It has long been accepted by the conventionally wise that the Republican Party is waging a “war on women.”
Let’s be clear. The war on women is based on just one thing — abortion rights. While it is true that access to abortion has been restricted in several states owing to Republican efforts, it is not true that women as a whole care only or mostly about abortion.
I promise, this isn’t another abortion column, not that the horrific number of abortions performed each year shouldn’t make one’s stomach turn. Instead, extremists on the pro-choice left celebrate the “right” to terminate a 20-week-old fetus. Google an image of this stage of fetal development and try to comprehend the glee we witnessed when state Sen. Wendy Davis, now running for governor, became the belle du jour upon her successful filibuster to protect that “right” in Texas.
OK, sorry, so I digressed. But it isn’t possible to dissect the alleged war on women without mentioning abortion, since this is the entire content of the war as defined by Democrats. It was an effective strategy in 2012, aided quite a bit by some of the GOP’s lesser lights and looser tongues, not to mention good ol’ slut-talking Rush. On the latter’s offense, and the silliness of the so-called war in general, I defer to Bill Maher, who chastised liberals for their selective outrage regarding women’s rights.