Dynamic29☮️Betty W McCreary☮️

#DemocratsDefendWomen The Republican party is trying to drag us all to a terrible past. It touches on my family's past. Nearly a quarter century ago, in the journey of my late wife and I to become parents, we tried in vitro fertilization twice. Each time, my wife had two embryos implanted, as is common. Each time, the embryos did not survive. Each time, she needed a Dilatation and Curettage (D&C) procedure to be medically safe for her sake. D&C is essentially an abortion to remove the nonviable fetuses and protect the mother from infection. We ultimately decided to choose adoption and, thanks to the choices of two birthmothers, became the parents of two wonderful children, both now grown up. We donated the remaining frozen embryos for scientific research. Consider this: if the extremist Republicans now lined up behind Donald Trump, the Alabama Supreme Court, and the majority of House Republicans who voted to call embryos "persons" been in national power then, the IVF option might not have been available, or my wife and I and our doctors would be considered murderers. We could not have donated for research the frozen embryos, which are not people with any viability outside growing into a baby in a mother's womb. My wife's ability to get a potentially lifesaving D&C would be at risk. The overreach of these cruel zealots and the impact on real families is infuriating. I have no doubt that my wife, who passed five years ago, would share my fury if she had been alive to see the Dobbs decision play out, to see how it forces our daughter to consider grad school only in blue states, and to see how misguided religious beliefs are killing families hopes for children through IVF. There is only one major party that defends women from reproductive tyranny. Remember that in November.