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A Brief Update

Posted on by under Law and justice, Political commentary, Racism & Bigotry, Rants, Social commentary

Earlier today I wrote about Kate Cox and her struggle to obtain an abortion despite the fact that the fetus she carries is not viable and her very life is in danger.  I wrote that late last night, and when I woke this morning, it was to this headline in the New York Times …

Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Court-Approved Abortion  

The court, responding to an appeal from Attorney General Ken Paxton, put on hold a lower court order allowing an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal condition.

Texas Attorney General Paxton has threatened Ms. Cox’s doctor, all three hospitals where she practices, and even Ms. Cox’s husband with felony charges if they assist her in any way.  Meanwhile, her life is in danger, the fetus will never be a child, while Mr. Paxton and the Texas Supreme Court play games with her life!

This, my friends, is NOT about the “right to life” … it is about teaching women a ‘lesson’ … about male dominance and male supremacy.  There is no viable life growing within Ms. Cox’s body, only an anomaly that medical experts agree will never survive beyond the first few hours after birth, if that.  Ms. Cox, however, is alive today and her ‘right to life’ is being jeopardized further every day that the State of Texas forces her to bow to the will of the AG and the Courts.

I will not say what I wish on Mr. Paxton and the members of the Texas Supreme Court, but I would like to remind everyone that this horror would not be happening at all were it not for five U.S. Supreme Court Justices:

  • Clarence Thomas
  • Samuel Alito
  • Brett Kavanaugh
  • Neil Gorsuch
  • Amy Barrett

These five have caused Ms. Cox’s agony as well as thousands of other women’s by overturning Roe v Wade and robbing women of the right to make their own healthcare decisions.  Justice?  I think not.  More like an attempt to return this nation to the 1800s, to send women into slavery.  I’ve long said that this is still a male-dominated nation … anybody care to argue that point?

Thoughts From The Bouncing Mind …

Posted on by under Bits 'n Pieces, education, Law and justice, Political commentary, Racism & Bigotry, Social commentary

Just a few things weighing on my mind tonight … things like the 2024 election; the people of Ukraine, Israel, and Gaza; the rising racism, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia that is on the rise around the globe today; the chaos that defines the U.S. Congress today; the environment and fossil fuel dominance; extreme wealth inequality;  the gun culture in the U.S.; and the fact that I still have some Christmas shopping 🎁 to do with only 16 days left ‘til Christmas! 😵‍ But aside from all that, there is this …

Kate Cox has the misfortune of living in Texas – a state that like so many others in the southern half of the United States believes that women are somehow less valuable, less intelligent & capable, than men.  Kate and her husband have two children and were hoping for a third when she got pregnant five months ago.  But, as sometimes happens, Mother Nature had other ideas and the fetus has been diagnosed with Trisomy 18, a genetic abnormality that usually results in miscarriage, stillbirth or death soon after birth.  Cox’s doctor warned that carrying the pregnancy to term could jeopardize her health and future fertility, including uterine rupture and hysterectomy.

But, since Kate lives in Texas where abortion is so strictly regulated that it is almost completely banned, Kate had to file a lawsuit to get ‘permission’ to protect her own health.  The good news is that Kate drew an empathetic judge, Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble.  Judge Gamble ruled that Kate can, indeed, have an abortion …

“The Court finds that Ms. Cox’s life, health, and fertility are currently at serious risk. The longer Ms. Cox stays pregnant, the greater the risks to her life.”

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

But then … enter the shameless Texas State Attorney General, Ken Paxton … a ‘man’ who apparently believes, as I stated at the outset, that women are second-class citizens and should be ruled by men.  Paxton threatened legal action … sent a letter to all the hospitals involved with Cox’s care saying the judge’s order would not excuse the hospital or doctor from civil or criminal liability “including first degree felony prosecutions.”

Pro-life?  What about Ms. Cox’ life?  Oh … that doesn’t have value, does it?

I don’t yet know how this will play out, but I know that if I lived in Texas, I would be giving some serious thought to relocating to a different state, preferably one that recognizes that in this, the 21st century, women have rights equal to men!  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr …

It seems that two of the most dishonest ‘men’ in the media today met up at an outhouse somewhere deep in the woods …

Their purpose?  Apparently to trade lies, from the transcript I partly-read of their conversation.  Don’t even bother to look for it … it’s not worth your time, but I thought the picture was worth a thousand words!

Is anyone surprised that the latest rankings show Florida students are posting some of the lowest SAT scores in America?  Gee … you don’t think it could have something to do with all the banning of books, the whitewashing of history, and the refusal to allow teaching of anything that doesn’t promote white, Christian, straight society, do you?

From an article in the Orlando Sentinel …

New rankings show Florida students are posting some of the lowest SAT scores in America.

We’re talking 46th place. Down another 17 points overall to 966, according to the combined reading and math scores shared by the College Board.

Florida trails other Southern states like South Carolina and Georgia. We trail states where more students take the test, like Illinois and Indiana.

We somehow now even slightly trail Washington, D.C. — a district long maligned as one of the supposedly worst in America, where all students take the test.

Hmmmm … maybe if the governor and his henchmen stepped back and stopped dictating what can and cannot be taught, Florida schoolchildren might have a chance to learn something?

Okay, that’s enough of my thoughts/snark for now … have a great weekend … do something fun!