War or Assault...

The fever pitch of the 2012 elections has gotten beyond ridiculous.  Rational people understand that there is no war on religion.  In fact, there is just the opposite.  The federal government is designed to protect the rights of all religions and religious beliefs and even the non-believers.  It is the purpose of the Constitution to provide for religious freedom, freedom of religion and freedom from religious persecution.


It is not a war, it is an assault.


The current conversation, if you can call it that, over contraceptives, and the availability of abortion to women, is not about religious conscience or the right to life.  Those arguments fall apart when you look at the facts that Catholic families in overwhelming majority in the U.S. (where we are talking about) use some form of contraceptive and the most ardent right to lifers have no compunction in taking the life of another human being if they feel that human being is doing something they believe is wrong.  


The truth is that this is about and has been about power.  If I can tell you how and when you will procreate, and with whom, regardless of the situation, I hold power over you and you become, once again, my property.  Ask yourself, who is it that is influencing these ideologies and do they have my best interests in mind when doing so?   


Women are becoming better educated and more are stepping into leadership roles to counteract the influence of the old-line thinking, and the fever pitch has been raised because of this.


Truth goes through three stages:  Ridicule, Opposition, and finally Acceptance.  We are currently experiencing stage two in epic proportions.


Yep, this is an assault and it is all out on all women of all colors, all religions/non-religions and all social strata.  Oh, except if you have money, you can afford to pay for those birth control pills and maybe even that abortion when your teenage daughter gets knocked-up by her teenage football star boyfriend. The doctor will just call it something else when he/she files the paperwork. Because, of course, your daughter is in no way ready to bear the responsibility of raising a child!  


So, why should it be any different for any other teen or any other woman, for that matter, who is in no financial, emotional or mental shape prepared to raise a child?  If contraceptives and education about contraceptive use are readily available, abortions become less necessary.  This has been proven to be so - at least in the white communities where contraceptives are readily available.  Unwanted births and abortions are down.  In the hispanic and black communities where contraceptives are still harder to acquire, this is not the case.  


The assault on women is insidious.  When you step back from the religious dogma and look at the effects on the society as a whole, what is being attempted makes no sense.  Eliminate abortions and contraceptives but provide no support for those who cannot afford to raise their children once they are born.  Where is the logic?  War has logic to some degree, assault has no logic - it is borne of rage.