Welcome to Missouri

 

So. 

Abortion, a totally safe, legal medical procedure that has been protected by law for about as long as I have been alive, is now illegal in the state I reside in. Or will be as soon as our lawmakers race and trample each other to sign whatever they need to in order to make it so.

This means if you do not have the wherewithal to go elsewhere, you must remain pregnant.  And if that child you are now carrying was conceived by rape or incest; it means you are tied to your attacker in some way for.the.rest.of.your life.

And if your pregnancy is high risk? May even possibly kill you to carry to term?  Tough.  Suck it up, princess, you’re not what’s important here.  You’re just a vessel we pour a baby into from time to time.

The majority of us Americans – 8 out of 10 is the number I consistently hear - wanted Roe to stay in place.  The vast majority of us did NOT want this.

But welcome to Missouri.  Where somebodies god given right to have a gun is more important than a women’s (or pregnant person’s) right to live.

“Pro-life” my ass.