General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIvanka Trump shows yet again she's no friend to women
First daughter, presidential adviser and failed shoe entrepreneur Ivanka Trump is hard at work empowering women! On Friday she headed to Iowa to campaign for Kim Reynolds, a Republican who became acting governor of the state last year, when Terry Branstad resigned to become US ambassador to China. Reynolds is facing off against the Democrat Fred Hubbell, a wealthy businessman who hasnt run for public office before, and its a tight race.
If Reynolds wins she will be the first woman elected as governor in Iowa. But that would be nothing to celebrate. Having more women in office means nothing if those women enact regressive policies. And Reynolds horrific record on womens health is a sign she would do just that. She has already been applauded by conservatives for signing the strictest abortion ban in America, which bars doctors from performing most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Thats normally a mere six weeks into a pregnancy.
Ivanka hasnt made her views on abortion clear. I dont talk about my politics, she said when asked to take a clear yes-or-no stand on the issue in a 2016 radio interview. However, her support for Reynolds is just the latest sign that Ivanka is against women having the right to choose. Last year, for example, Planned Parenthoods president, Cecile Richards, wrote in her memoir that Jared Kushner and Ivanka offered her what she felt to be a bribe: Planned Parenthood could keep its federal funding if they stopped providing abortions.
Despite the fact that she is basically a female version of her father, Ivanka continues to portray herself as a champion of women, flying around the world to talk about female empowerment. One of the most important ways to empower women, however, is to give them control over their reproductive rights. Ivankas support for Reynolds, who is doing everything she can to take those rights away, is yet another reminder that Ivanka is no friend to women.
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/03/ivanka-trump-kim-reynolds-iowa-abortion-womens-rights
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)WORKS FOR ME!!!