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Leave it to Texas

The good old boys in the Texas legislature saw fit to outlaw abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, when most women aren’t even aware that they’re pregnant. I say “good old boys” because these hyper-conservative, myopic yahoos are almost exclusively men, deciding for women what choices they can make.

These are the same people that rant against science and try to invoke

Nazi Germany in their anti-vaccination protests. “My body, my choice” sounds like a pro-choice rallying cry. Nope, it’s what anti-vaxxers have on their protest signs. The hypocrisy is staggering, but nothing new for these misogynistic 21st-century fundamentalist Republicans.

Last week, they received a nod when the Supreme Court refused to stay the law from taking effect. (Susan Collins was astoundingly wrong about Brett Cavanaugh.) They’re pro-life but refuse to allow schools to mandate masks or even take common-sense measures like getting vaccinated to prevent the spread of a pandemic. Meanwhile hospitals fill up and deaths skyrocket.

They’re pro-life, but (in Texas, anyway) allow children to bring concealed-carry guns into schools. They’re pro-life, but provide financial incentives (bounties!) for citizens to turn in their neighbors if they dare to defy the anti-abortion decree.

The classic Republican position is to get the government out of peoples’ lives and pocketbooks and lifestyles. Except, not with abortion. Let’s see, they oppose vaccines, abortion, feminism, gay rights, race relations history … they sound just like the Taliban.

Greg Sauer, Woodland Park

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