Are women somehow not people? Why wouldn't gender neutral language just include all of us impacted by the limiting of access to abortions?
Lastly, why would I give any power to people like Tucker Carlson?! He is never going to be on the right side of history and making him happy isn't going to restore our rights to abortions. That is let…
Are women somehow not people? Why wouldn't gender neutral language just include all of us impacted by the limiting of access to abortions?
Lastly, why would I give any power to people like Tucker Carlson?! He is never going to be on the right side of history and making him happy isn't going to restore our rights to abortions. That is letting the tail wag the dog by letting him dictate how we battle for our medical rights. We shouldn't aim to please the lowest denominator but instead treat everyone with kindness who is impacted and work towards everyone's access.
With all due respect, this issue is too important to be dismissed with the now often repeated and, I'm sorry, trite reply "Aren't women people?" The answer is obvious but it must also be noted that pre-Roe they were second class people, forced to stand behind the men in their lives. So at this existential moment women should not be allowing a superficial fight over nomenclature to push us into a back seat in order to recognize women who no longer wish to be identified as such. All people deserve our respect and assistance but that does not mean we forget what is central in this fight. Tucker Carlson only gets to laugh all the way to the bank when political correctness gets priority over achieving political and policy goals.
Women are people, sure, but using "people" instead of "women" obfuscates the politics. 99.99999% of "people" who need abortions identify as women, and 100% of "people" who need abortions are female. Abortion isn't a people's issue, it's a women's issue. If abortion were a people's issue, abortion would be legal everywhere because lots of "people" are men. This isn't about "kindness," it's about WOMEN's bodily autonomy.
As I've explained in multiple comments - it's not just women that may need an abortion. It's also transmen, intersexuals, and non-binary individuals that may need treatment. It's also a family planning issue.
You completely failed to address my point about the politics. I don’t care how someone identifies. Identity is not how we arrived at the problem of women having difficulty obtaining abortions.
But that is politics in today's environment - legislation is being passed based on identity so they are linked. As I mentioned, this also impacts men who are with their partners trying to plan their family. Do you think there was no impact to my husband when we lost both pregnancies? Yes, it is not an equal impact but the way you build empathy and a coalition is by hitting multiple messages on how it affects multiple identities/individuals and society. That's modern politics.
No. This is wrong. Muddying the waters by suggesting that every issue affects everyone is confusing and ineffective. Pregnancy affects women and that's how we should talk about it.
There is nothing confusing about saying a clinic saying we help anyone that is pregnant. Are you pregnant? Then we help you. That's pretty clear.
When we are discussing parental rights no one is confused that there might be one or multiple parents and those parents might be of various genders, marriage states, or different religions. We are more than capable of understanding some nuance.
Are women somehow not people? Why wouldn't gender neutral language just include all of us impacted by the limiting of access to abortions?
Lastly, why would I give any power to people like Tucker Carlson?! He is never going to be on the right side of history and making him happy isn't going to restore our rights to abortions. That is letting the tail wag the dog by letting him dictate how we battle for our medical rights. We shouldn't aim to please the lowest denominator but instead treat everyone with kindness who is impacted and work towards everyone's access.
With all due respect, this issue is too important to be dismissed with the now often repeated and, I'm sorry, trite reply "Aren't women people?" The answer is obvious but it must also be noted that pre-Roe they were second class people, forced to stand behind the men in their lives. So at this existential moment women should not be allowing a superficial fight over nomenclature to push us into a back seat in order to recognize women who no longer wish to be identified as such. All people deserve our respect and assistance but that does not mean we forget what is central in this fight. Tucker Carlson only gets to laugh all the way to the bank when political correctness gets priority over achieving political and policy goals.
Women are people, sure, but using "people" instead of "women" obfuscates the politics. 99.99999% of "people" who need abortions identify as women, and 100% of "people" who need abortions are female. Abortion isn't a people's issue, it's a women's issue. If abortion were a people's issue, abortion would be legal everywhere because lots of "people" are men. This isn't about "kindness," it's about WOMEN's bodily autonomy.
As I've explained in multiple comments - it's not just women that may need an abortion. It's also transmen, intersexuals, and non-binary individuals that may need treatment. It's also a family planning issue.
You completely failed to address my point about the politics. I don’t care how someone identifies. Identity is not how we arrived at the problem of women having difficulty obtaining abortions.
But that is politics in today's environment - legislation is being passed based on identity so they are linked. As I mentioned, this also impacts men who are with their partners trying to plan their family. Do you think there was no impact to my husband when we lost both pregnancies? Yes, it is not an equal impact but the way you build empathy and a coalition is by hitting multiple messages on how it affects multiple identities/individuals and society. That's modern politics.
No. This is wrong. Muddying the waters by suggesting that every issue affects everyone is confusing and ineffective. Pregnancy affects women and that's how we should talk about it.
There is nothing confusing about saying a clinic saying we help anyone that is pregnant. Are you pregnant? Then we help you. That's pretty clear.
When we are discussing parental rights no one is confused that there might be one or multiple parents and those parents might be of various genders, marriage states, or different religions. We are more than capable of understanding some nuance.