Peanut says to me,

” You are always about politics.”

I responded

“Politics is all about your life. What quality of life you have.”

We have had quiet conversations about abortion and gay rights.
The right wing thinks that, what, they are going to shove people back in the closet?
Peanut asked me if it was bad to be gay back when I was growing up. I told her, it wasn’t as accepted. I told her that the LGBTQ community, couldn’t marry. Couldn’t have kids. Could be fired, thrown out of their homes. That homosexuals were routinely beaten, and violence was brought down on lesbians, especially those who looked more butch. She let that go for a few minutes, then came back and quietly asked,

“Cause they thought it would get rid of the gay?”

I said yes, and she sadly went away.

Does the right wing really think that young people, like my Peanut, who have lived their lives knowing openly gay people; who are respectful of proper pronouns; who have family members who are openly gay; who go to school with kids that have gay parents, are going to be okay with the “don’t say gay”, and ” gay marriage is wrong” bullshyt?

About abortion, I told her this was about her body autonomy. Period. I asked her if she understood that I was the first woman in our family to grow up and mature in an America where I had body autonomy from the moment when I started menstruating. Not my older sisters, certainly not my mother, Aunts, Grandmother.

Me. I am the first woman in our family.
And, now, the right wing expects me to accept FEWER RIGHTS for Peanut.

I don’t think so.😠😠😠

And, no, I am not going to be polite about it.

Republican legislators in Pennsylvania advanced an extremist constitutional amendment to clear the way for a ban on abortion. I am heading to Philadelphia to meet with members of the General Assembly who are fighting on the frontlines to protect reproductive rights.

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) July 16, 2022

Because the next step after banning abortion and birth control is "encouraging" girls to marry as soon as they start menstruating, which is between 10 and 13 years old: https://t.co/NEEr7efdPr

— Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) July 16, 2022

The part of this that has enraged me is that the cruelty and truly sick nature of the RWs anti abortion absolutism has been laid bare for all to see….and the media will still treat these scum as people with a point of view and not the cruel, sadistic Nazis they are. https://t.co/bvY0Sy3ocm

— Down And Out Bad In DFW (@Kennymack1971) July 16, 2022

10,500 little girls under age 15 get PREGNANT every year. By definition they can't give consent. A lot of those girls are assaulted by someone they know, like a family member, neighbor, etc. We're about to have an epidemic of children unable to receive the health care they need.

— Why Am I Surprised–furious & ready to fight 🇺🇸 (@SurprisedWhy) July 17, 2022

Sen. Ted Cruz says the Supreme Court was “clearly wrong” and “overreaching” when it legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. https://t.co/OvGEsxKP1n

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 17, 2022

There’s no way or need to hear every story, but we will miss so many of them in part because Republicans have made clear they’ll terrorize and smear victims and their families and doctors if they come forward. https://t.co/eLDjLzIXFy

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 17, 2022

GOP agenda now includes forcing 10 year old rape victims to give birth, but since this is politically toxic, their new m.o. is to terrorize both children and doctors who provide them care, as much to discourage abortions as to frighten future victims from going public.

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 14, 2022

From Mexico to the US: An underground abortion pill network has been activated. As more U.S. states move to criminalize abortion, activists in Mexico have been inundated with calls from women seeking abortion medication https://t.co/nPRMc8reOe

— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) July 17, 2022

Genuinely very scary that 205 House Republicans just voted to enable states to arrest, fine or sue women for traveling to get an abortion *even where it is still legal*

— Henry Connelly (@HenryVConnelly) July 15, 2022

“A woman with a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy sought emergency care at the University of Michigan Hospital after a doctor in her home state worried that the presence of a fetal heartbeat meant treating her might run afoul of new restrictions on abortion.

— Hal Marshall (@HalMarshall2309) July 16, 2022

“And in Wisconsin, a woman bled for more than 10 days from an incomplete miscarriage after emergency room staff would not remove the fetal tissue amid a confusing legal landscape that has roiled obstetric care.” https://t.co/D3GbSKdrTu

— Hal Marshall (@HalMarshall2309) July 16, 2022

This is who the GOP is

This Ohio tragedy is, among many other things, a lesson that there is no account deemed sympathetic enough to break through to people who simply do not care about the suffering they’re causing. Instead we get denial, misdirection, or attacking those who told the story.

— Irin Carmon (@irin) July 14, 2022

Thread

In my parents lifetime interstate travel was restricted & deadly for Black folk. Crossing state lines was a threat to their lives. Unfortunately, the same people who created & sustained that system are now extending it beyond Black folk to white women who *may be pregnant.

— President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) July 16, 2022

You’ve always got “next” whether you know or acknowledge it. The only thing protecting you is time. And that clock has always been ticking, loudly, but while we’ve heard it and warned you, you considered us the enemy and not the alarm.

— President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) July 16, 2022

https://t.co/28hyzVLfrV

— President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) July 16, 2022