Government-mandated births relegate US women and girls to second-class citizens

Following the recent US Supreme Court decision on Roe vs Wade, many Americans feel they have been made second-class citizens and therefore they are not celebrating American freedom on this 4th of July.  Americans are furious about this intrusion on their 14th Amendment right to privacy and the infringement on their right to control their own bodies.  That’s why millions of Americans will be protesting this flawed Supreme Court decision this holiday weekend and until the ruling is overturned.

A local School Board member and elected member of the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, Anamarie Avila Farias, expressed this reaction to the Supreme Court decision on Facebook and was vilified on Fox News and has received death threats.  She has responded with a clear statement on her page.  As a patriotic American she is exercising her right of free speech.  You can read her comments at https://medium.com/@amavilafarias/maybe-your-momma-should-have-aborted-you-1b203c4cc6f7?fs=e&s=cl

The Democratic Party has been very clear about this issue.  We stand for all human rights, rights for all humans irrespective of their status or condition.  This is not an abortion question; it is a healthcare question.  The right to terminate a pregnancy belongs to the pregnant.  A free country should provide this and healthcare to its people.  There is never a time to go backward.

Government-mandated births return America to a time of patriarchal dominance over women, plus government-mandated births will throw tens of thousands of women into poverty since there is no requirement by the “right to life” movement for any financial support by the father, nor any state responsibility for prenatal care or childcare.

Unlike Republican’s forced birth policy, nothing in the Democratic policy forces any person to terminate their pregnancy.  Democrats support the pregnant person’s right to make that decision.  Making abortion illegal will not stop abortions; it will just make them unsafe.  Societies that make abortion illegal put women and girls’ lives at risk and maternal mortality rates are much higher.

Stand with the Democratic Party’s support for human rights and vote only for candidates who support safe and legal abortions on November 8th.  Take action and join the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County and learn how you can make a difference in this fall’s election.