One woman has smacked down anti-abortionists and the editors who publish them in what is perhaps the best letter-to-the-editor of all time.
Heidi Seltz wrote to the Minneapolis Star Tribune after they published two anti-abortion letters written by men regarding the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Texas’ H.B. 2 abortion legislation.
Seltz had a simple request: “It’d be nice if men would shut up and editors would help them,”
The full letter in all its published glory was picked up by a Twitter user who shared it.
Seltz told the two men who had previously written her thoughts on their opinions.
“To the two men whose anti-abortion letters were published on June 28: Unless you have a woman’s body, I don’t want to hear your opinion on what women’s bodies should or should not do,” she said.
“In fact, it would be a delight if the Star Tribune Editorial Board ceased publishing men’s letters about women’s bodies entirely.”
“Perhaps newspaper readership among young people would grow if every time we opened a paper, we didn’t have to read old men’s fusty opinions about uteri.”
Yes. This. All of this.
There’s nothing sexier than being informed about your rights.
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Ah - the echo chamber. I am pro abortion - but I am also against shutting down free speech! Heidi didn't actually mount any cogent argument.
NO ONE is actually "pro- abortion". They are pro CHOICE. There is a huge difference. Also, free speech ends, the moment it encroaches on another person's freedom and body.
Speech doesn't encroach on someone's body. It's just words.
Funnily enough, I've never heard anyone say to a pro-choice man "Unless you have a woman's body, I do not want to hear your opinion."
In fact, the media adores a man who speaks in favor of abortion. But we can't have it both ways. Either men are invited to this discussion, or they are not. I say they are, because this issue is of relevance to all human beings.
In any case, this woman's response does not constitute a "smackdown" since she has not addressed the pro-lifers in a way that shows any awareness of how they are actually thinking. Personally, I would not be feeling at all defeated if I were them.
Er, I think we all know how anti-choicers think.
Pro-Life... hmmm... let's call them anti-choice rather. Other names are longer and often not able to be printed.