No, you wouldn't because
No, you wouldn't because
Of course you won't get exact figures for the women forced into backstreet abortions as a result of the actions of Christian theocrats in the US or elsewhere. By definition the activity is clandestine, because you can go to jail in many US states if you are a woman trying to control your own fertility - and US jails…
In the US you just stick people in indefinite solitary confinement after a show trial that targets those who are not Caucasian (that or have the police shoot them).
Eh? What? Pointing out that ISIS are not the only ones committing such crimes does not absolve ISIS.
Given that women die when they seek out backstreet abortions, or when doctors refuse to act to save a woman's life because of misogynist laws, yes, I do think that. I certainly think that such conditions spring from the same misogynistic attitudes (although, to be fair, this type of fundamentalist would chop off male…
You said you had to get on a plane to see these attitudes and this "completely different reality" in action.
Some people in the "enlightened" West (mostly, I suspect, men) believe that a child from rape is a "blessing", and that women should have no access to contraception or abortion.
Much of what you write is true. That said, much of what comes out of the mouths of US politicians (and much of the policy which results) is based on very similar attitudes to women. While I would agree that something (although I'm not too clear on what) needs to be done about the likes of ISIS, Boko Haram and others),…
I want to take a step back before making such demands.
I'd assume option 2.
"How about we say HANDICAPPED and call it a day?"
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