The Hypocrites

I feel like I might as well get this very controversial topic out of the way early. And by topic I mean Abortion, which has become somewhat of a feminist topic in itself. First, I want to talk about when this all started. In a very well known Supreme Court case called "Roe v. Wade" women were granted the constitutional right to be able to have an abortion. Recently many states such as Alabama and Georgia have gotten both immense backlash for their new restrictive abortion laws. Not only is Alabama's recent abortion ban the most restrictive in the USA at the moment, but doctors who perform these abortions could receive up to 10 years in prison.

I am not here to write about my own views on abortion, though I may get into that in later post. But, I want to write about the hypocrisy of these abortion laws. The right wingers love to use the Constitution to back up their arguments such as the right to bear arms. So let's look at the First Amendment. It says that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". However, Republican Senator Clyde Chambliss defended Alabama's bill by saying "when God created the miracle of life inside a woman's womb," he said, "it is not our place as human beings to extinguish that life". Chambliss is not the only one who has defended abortion bans by saying something about God. According to the New York Times, Republican Senator Mike Hill defended the Alabama's bill by saying that God spoke to him and told him to pull his heartbeat bill and make a more restrictive bill. My problem with these claims is that they are coming from people who have time and time again supported the Constitution, but when it does not match what they believe they decide to look past it. For instance, both Georgia and Alabama allow the death penalty which contradicts this value of being "pro-life".

Personally, I do not have anything against religion. I am confirmed in the Catholic church and have attended Catholic school for 12 years. But, as I have said many times before, it is not my place to put any of my beliefs onto another person, especially when it has to do with their life and their body, and these politicians should not be allowed to do so either. I am not going to sit back and watch these men use religion as a crutch and are so hypocritical. It is important that we not only continue to fight against these bills that are against the best interests of women, and that we get out and vote because it can make a big difference.