Turning back the clock to 1965

Every day we see news that conflict with our future. While flights to outer space are no longer limited to specially trained astronauts, our personal lives are no longer restricted to us because are being infringed by politicians (mainly Republicans) who want to take us back fifty years.

The article by Steven Benen appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show’s web page. It alerts us to legislation governing our private lives. The argument will continue during the election in November of this year.  Benen presents the case in point, the election in North Carolina of a US Senator, where Republican candidates have said that “the state has the authority to ban contraceptives. Will condoms also be banned?  And will the candidates also favor a Constitutional Amendment to “grant protection” to a fertilized human egg. In essence this deprives women of their right to privacy granted under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and confirmed by the US Supreme Court in Roe vs Wade 410 US 113 (1973).

Banning contraceptives would restrict a right ratified by the US Supreme Court in 1965.  The succinct article “Turning back the clock to 1965” is a wake up call to all of us because in Texas we will be facing the same issue.  Already in Texas the rights of women as sanctioned in Roe vs Wade have been undermined by laws passed by a State Legislature composed, in the majority, of men.

The issue is as Texans, as Americans, do we want to go back to the sixties?  Do we want legislative bodies to enter our bedrooms and determine what we can and we cannot do?

Interesting article, these might be the choices we may have to make come November of this year.