The world is dominated culturally, economically and militarily by a regime that just killed women's rights protections because they make Jesus mad.

Feels like five minutes ago we were being told the US needs to continue its occupation of Afghanistan in order to protect women's rights.

Most women who've escaped from an abusive long-term relationship with a man can tell you about the horror of a missed period and how much more horrific that experience would have been if they didn't know they have easy access to safe abortions. 

Easy access to safe abortions makes women much more free from male domination. It just does. And that's exactly why it is opposed.

As long as the powerful can make the public fight over issues which don't inconvenience power, public attention can be kept away from issues which do inconvenience power.