IOWA HAS PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD SEVERELY RESTRICT ABORTION
RIGHTS, SO THE SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT BILL WOULD NOT ALLOW A
WOMAN TO HAVE AN ABORTION IF THERE IS A HEARTBEAT DETECTED.
THE THING IS HEARTBEATS CAN BE DETECTED AS EARLY AS SIX WEEKS
INTO PREGNANCY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE TYPICAL SO
EFFECTIVELY IT WOULD MEAN THAT WOMEN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET
ABORTIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CASES WHERE THEY DON'T FIND OUT THAT
THEY ARE PREGNANT UNTIL WEEK EIGHT OR LATER.
THE BILL WOULD
ACTUALLY REQUIRE WOMEN ADDING AN ABORTION TO FIRST PROVIDE AN
ULTRASOUND THAT SHOWS THERE IS NO HEARTBEAT.
THE BILL HAS BEEN PASSED IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, BUT
IT HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR IS VERY PRO-LIFE AND IS EXPECTED TO
SIGN THE BILL.
I THINK I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WITH THE RED LINE FOR TRUMP
SUPPORTERS COULD BE.
WHICH IS, IMAGINE IF THERE WAS SOME REVELATION THAT HE
PAID FOR AN ABORTION FOR ANY OF HIS MISTRESSES.
THAT WOULD BE AMAZING, RIGHT?
IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER HYPOCRISY IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF HER PROGRESS HE.
THERE IS NO REDLINE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY BESIDE THE POINT, BUT WHAT IS CONSISTENT IS
THE FACT THAT HE HAS CREATED A SUPREME COURT THAT SHOULD THIS
GO TO A FEDERAL LEVEL, BEFORE IT WAS STRUCK DOWN IN TERMS OF
ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI, WE DON'T KNOW IF ROE VERSUS WADE
COULD BE TURNED OVER BECAUSE OF IOWA'S POTENTIAL DECISION TO
APPROVE THIS ABORTION BAN.
THAT IS THE STRATEGY HERE.
IT IS TOTALLY THE STRATEGY AND THAT IS WHY I AM SAYING IT
WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING AND IRONIC BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT
HAS BEEN STACKED TO THIS CONSERVATIVE FAVOR AND WOMEN NOW
ARE WEARING THESE 1973 JEWELRY PIECES TO REMIND US HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO STILL CONTINUE TO WORK AND ORGANIZE
AROUND PROTECTING THIS RIGHT THAT WE HAVE AND WE COULD TALK
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO RIGHT IN
CONTROLLING A WOMEN'S BODY.
WHAT I FIND REALLY INTERESTING
THOUGH IS THAT THE SAME CONSERVATIVES HAVE SUCH A HARD
TIME WITH CREEPING SHARIA, WISH REAL LAW BEING PASSED, ACTUALLY,
SHARIA IS A LOT MORE LAX THAN THESE CONSERVATIVES ON THE ISSUE
OF ABORTION FOR WOMEN AND FOR THE TIME PERIOD WHEN YOU CAN
HAVE AN ABORTION.
IT'S FASCINATING.
IT IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, THEY ARE
SCARED AND JUST REACT.
THAT EVEN TRY TO FIGURE OUT ABOUT THE THING THEY ARE
AFRAID OF, THEY JUST REACT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK WITH THE MIDDLE EAST IS REALLY AFRAID
OF IS HAVING AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES TAKE HOLD, FOR
REAL.
YES, ECONOMIC PILLAGING AND EXTRACTION AND MASSIVE
WARS, DEATH, BOMBARDMENT AND DRONES, BUT WE DON'T LIVE
LIKE THIS REALLY.
THAT SPEAKS TO HOW RESTRICTIVE IT IS, AT THIS
CULTURE THAT'S WE ASSOCIATE WITH THE MIDDLE EAST IS SO
RESTRICTIVE, YOU ACTUALLY SAY IT IS LESS RESTRICTIVE.
EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT IT IS ADOPTED ANYTHING THAT IS
REALLY CONSERVATIVE IT IS EVEN COME EITHER COME FROM
EUROPEAN COLONIZERS OF THE WEST.
I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE TO ALL THE ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY
LAWS ON THE BOOKS ARE FROM THE EUROPEAN COLONIZERS LAWS.
ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST.
JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE ON IT, HOW ABOUT THOUGH WOMEN'S
RIGHTS AND THIS WOULD FALL UNDER WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
THIS IS WHAT IS FASCINATING.
IN REACTION TO THE
EUROPEANIZATION OF THEIR COUNTRIES IN THE SECULARIZATION,
WOMEN PUT ON HEADSCARVES TO RECLAIM THEIR RIGHTS IN THE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
THERE IS A VERY DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH
WHAT IS CONSIDERED WOMEN'S RIGHTS ISSUE AND FOR SOME FOLKS,
IT IS THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR
FAITH AND THE WAY THAT THEY NARRATED, SO PLACES LIKE TURKEY
AND SYRIA OUTLAWED THE HEADSCARF IN PUBLIC, IN STATE
INSTITUTIONS.
THEY WOULD BE ARRESTED IF THEY SHOWED UP AS A
TEACHER WITH THE HEADSCARF ON.
THAT IS, FOR THEM THAT WAS A
HUGE MOVEMENT, TO RILE UP AGAINST THAT DOTSON THINGS
SHIPPED AROUND A LITTLE BIT BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY A LOT
MORE OPEN AROUND THINGS LIKE THAT AND DIVORCE.
BUT THIS RESTRICTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT IS
INTERESTING KNOW THAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST ñ-
AT A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD.
THERE IS DIFFERENT STRAINS OF
POLITICAL THOUGHT BUT DEFINITELY FOR PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW, THERE IS
ALSO DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW
ISLAM AND THE DIFFERENT KIND OF RULINGS HAVE A MUCH MORE
EXPANSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WINDMILL THE WINDOW FOR A
WOMAN'S RIGHT FOR ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION WHICH OF COURSE
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS REVISITING TO BE THAT AS IT MAY,
WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THIS COUNTRY AND THIS IOWA BILL WHICH
WILL BE SIGNED AS YOU SAY, IT IS REALLY A PLAY FOR A POLICY, A
FEDERAL POLICY AND A SUPREME COURT CASE AND WROTE BE WEIGHED,
HE JUST DIDN'T FEEL IS A REALISTICALLY THAT WOULD EVER BE
OVERTURNED OR EVEN CLOSE TO IT.
I THINK NOW, IT IS NOT ONLY
CLOSE, WITH A STACKED COURT, HE COULD GO AWAY.
ALL IT TAKES IS THE SUPREME COURT, SO WE LIKE TO THINK OF IT
AS A STAPLE OF DEMOCRACY AND OF OUR BELIEF HERE IN THE US, BUT
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS A RELIES HEAVILY ON WHO IS
SITTING AS A JUDGE IN THE SUPREME COURT.
AND IT CAN CHANGE.
IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT WE DIDN'T FIGHT HARD ENOUGH TO
FILL SCALIA'S SEAT.
YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY NOW.
IT IS UPSETTING.
THIS WAS WHAT WAS THE DISAPPOINTING THING ABOUT THE
OBAMA ERA.
THERE WERE MANY KEY MOMENTS WHEN HE REALIZED WE
COULD OFFER THINGS THAT WOULD'VE HAD SOME RESISTANCE, BUT
CLEARLY, TRUM'PS ADMINISTRATION IS COMING OUT WITH ALL GUNS OUT.
IN WAYS THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION COULD'VE BEEN
MORE RISKY, AGGRESSIVE AND MAYBE THAT WASN'T THE TACTIC OR THE
METHOD THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO CHOOSE BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO CONSTANTLY WORK ON UNITING THE COUNTRY, BUT IT IS A
SHAME.
THAT SEAT WAS OPEN FOR LONGER THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN
HISTORY.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE ONLY PATH HERE IS TO MOVE
FORWARD AND CONTINUE BEING ACTIVELY ENGAGED SO THAT THE
WORST DOES NOT HAPPEN.