fell asleep before posting, and then my laptop did an auto update and restart. (I hate it when that happens. Firefox used to remember and save everything written but for some reason isn't performing well lately.)
I honestly think Obama's announcement was well intentioned and hastened by Biden's MTP interview. I was a Hillary supporter and came close to leaving DU over the 2008 primaries. But I voted for Obama, of course, and have grown to love our president. I didn't expect him to even address women's needs let alone stand up for them. I was pretty shocked over his support for Planned Parenthood, his efforts to make contraception free and available to all women, his support of Sandra Fluke, equal pay...
If we could turn the House to a progressive one, maintain or strengthen the Senate, and add a few progressive Supreme Court judges, I imagine Obama could and would meet a lot more of our needs.
This is not meant to diminish your feelings in any way. I respect the experiences and issues that drive each of us. The corruption of women's abortions rights have been gut wrenching to me. (My mother, the lovely woman in my sigline, died from a self induced abortion), while at the same time it's been kind of easy for me living in So California where women have access to safe, legal, abortion care without parental notification or permission of any of the other bullshit ways they discourage a woman from making the choice she wants and needs. (I can't say enough about how wonderful Planned Parenthood is in my area.)
I know I articulated this better in last night's draft and apologize if this draft has come off clumsily.
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