Crap

A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a case that involves reconsidering the landmark Roe v Wade decision.

Now, I'm growing quite tired of the original Roe (real name: Norma McCorvey), now that she's joined the side of anti-abortionists, insisting that she has a right to - all by herself - undo the ruling that she started. I suspect the woman has been forever changed both by the horror of her predicament and the subsequent hounding she must have taken from the far right. Listening to her speak, I wonder if the toll is not irreversible. She's being used and abused and seems oblivious to it.

But she has no more right to try to change the law and undo Roe v Wade as anyone. This stopped being about her a very long time ago. It was never just about her to start with.

I'm tired of people deciding that they have more claim over a woman's body than the woman herself.