-year-old rape victim. He boasts that he will “do everything in his power” to end reproductive rights.
“DeWine has done more harm to people in need of abortion care and family planning than any one person in Ohio,” said Kelly Copeland, executive director of Pro Choice Ohio.
But he hopes you won’t notice. Like many other Republicans, once a staunchly “pro-life” politician, he has rapidly moved away from that stance, actively downplaying his anti-selective good intentions. increase.
DeWine refuses to discuss or defend the impact of the draconian laws he signed to outlaw abortion without exception. His campaign, endorsed by a shameful, two-time impeachment loser, instead focuses on work, crime and meanness — Ohio women brutalize abortion care in state for governor It is not the fact that it is denied by
So far, his duck-and-cover distraction to revoke reproductive rights has worked. Republican incumbents lead their Democratic opponents by double digits.
In the battle for Ohio’s Senate seat, it’s a virtual draw between the candidates, but abortion overshadows the outcome. The next senator could be the decisive vote for a bill that criminalizes abortion for all American women, regardless of where they live. Switching positions and twisting himself into a pretzel, his remarks, from a recently published podcast interview earlier this year, revealed something strange.
Let’s say Roe v. Wade is rejected. Ohio he bans abortion in 2022, he for example in 2024. Then every day, George Soros sends his 747s to Columbus to disproportionately load black women and have them aborted in California. Of course, the left will celebrate this as a victory for diversity…if it happens, will a federal response be needed to prevent it? In fact, I am quite sympathetic to it. “
How racism, antisemitism, and sexism can be lumped together to justify a national ban on abortion. Vance shirks Graham’s suggestion of The Handmaid’s Tale, but his distortion to ban abortion nationwide does not invite credence. He says he should decide whether or not (certainly not the woman herself), but there are still 49 days in the campaign. He may welcome a nationwide abortion ban when he appears with
You see, Republicans running for legislative, statewide, and federal office know that their extremism on abortion is not supported by the majority of their would-be voters. They run, hide, and obfuscate extreme anti-selection records. Expect vague and awkward answers to questions about their intentions to control women and outlaw abortion.
But nothing stirs up a wave of dissent among women more than depriving women of half a century of reproductive freedom and self-determination. No candidate will allow abortions from dehumanized voters who are fiercely determined to capitalize on the anger and urgency of the moment that started on the march.
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