There is no conflict between human rights and economic justice. They are two sides of the same coin.
by digby
I'm not an economic determinist so I don't find these arguments more compelling than the principles of human rights and civil liberties. But a lot of people apparently need to see women's reproductive freedom in economic terms and I think Ilyse Hogue of NARAL does a good job in this tweetstorm:
Had talk w/ @jmartNYT abt situation w/ @DNC and why women's rights, security should not be traded away for political gain.
At a Unity Stop in Nebraska, Democrats Find Anything But
Piece is good reporting on what happened but bad understanding on reality at play. Said it before & will say it a million times if required.
Calling repro rts/lgbtq rts "cultural catechism" or "social issues" or "single issue" send clear message to peopel that we are still not included. Sets up a false choice that undermines unity & denies reality of massive numbers of party base.
I challenge every reporter & every male politician to look in eyes of single mother buckling under weight of low-wage jobs, childcare housing costs and tell her that her ability to determine if she adds to her family is a "social issue" or a "cultural catcechism."
What you are clearly communicating is that your version of economic justice has no room FOR her or for the rest of us who are not white men.
Most white men know this btw since middle and working class families dependent on 2 incomes and pregnancies disrupt that contribution.
Those leaders who deny this are so emotionally connected 2 their own message of gender blind/race blind economic justice that they ignore reams of data from US & all over world that you can't lift women out of poverty w/out centralizing family planning. That includes abortion.
Here are the rest of the tweets:
Rebecca Traiser takes this topic on in long form and it's really good.
Human rights and economic justice are not in philosophical, moral or ideological conflict. Indeed, they are inextricably linked. You cannot have one without the other. If you de-link them, the whole foundation and framework of the argument falls apart.
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