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Jun 24
opinion challenge: Roe v. Wade
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50 Years

For fifty years, people not unlike myself have been protected.
Fifty years; over thirty less than the average woman's lifespan.
This means that the average woman has not yet been able to live her entire life with control over her body.
Now, I won't be able to do that either.
My control over my own body has been taken from me.
Every woman in this country's control over her body is at stake due to the decision of five people.
They say that we must protect the lives of unborn humans,
but why should we do that when it puts the matured, active lives of their mothers at stake?
The decision to continue forward with a pregnancy should be between a woman and her doctor.
Why have we let majorly male politicians take that from us? What more could they know about the burden of birthing and raising a child?
They say it's religion, but it is in a way I'll never understand. 
Religion is a construct to give people something to believe in. It was made to teach people right from wrong. It should not be advising what rights a woman has almost 2,000 years later, when the times have clearly changed.
This issue is buliding walls between families. Further separating the political divide.
Some people are unwilling to listen with an open mind to less traditional ideas and values. 
This is breaking us. We have come so far and now we have just lost decades of social justice work.
This decision will surely take and destroy the lives of countless women.
It is not okay that men never have to worry about getting pregnant and additonally get to put restrictions on women.
Why are we letting this happen? I want my rights back. I know so many other people do too.
Now, there's nothing I can even do. I am disappointed, America.
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  1. crisscross
    Jun 25, 2022

    I have been having so many thoughts about this. i am so heartbroken and infuriated but i know that i am not alone. i am thankful that i live in a state where for now i can still get an abortion, but that’s still not enough. every single person with a uterus should be able to make their own choice safely.

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