Unless it’s about
suppressing life
Janet Kuypers
7/13/22
Before the overturning of Roe v. Wade,
A Number of the United States in America
Set “trigger laws” that would instantly
Restrict a woman’s right to an abortion.
“Trigger laws.” That sounds just a little
Second Amendmenty, doesn’t it? Or
Would that be Second Amendmentish—
You get the point, the right to bear arms.
This is woven into the U.S. Constitution,
Originally under the premise to protect
Ourselves from a government gone wrong*...
Now revered for hunt, sport, protection.
These trigger laws are about killing — from
The stroke of a pen instead of a weapon —
Because no, these trigger laws are not about
Stopping the killing of something yet to live...
They’re about killing the rights of women,
Plain and simple. Now these trigger laws
Are proof that the Second Amendment
Is alive and well, no matter which side
Of the political aisle you claim allegiance.
Americans want that Second Amendment
So much that they want to be ready to kill
At the drop of a hat, then use trigger laws
To remove rights from half of their people too.
Don’t think these people care for embryos
When they don’t care for foster children,
Kids that are suffering, already alive —
That’s not the issue. It’s not about life at all
Unless it’s about suppressing life, either
From the stroke of a pen through a religious
Edict, or the pulling of your precious trigger.
* from the poem “ The State of the Nation”
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