Living in the US, feels like we've gone back 50 years

[Downamongtherednecks]

Ever since the buffer zone around abortion clinics law was struck down, it feels like the anti-choice lot have been galvanised into action. But I wanted to highlight the Rachel Maddow Show which took on the subject of an anti-abortion group who are targetting New Orleans, and trying to stop a women's clinic being built.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/anti-choice-protests-put-new-orleans-on-alert-311514691822
I have no words for what it feels like to be living through this. I haven't felt so much like chaining myself to something since getting the bus to Greenham Common in the 80s.

I saw that women are protesting by advocating for refusal of intercourse with men

Actress involved in the #metoo advocates a "sex strike" . I think it's a great idea and hope it catches on

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-48242766

Solidarity to women in the US. I hope sanity will return soon.

brian i am your new follower

As an interested outsider, I would suggest that the Democrats' relentless push towards 'inclusivity'

www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/how-extreme-is-the-equality-act/

is alienating those in the centre ground and giving the hard-line Republicans many extra votes.

It's all about self-interest: do you ensure your daughter can have an abortion should she need it or protect her from the possibility of a girl with a penis turning up in her school showers? Both unlikely, but it's not hard to see why the second scenario might have a more emotive response.

Maybe the Democrats should take a long hard look at their own policies before condemning those of their opponents? Both sides would benefit from a more centralist position.

This is a zombie thread from 5 years ago. Is there any particular reason why it’s been reanimated?

Looks like it was re-animated by a spammer, boat however, reading it takes me back to Wendy Davis's heroic attempt to filibuster the Texas abortion bill.

www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/texas-senator-wendy-davis-abortion-bill-speech

Things seem to have got progressively worse for women's rights since then.