Attacks on #PlannedParenthood terrorize women *as a course.* Women are the huge majority of people accessing Planned Parenthood’s many services,especially poor women and women of color. Women are also the majority of those working in womens Heath clinics. In either case, and whether or not, and as has been the case,men, like Dr. Tiller or Garrett Swasey, and are murdered,clinics represent gendered targets of opportunity for homicidal misogynists. In theory the police and FBI are supposed to sustain track of bias crimes, where assailants target people based on race, or sexuality,ethnicity, gender identity, or gender. In reality,no one is counting gender-based attacks in the United States, even those that clearly meet the criteria for bias/loathe crimes. Similarly, and domestic terrorism. A woman’s right to safeand legal abortion is a human right . Arguments for fetal personhood almost always deny women moral authority and competence is making their own decisions regarding their own reproduction,heath, safety and well being. Attacks like the one in Colorado Springs should be clearly identified as political acts that oppress women and deny us our rights, and safety,dignity and full citizenship. Instead, we will, and probably,just hear one more disconnected “crazy man” anecdote. And the same thing will happen again.
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