{"id":1644061,"date":"2022-09-16T19:07:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1644061"},"modified":"2022-09-16T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:07:32","slug":"kathleen-j-anderson-womens-march-promotes-pregnant-people-otherwise-known-as-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kathleen-j-anderson-womens-march-promotes-pregnant-people-otherwise-known-as-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen J. Anderson: Women\u2019s March Promotes \u201cPregnant People,\u201d Otherwise Known As \u201cWomen\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkathleen-j-anderson-womens-march-promotes-pregnant-people-otherwise-known-as-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1644061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Words matter. It shouldn\u2019t surprise any of my readers that I firmly believe that the words we use, whether verbally, in written form, or tweets, matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a writer and lover of words, I enjoy a poetic flair from time to time, and reading a section of well-written prose can make my day. And a clever turn of phrase or sharply worded witty tweet can have me rolling with laughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What I can\u2019t abide by is the redefining of words to fit a narrative. I also can\u2019t stand this push to erase my gender; I find it agitating, insulting, and dangerous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So naturally, when I saw that the Women\u2019s March official Twitter account had tweeted about \u201cpregnant people\u201d instead of women, I felt I had to write about it, or else my head might explode.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Until people who can get pregnant have control over our own bodies, we *cannot* be equal.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion is a human right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Women&#8217;s March (@womensmarch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womensmarch\/status\/1570133785961992192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Whose March Is It Again?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>You might recall the \u201cWomen\u2019s March.\u201d They\u2019re the ones who wore \u201cpussy hats\u201d to protest Donald Trump winning the Presidency in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re strong advocates of women, you see. They stand for women. It\u2019s right in the name.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yet yesterday, while promoting abortion as a \u201chuman right,\u201d the Women\u2019s March tweeted the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cUntil people who can get pregnant have control over our own bodies, we *cannot* be equal. Abortion is a human right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Before I break down all of the ridiculousness within this tweet, let\u2019s take a look at some of the replies:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wait, whose march is this?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsMelChen\/status\/1570175717798969344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Need to work on that biology degree, &#8220;People Who Can Get Pregnant&#8217;s March&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Hall (@StephenLHall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenLHall\/status\/1570232531328319488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">who are the &#8220;people who can get pregnant&#8221;?<br \/>Say our name<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grace Hawthorn (@grace_hawthorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grace_hawthorn\/status\/1570136420710510594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I think you get the point. But perhaps what stood out to me the most is who exactly we are trying to be equal to?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/vp-kamala-harris-affirms-there-are-two-genders-in-artemis-space-launch-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VP Kamala Harris Affirms There Are Two Genders In Artemis Space Launch Remarks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Spreading To The Medical Community<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Before you think that this issue is contained to far-left whiners preaching on the internet, the reality is that this stuff is starting to become the face of medicine \u2013 which in turn means science and public policy are bending to this ideology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/opinion\/commentary\/maternal-health-mortality-pennsylvania-solutions-20220915.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In an op-ed written in the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>, Meg Snead, who is the acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe Department of Human Services is working to ensure we are doing our part to care for pregnant people, people who experience miscarriages, people seeking abortions, people who give birth\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who are those people again? Oh, that\u2019s right\u2026 women. And some of them\u2026 mothers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Women, look what we did! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/6MonthsSinceWomensMarch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#6MonthsSinceWomensMarch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Video via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerrygfleming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KerryGFleming<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GMGqk2aoT1\">pic.twitter.com\/GMGqk2aoT1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Women&#8217;s March (@womensmarch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/womensmarch\/status\/888419693723299841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Can We Get Any More Ridiculous?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A recent episode in New York City illustrates the strangeness of what\u2019s occurring. Take New York City Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michelle Morse, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/10\/nyc-council-cancels-mothers-in-favor-of-birthing-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who tweeted back in March<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMortality rates of birthing people are too high, and babies born to black and Puerto Rican mothers in this city are three times more likely to die in their first year of life than babies born to non-hispanic white birthing people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After receiving backlash, a spokesman for the doctor <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/02\/top-doh-doctor-takes-heat-over-birthing-people-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said the tweet was an \u201coversight\u201d<\/a> and that:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe apologize for inadvertently gendering black and Puerto Rican birthing people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I\u2019m not sure they could miss the point further if they tried. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But, if I\u2019m being candid, my self-proclaimed status as a logophile (look it up if you don\u2019t know what it means) is not the only reason this sort of activity makes my skin crawl.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(Twitter)\u2014People discuss Rep. Cori Bush\u2019s use of gender-neutral language after she called people who give birth &#8220;birthing people,&#8221; which would cover people who are able to give birth regardless of their gender identity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IL9WFgbAIG\">pic.twitter.com\/IL9WFgbAIG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Coffey Honors Queen Elizabeth II \ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc89\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b (@JesseCoffey15) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseCoffey15\/status\/1390394638918316032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/top-democrat-drops-truth-bomb-on-progressives-talk-like-human-beings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Democrat Drops Truth Bomb On Progressives: \u2018Talk Like Human Beings\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Death of Feminism<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I consider myself a feminist. I know, shocking, I\u2019m sure, given that I\u2019m also a conservative. Hard to believe that a conservative white woman can be a multi-dimensional, complex human being, but it\u2019s true; I am a conservative female feminist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Honestly, it shouldn\u2019t be all that shocking if you know me. I spent the first 20 years of my adulthood serving in the military, making it to the status of a senior military leader in arguably still a very male-dominated world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I\u2019m a sexual assault survivor and have always been a fierce advocate for women\u2019s issues. For example, one issue I have bored my husband with for years surrounds the \u2018pink tax.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For those of you that might not know what the \u2018pink tax\u2019 is about, it\u2019s the fact that women pay taxes for feminine products such as tampons and menstrual pads. I\u2019ve long believed and still do that we shouldn\u2019t pay a tax on a product we are required to get each month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Even this subject gets hijacked by the Church of Gender Fluidity. An article ran by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/know-your-value\/out-of-office\/everyone-pays-pink-tax-whether-you-know-it-or-not-n1298740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC<\/a> on the movement said somewhat tongue and cheekily:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYes, people who menstruate generate revenue for the government simply by attending to a basic bodily function.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9BUtFywKsJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/9BUtFywKsJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Champion (@SarahChampionMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahChampionMP\/status\/1268954221552062469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/teachers-union-dumps-seniority-rules-will-instead-decide-layoffs-based-on-skin-color\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teachers Union Dumps Seniority Rules, Will Instead Decide Layoffs Based On Skin Color<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I Am Woman; Hear Me Roar<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Women are complicated, and we don\u2019t all think the same. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/23167397\/abortion-public-opinion-polls-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Like many Americans<\/a>, my views on abortion are multi-faceted. As a Constitutional originalist, I believe the Supreme Court was sound in its decision this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a woman, I think that we need more accessible access to prenatal care and more access to birth control options. I believe there are circumstances where a woman should be allowed to end a pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a mother, the pro-choice movement loses me when the argument is made that abortions should be allowed regardless of the time frame of the pregnancy. But all of these points are moot if we can\u2019t agree that women have unique biological and societal experiences from men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-essex-59880493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.K. Rowling<\/a> so eloquently put it:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf sex isn\u2019t real, there\u2019s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn\u2019t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To go back to the Women\u2019s March tweet; we cannot ever hope to be equal if we cease to exist. How can we discuss our unique rights as women if the idea of a woman is erased?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If sex isn\u2019t real, there\u2019s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn\u2019t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn\u2019t hate to speak the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269389298664701952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words matter. 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