I thought this fight was long over, the fight for equality.
I'm old enough to have been in the trenches. I remember when abortion was illegal, and pregnant women had to go through terrifiying processes in order to terminate that pregnancy. I know, as I was one of those women. I can tell you honestly, a dog shouldn't have to go through that.
I remember when I went to the doctor for birth control, as an unmarried young lady, and he refused, pursing his lips and giving me a lecture on being 'that type' of woman.
I remember going for a job at a phone company, and asking to take the test for an outside (typically male) job. The interviewer literally smirked at me and proceeded to lie about what the job would entail, and in the end still refusing to let me take the test.
I had a job at a big insurance company, and had to deal with men mauling me, and when I complained, I was considered at fault.
Both Booman23 and DarkSyde have done stories now on how the Republicans/fundies would rather see women get HPV, and possibly cervical cancer, rather than let us get a vaccination that would prevent it.
I see an administration use politics over
science to deny women easy access to the morning after pill, which would prevent the need for abortion.
We have a government agency, the FDA name a male veterinarian to head the division of women's health.
Samuel Alito, nominee to the Supreme Court, belonged to CAP, Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which was against allowing women and minorities into Princeton, and diluting the explicitly Christian character of the school.
I don't want to be a one issue voter. I care about Iraq, deficits, the poor, Katrina, and many other topics.
But ladies, there is a war against us.