I am going to keep this post as objective as I can.
I am writing this post to share this information, because this is what is happening.
The state legislature of Texas just passed House Bill 229 where the legislators codified the definitions of male and female based on reproductive ability. Among other claims and descriptions, the bill defines a woman as "an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova."
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Am I not a woman?
"We should not be boiling down a human's existence into one's ability to reproduce, because this is harmful, it is dangerous, and it is really freaking insulting."
-Dallas Rep. Jessica Gonzalez
Note:
This month marks three years since Roe v Wade was overturned.
I wrote about my opinion on that here.
Oh my, Phoenix. I hardly know what to say.
ReplyDeleteI am aware of the fact that making definitions always ends up simplifying things and with that, not doing them justice. Still, this is upsetting. Sending hugs!
Oh. Holy. Jeezum. That is so upsetting. I love Re. Jessica Gonzalez's rebuttal. I hate how insidious the pronatalist movement is, weaseling its way into laws not-so-slowly. I'm so sorry. Grrrrr.
ReplyDeleteJessica Gonzalez is 100% right. This is scary stuff. :(
ReplyDeleteGood grief. Know that you have friends all over the world who are standing with you, and sending hugs, at the events you are having to deal with.
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