Copernicus
Industrial Grade Linguist
What the fuck makes you think that Toni is NOT concerned about that? I certainly am, and I'm pretty sure that Toni is as well. In fact, I think the women (the few of us there are) on this board are all a lot more concerned about that than you are, in a much more visceral way.I’m worried about the chipping away of our right to free speech. I saw how easily women’s rights to health care have been eroded, I take nothing for granted any more.
Then you should be concerned that a doctor cannot be compelled to counsel a pregnant woman on all her health care options, including contraception. After all, the doctor might be conscientiously opposed to giving advice that could trigger immoral behavior.
I never said she wasn't concerned, but I don't think that she or you realize how freedom of speech has been weaponized to circumvent antidiscrimination laws in an unprecedented fashion. It could have far-reaching consequences, if carried to extremes, and we have already seen how these new rulings can be carried to extremes in the US. Doctors have already been muzzled by state legislatures when it comes to counseling on reproduction rights, but this ruling is more insidious in that people can and will interpret their newly expanded right to harass protected classes in all sorts of venues that go beyond website design. It is a very broad ruling. Theoretically, doctors and nurses that oppose abortion even in states where abortion rights are protected could see this ruling as empowering them to withhold information that they object to personally. Even if that doesn't happen, culture warriors on the right are empowered to start chipping away at more 14th amendment protections.
But then again, none of us are particularly surprised by a man telling us how we ought to feel and what we ought to be worried about. Thus has it ever been.
Ad hominem attacks of this sort don't really help to get your point across.