Interesting article on the South Dakota abortion-ban. Seems that the woman who is the figurehead of the movement, was like all pro-choice until she regretted her choice. Now she's trying to make sure that no one else in South Dakota gets to exercise their free will, you know, like she did.

Kayla Brandt had an abortion three years ago and instantly hated having done it. Now, hoping to stop other women from making the same choice, she is a public advocate for the most severe abortion ban in the nation.

"I don't want anyone to feel what I did," Brandt says.
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"I was in a relationship and panicked and got scared and ashamed, and thought an abortion was the means to fix my mistake," said Brandt, who came to see herself as a "mother who was sadly stripped of her child."

"Where's the baby's choice?" Brandt asked. "What about the life of the baby?"

Shorter Kayla Brandt: "It's okay for me, but not thee". Hmmm....let's see, she could have used contraception (assuming she didn't), her partner could have used contraception (assuming he didn't and she wasn't conceiving immaculately), she could have carried the baby to term and immediately put it up for adoption...

No, Kayla chose to have an abortion. The she realized that being all grown-up meant she had to live with the consequences of her actions, and that's just not a very republican or christofascist thing to do ... live with the consequences of their actions, especially when they can proclaim their status as victims.

I wonder how Kayla Brandt will face another young woman who can't make her choice because she was raped by an abusive family member, or a stranger. I don't think she'll care much, she doesn't seem to now.

Because fundamentally this is all about her.

IMHO.