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Cimarron, I brought up the Taliban to point out the worst of cases when it comes to women's rights. I used it to demonstrate how a society can have complete control over a woman. I did this to point out that legislating to make abortions more difficult to come by is essentially limiting a woman's right to self-determination.
I'm not calling parts of the U.S. "just like the Taliban." I'm pointing out how this kind of legislation has the same effect on one factor of women's rights as you would see as a part of the many under the Taliban.
There is a parallel: it's the state legislating the control a woman has over her body away from her.
If this were legislation meant to protect pregnant women from being assaulted for being pregnant, it would be much clearer.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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