link seen in roundrockronin's LJ: South Dakota Bans Most Abortions, The information itself wasn't new but this quote from the esteemed governor was waving the red cape for me:

"We must help each mother to see the value of the gift that is a child, and nurture the mother for her own sake and for the sake of her child," Rounds said in the statement.

To which I reply: Pardon me if I vomit while the government kindly explains it all to poor little, confused me about how blessed I am.

Fuck. You. Very. Much.

I don't need a sanctimonious prick to make my decisions for me. I can screw up all on my own; I can succeed all on my own. I am the one who must live with the consequences, physical and emotional, of my actions. That's what being an adult is all about and consigning women to an infantalized class that must be nurtured makes me want to puke.

I really don't want to be so angry over this. I hate being angry; I don't like the person I am when I'm angry like this. Once I get over the hump of my anger, I think I'll check into what is happening with the move to amend the Constitution with an explicit statement that citizens have a right to privacy. I helped defend clinics during the 1990 1992 convention and I'd really prefer that it not be a cyclical need. I'm tired of the bullshit answers to Congress, the rear-guard action to protect choice. If my viewpoint loses, so be it but let it be an open loss rather than the death of a thousand cuts.

I'd been thinking over the past few months about the Right to Privacy, about how it relates to my fundamental morals, and about how the social issues that most distress me all stem from government encroachment on what I see as a fundamental human right.

Darn it, I forgot to post and remind fellow Texans that today is primary day. With turnout predicted to be 7% (no, I didn't forget a digit), every vote is like voting fourteen times.