First of all race doesn't matter and saying it does is racist.
Secondly, since when does being old mean unwise?
Thirdly, if men shouldn't vote on abortion then what about Roe v. Wade's 7-2 decision by an all male Supreme Court?
The Governor who signed Alabama's bill is a woman. In November of 2018 Alabama voters approved "Amendment 2" which states an un-borne child has rights under Alabama law. This approval would indicate that millions of Alabama women favored more restrictions on abortion. Furthermore, the Representative who sponsored the bill and brought it to the house floor is a woman. The Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, who rallied for the vote, is a woman and finally nine of the eighteen women in the Alabama House of Representatives voted for the Bill.
The narrative that a bunch of old white men are trying to control women is a "prochoice" talking point that was repeated by a complicit media.
Women not men are behind this latest "Heart Beat" law that doesn't exempt rape or incest. There is little doubt it will be struck down by a Federal Court and it's unlikely the Supreme Court will chose to hear the case.
The narrative that these 25 men (Alabama State Senators) want to control women's reproductive "rights" in Alabama is misleading. Woman, not men are behind this law and saying it's just a bunch of old white men degrades the thoughts of millions of women!
Like Bill Clinton, I believe abortion should be safe, legal and rare. Unfortunately, abortion is NOT rare in the United States. Today roughly one out of every five pregnancies ends with an abortion. If you add up all the abortions in the United States since 1973 they would equal the entire population of Canada and Australia combined. No matter your religious beliefs, political leanings or other views it's hard to argue abortion is rare in the United States.
Note: Roughly 12,000 "pregnancies" past 20 weeks were aborted last year in the United States. Since 1973 there have been over 650,000 "late term" abortions and regardless of your politics there is absolutely no doubt that these were lives.
Note: To put things into perspective the number dead is the equivalent to dropping the largest bomb the US has (B83 with a thermonuclear yield of 1.2 Mt) on the city of Boston.
