The Precise Curiosity Tumblog

"Maternal health is seen as an important metric for human development indices. This includes universal access to birth control and safe abortions. The US is a developed country but also a deeply religious one. When rich, white men, specifically politicians make decisions about women’s health, it deeply bothers me. Historically, when rich women (predominantly white in the US) are in any sort of “trouble” they have the resources to take care of it. When lawmakers make abortions illegal, it affects poor women the most. They are the ones who live in unsafe neighborhoods where they are more likely to be raped. they may not be mentally, financially or even physically equipped to deal with unwanted children. Imagine a 14 year old poor, severely anemic girl, raped who finds herself pregnant. What if her rapist was HIV positive. How can a rich white man who has no idea how crushing poverty can be, who does even remotely understand the sort of trauma rape brings without the burden of pregnancy make these decisions.Nobody wants to get an abortion. Other than the emotional trauma it brings with it, after 8 or 9 weeks of pregnancy, abortions are physically not particularly pleasant. Nobody has an abortion just because they can. Children are a joy. They must be brought into a world where they are welcome and protected.
When the Taliban shoves its ideology down everyone’s throats without any compassion, the right in the US is quick to label it as terrorism and calls it morally wrong. How about what they are trying to do to women’s rights in their own country?"

Ideology without compassion