Worthless

We women and girls really are worthless in the eyes of conservatives ...

Texas sues Biden administration for requiring abortions in medical emergencies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the Biden administration over federal rules that require abortions be provided in medical emergencies to save the life of the mother, even in states with near-total bans ....

This doesn't come as a surprise. The Catholic church has already made it clear that a fetus is much more worthwhile than a girl or woman, and that if it comes to a showdown, the fetus should live and the girl/woman should die.

Off the top of my head, there was a case some years ago in Brazil where a 9 year old rape victim was pregnant with twins and doctors said her life would be in danger if she didn't get an abortion. The church tried to prevent the girl from getting life-saving treatment. The archbishop was really peeved when the courts decided to save the little gitl ...

"Abortion is much more serious than killing an adult. An adult may or may not be an innocent, but an unborn child is most definitely innocent. Taking that life cannot be ignored." (Nine-Year-Old's Abortion Outrages Brazil's Catholic Church)

Then there's that saint, Gianna Beretta Molla, who let herself die rather than get a life-saving abortion, leaving behind a husband and three children. Just a little teaching moment for the faithful to let them know what's expected of women and girls in Catholic world (and now, in the U.S. too?). You know the one thing this saint had that conservatives are trying to take away from women in America? The opportunity to make her own choice of what to do with her pregnancy.

P.S. Please, conservatives, point out the place in the Bible where God says he likes "innocent" embryos and fetuses better than girls and women, 'cuz I never got that scriptural memo.