This is not helpful. It’s another example of the progressive left shooting its own allies. Progressives waste a lot of time and energy doing this these days when they could be doing something more productive.
The Democrats have wasted their bully pulpit time and again, including Obama. None of them have used it to educate the public about what the right to control our own bodies really means and what it means when we don't have it. Biden, sadly, is nothing new.
Read the comments sections in the NYTimes articles today. So few people , if any, are commenting on this. It's like an alternate reality. Watched MSNBC a lot this morning. Didn't hear any mention of the short-shrift women got. Yet it was all over DNC fundraising efforts in the midterms. I'm totally disgusted.
I wrote to the DNC person who constantly texts me for "opinions" when they really want money and said this speech was a big disappointment for women's rights. I'm not handing over a dime. We were used for the midterms -- everything was abortion and women's rights, every text, email -- and now 30 seconds in his first SOTU since? Are they kidding? The democrats are our only option and they know it. We're being used. The issue is being taken for granted.
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I'm not surprised. This is the man who didn't want birth control covered by the ACA, was openly anti-choice until it stopped benefiting him politically, threw Anita Hill under the bus, and was part of an admin who said the 2009 reproductive choice act was not a top priority.
I voted for him because the alternative was way worse. (I won't forget the white leftie bros I know who voted for Biden in 2020 but not HRC in 2016, thanks guys!).
I wish women had a candidate who represents our interests, but the US is extremely misogynistic and I don't see this changing any time soon.
These observations are all true and appropriate, powerfully stated. Thank you.
It is well past the day that political discourse ought to be spending as much time protecting the autonomy of women (who hold up more than half of the sky) as it does talking about seniors or policing or national security.
Thank you, Jessica, for this Abortion State of the Union. This place is on fire and it’s maddening how few people seem to me giving it the attention it deserves. I’m so grateful for your work and voice and share it often ❤️
Yes! Preach it!
I’m disappointed he didn’t lift up Amanda Zurawski as he did the other invited guests.
This is not helpful. It’s another example of the progressive left shooting its own allies. Progressives waste a lot of time and energy doing this these days when they could be doing something more productive.
The Democrats have wasted their bully pulpit time and again, including Obama. None of them have used it to educate the public about what the right to control our own bodies really means and what it means when we don't have it. Biden, sadly, is nothing new.
Read the comments sections in the NYTimes articles today. So few people , if any, are commenting on this. It's like an alternate reality. Watched MSNBC a lot this morning. Didn't hear any mention of the short-shrift women got. Yet it was all over DNC fundraising efforts in the midterms. I'm totally disgusted.
I was disappointed. Especially since that awful Judge is about to make misfepristone illegal for everyone. Judge shopping should be stopped.
I wrote to the DNC person who constantly texts me for "opinions" when they really want money and said this speech was a big disappointment for women's rights. I'm not handing over a dime. We were used for the midterms -- everything was abortion and women's rights, every text, email -- and now 30 seconds in his first SOTU since? Are they kidding? The democrats are our only option and they know it. We're being used. The issue is being taken for granted.
I'm not surprised. This is the man who didn't want birth control covered by the ACA, was openly anti-choice until it stopped benefiting him politically, threw Anita Hill under the bus, and was part of an admin who said the 2009 reproductive choice act was not a top priority.
I voted for him because the alternative was way worse. (I won't forget the white leftie bros I know who voted for Biden in 2020 but not HRC in 2016, thanks guys!).
I wish women had a candidate who represents our interests, but the US is extremely misogynistic and I don't see this changing any time soon.
Need leadership. From someone. Now.
These observations are all true and appropriate, powerfully stated. Thank you.
It is well past the day that political discourse ought to be spending as much time protecting the autonomy of women (who hold up more than half of the sky) as it does talking about seniors or policing or national security.
He is such a disappointment
Thank you, Jessica, for this Abortion State of the Union. This place is on fire and it’s maddening how few people seem to me giving it the attention it deserves. I’m so grateful for your work and voice and share it often ❤️