More thoughts on SCOTUS

 Today the supreme court of the United States did something they had never done, they removed a right that had been granted and was considered as solid as any of the rights granted by the Bill of Rights.  What they did was to take rights away from a whole gender and make them subservient to males, politicians, and state governments.  They also made a women's health control by a very small group of what I consider radical extremists in Christian churches.  

Before you yell at me, which won’t happen as no one follows this blog, keep in mind this is strictly my opinion.  The churches, ministers, clergy, and priest making the loudest noises are quoting scriptures that fit their agenda and never quoting the full scripture, just the part they want.   The original Roe v Wade had nothing to do with politics or religion.  It was strictly to save women's lives.   The number of back-alley abortions being done and women dying from botched ones done with clothes hangers and other tools not meant for it was staggering.   It was done to protect the mother's health and life.  Over time a small group of radical fathers that wanted a woman they had impregnated it carry a child to full term for their selfish reasons caused the movement into the quagmire we have now. 

Do we need to control when you can not do it anymore, yes, should we also prevent a woman from having to carry a child from rape or incest, yes If that is what she needs for her complete health, mental and physical, then yes.   If it is being used as a means of birth control, then that needs to be looked at to see if our failed system can be fixed so there will be no need for that.

What I am really worried about is the long-term fallout.   Are we going to get programs to help young moms that are now forced into motherhood, I do not think any of the churches yelling alleluia right now will help them?  Will we have better sex education and condoms made available so that unwanted pregnancies or reduced?  How about social services to help feed, clothe and care for those forced into motherhood.   It appears to me, that the Republican far right, the conservative Christian right and five of the Justices feel the need to make women into the new slave class of citizens.

This is a sad, dark time for the United States.  We have taken a Holy Book and used it as a political tool to subjugate an entire gender to make a large swath of insecure males feel better tonight.

Just my humble opinion.