The fact that the Christian right has co-opted Roe is old news, but the fact that she actually filed the motion -- or had anti-choice activists file it for her -- is brand spanking new.
According to several “biographies” she is not very well educated, comes from an abusive alcoholic background, and she has suffered most of her life from poverty and substance abuse. She has the need to be accepted and loved, as we all do, and this need has been met for her by the religious right to which she would have been vulnerable as a matter of course. To be fair, we can be reasonably certain that there is some merit to the claim that the “feminists” who used her to challenge the prevailing abortion laws exploited her as well.
I have often felt that there is a middle class elitism that tends to undercut the contemporary progressive movement. It is this elitism that has allowed progressives to spend the past 35 years guaranteeing a place for wealthy, well educated women and minority people in the corporate boardrooms of America while ignoring the educational and material needs of our working poor.
The sad truth of this woman's life is that either by choice or circumstance she has been at the mercy of other people with their own agendas.
:m: Peace.
The Christian Coalition has been cultivating this woman for years. She was destitute. They took her in, fed and clothed her, gave her little jobs she could handle and of course she feels she owes them. However, she may want to consult with Paula Jones on what the right wing does with women when they are no longer of political use.
According to several “biographies” she is not very well educated, comes from an abusive alcoholic background, and she has suffered most of her life from poverty and substance abuse. She has the need to be accepted and loved, as we all do, and this need has been met for her by the religious right to which she would have been vulnerable as a matter of course. To be fair, we can be reasonably certain that there is some merit to the claim that the “feminists” who used her to challenge the prevailing abortion laws exploited her as well.
I have often felt that there is a middle class elitism that tends to undercut the contemporary progressive movement. It is this elitism that has allowed progressives to spend the past 35 years guaranteeing a place for wealthy, well educated women and minority people in the corporate boardrooms of America while ignoring the educational and material needs of our working poor.
The sad truth of this woman's life is that either by choice or circumstance she has been at the mercy of other people with their own agendas.
:m: Peace.
