The 2017 Women’s March was prompted by Trump’s policy positions and rhetoric, which were considered misogynistic and represented a threat to the rights of women. How right they were. It was at the time the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.
Now we’re living in a country sliding into the Handmaid’s Tale, thanks to the Republicans. Women are having their rights removed in state after state following the de facto destruction of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court. I’m hoping women will once again respond, even those who previously voted for Trump.
Recently, Iowa’s legislature discussed the fetal heartbeat law. The law says abortions are banned, with some exceptions, after a “fetal heartbeat” is detected with an abdominal ultrasound. This can be as soon as six weeks after the beginning of the last menstrual period, when people may not yet know they are pregnant.
Stories of heartbreak, injustice, medical emergencies surrounding reproductive healthcare, IVF, and threats of prosecution for traveling to the care women need are cropping up from multiple states around the country. On cross-examination, the men, who are largely behind many of these regressive healthcare laws, reveal they have absolutely no idea how women’s reproductive systems work. Why are they involved?
We have an opportunity to select principled, knowledgeable, and responsive women to represent our interests. Please support Christina Bohannan for United States Representative for our district. She recognizes the importance of representing all Iowans fairly. She will be excellent. Iowa could seriously use some excellence.
William Windsor
Fort Madison
