Over the previous 15 years, at the very least, Individuals have needed to hearken to a few of the most weird feedback, and outright lies, from Republican males explaining why they’ve the suitable to dominate girls and management their our bodies and reproductive well being. Texas Governor Greg Abbot did exactly what each spiritual Republican management freak has completed for over a decade and delivered an over-the-top justification for signing a non secular invoice into legislation giving fanatical spiritual Individuals management over Texas’ girls’s our bodies.
There was fairly a bit of shock over Abbot’s rape remarks over the previous couple of days, however sadly he hasn’t been requested the suitable follow-up questions that will compel him to disclose the true cause white Republican males have been on a campaign to manage American girls.
When the topic of Texas’ abortion ban got here up concerning its draconian inclusion of no exceptions for rape and incest, Abbot opened himself up for a correct verbal assault. He insinuated that six weeks after being raped is greater than sufficient time for a girl to terminate an undesirable being pregnant, and that he had a greater answer; he would put an finish to rape as a result of “it’s a criminal offense.” He said:
“Let’s make one thing very clear: Rape is a criminal offense. And Texas will work tirelessly to guarantee that we remove all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets.”
So, truthful sufficient. Everybody is aware of rape is a criminal offense. But when Abbot thought he may do something to cease it as Texas governor, then what the Hell has he been doing for the previous six years?
According to Statista, there have been practically 15,000 rapes in Texas in 2019 alone; essentially the most of any state within the nation.
It’s noteworthy that in 2019 Abbot had been governor for 3 years. The place was he and why didn’t he “remove all rapists from the streets of Texas” earlier than practically 15,000 girls suffered violent sexual assaults in 2019. If stopping rape was as straightforward a process as Abbot pretends it’s, why didn’t he rise up off his lazy behind and cease it throughout his first month in workplace in 2015?
And whereas he was at it, why didn’t he pursue males responsible of incest or monsters guilty of date or statuatory rape? It’s as apparent to anybody with a pulse that the majority rapists usually are not carousing the streets of Texas as it’s that Abbot cares nothing about supporting a lady’s primary human proper to manage her personal physique.
Then there may be the little subject of married males raping their wives, what is often referred to as “”spousal or partner rape.” Everybody is aware of it happens greater than most individuals need to admit. If stopping rape is such a simple process, Abbot has had six lengthy years to deliver marital rape to a screeching halt, however he hasn’t and the reason being completely clear: as a result of he isn’t in the least focused on stopping, a lot much less stopping, rape of any type,
Additionally, if Abbot was being honest, and solely a idiot believes he is aware of learn how to be trustworthy, then he would have spent a day or so of the previous six years stopping evangelical preachers from sexually molesting (raping) younger ladies. Regardless of the Herculean effort to cowl up the clergy’s sexual predation issues, there was no small variety of reviews and convictions of Texas spiritual leaders raping younger ladies. If Abbot was a arise man and meant what he mentioned no-one would ever once more see reports of Texas pastors being dropped at justice, after the very fact, for rape.
Abbot doesn’t care about girls or ladies being raped, few of the white Republican males trying to manage American girls do. He has made that abundantly clear over the previous six years.
In reality, in response to information there are roughly 2,000 unprocessed rape kits sitting idle proper now. If Abbot cared about rapists being held accountable for his or her filthy crimes towards humanity, he would have issued an government order upon being sworn in as Texas governor to instantly get the rape kits processed, go search out the perpetrators, and take a look at them for rape. However he didn’t as a result of eliminating rapists solely entered his thoughts when he was confronted with the hideous reality about Texas’ ban on abortion.
Home Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made some information by dressing down Abbot for his so-called “ignorance” a few lady’s organic features concerning replica; every part she mentioned was honest-to-dog reality. Nonetheless true her remarks, they missed the purpose of this whole subject.
Whether or not a lady discovers she is pregnant at six days, six weeks or six months, no man has the suitable to manage whether or not she carries the fetus to full time period – not her husband, not her preacher, not her daddy, not her brother and positively not the misogynist sitting within the governor’s mansion. For canine’s sake, Abbot is in his mid-sixties so he at the very least has a rudimentary understanding about human replica. He rattling certain is aware of it may be initiated by a violent sexual assault; one thing he claims is a criminal offense however one thing he has completed nothing about for six years; together with sitting idly by whereas rape kits sit unprocessed.
If Abbot wasn’t a liar, he would man up, arise, and inform girls on nationwide tv that he believes they don’t have the suitable to manage their very own our bodies, a lot much less their reproductive well being. In Abbot’s worldview, these rights belong to spiritual Republican males and that’s the secondary cause there may be any sort of assault on a lady’s proper to decide on. The first cause, in fact, is that Republican males are before everything misogynist pigs.
Audio engineer and teacher for SAE. Writes op/ed commentary supporting Secular Humanist causes, and exposing suppression of girls, the poor, and minorities. An advocate for freedom of faith and notably, freedom of NO faith.
Born within the South, raised within the Mid-West and California for a well-rounded view of America; it doesn’t look good.
Former minister, lifelong musician, Mahayana Zen-Buddhist.
