Saturday, June 29, 2013

Our Wives, Sisters, and Daughters

I always hate that formulation in political speeches as it inevitably comes across condescending, whatever the intention of the speaker. And the number of people dedicated to ensuring that their wives, sisters, and daughters won't have proper medical care is quite astounding.

Yes I know that restrictions on reproductive health care will always fall disproportionately on poorer people, but it isn't that simple. Not all that many people actually have fuck you money, and that's the kind of money you have to have to make sure things work as they should. Things like proper medical care for women in states that want to outlaw it.