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Stop Using The Brett Kavanaugh Scandal As A Platform To Argue Your Pro-Choice Stance

Because, frankly, this situation (not unlike the majority of situations manipulated to bring up abortion) has absolutely nothing to do with the pro-choice movement.

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Stop Using The Brett Kavanaugh Scandal As A Platform To Argue Your Pro-Choice Stance

As I'm sure you all know: Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme-Court Justice Nominee, was recently accused of alleged sexual assault.

Christine Blasey Ford, 51, wrote a confidential letter to California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, which was, unsurprisingly, soon leaked to the world. These public allegations prompted Brett Kavanaugh to deny them, which sent all of America into a whirlwind of loudly voiced disbelief and self-righteousness.

Shortly after this, a slew of statements and press releases were had by both parties.

"I thought he might inadvertently kill me," Ford, a now research psychology college professor in northern California, told The Washington Post in an interview published two weeks ago.

"He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing," Ford said.

The Post said that when seeking comment, the White House forwarded to them a statement that Kavanaugh had issued the week prior: "I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time."

All of this has lead to a spiral-induced decision to post-pone the vote on Kavanaugh's nomination. Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, stated this would last until: "at a very minimum, these serious and credible allegations are thoroughly investigated."

I strongly believe that even without a particularly high IQ or generalized understanding of politics, most people would acknowledge this entire scandal is about (drumroll): sexual assault.

But, no matter your stand on whether or not you believe he's lying or she's lying-- in this classic he-said-she-said-basically-completely-unprovable-by-tangible-evidence debacle--, you'd still assume the issue would be held separate from Kavanaugh's completely unrelated views on abortion.

Of course, these are not kept separate at all. In fact, they're being smashed together in the majority of arguments by the pro-Ford/pro-choice arguers. Because what better way to argue the importance of acknowledging sexual assault as a problem or empower women, than by forcing a relation between sexual assault allegations-- that did not result in any sort of assumed pregnancy-- and the non-related disapproval for Kavanaugh's unpopular opinion amongst the pro-choice community on abortion?

It's rich, really.

There's nothing wrong with having an opinion on this very public scandal. Your opinion can't really be wrong, even though most forget their opinion is never fact.

The problem I see with the debate of who's to blame, how it should be handled, or who's side you should be on, cannot be found in and of those points themselves. That would mean people were talking about this scandal as a matter of alleged sexual assault only, but of course, that is far from the case.

People in media today, especially women, the feminist party, and liberals, have been blowing up social media with sexual violence movements. The #MeToo movement swept across all forms of social media, there is a huge complaint about a lack of 'prosecution' for rape and sexual assault/harassment offenses, and so on.

Unarguably, the majority of self-published articles that are responding to this specific scandal with an apparent "appalled" notion of this whole "there needs to be retribution for sexual assault victims" ideal. And, I think across the board, despite your stance on who is right or wrong in this specific case, you'll agree that there are many issues within the way sexual crimes are handled and presented in the world today.

Sexual violence is a major problem. People should, without a doubt, be held accountable for their actions. There's nothing wrong with drawing attention to this fact.

But along with this huge popularity boost in championing victim's rights and confidence, controversial arguments for abortion, contraception, and Plan B, are right along side it.

Kavanaugh has also been under some pretty substantial fire in the past from both conservative and liberal parties alike, over a 17 year-old illegal immigrant's want for an abortion. He made some very strong statements in favor of the Pro-Life stance, and his feelings about over turning "Roe v. Wade."

Recently, I've read quite a few articles on Kavanaugh's "assault allegations," though these articles have very little to do with feelings on sexual violence. More accurately, these authors had a nice, relevant scandal to morph into an argument for something completely unconnected: Kavanaugh's views on abortion.

Amongst some of these titles, statements like: "Kavanaugh get your filthy hands of my uterus and our supreme court," and "If you don't think Kavanaugh's actions at 17 should dictate the rest of his life, you shouldn't think that a pregnant 17 year-old's actions should dictate the rest of hers, either," can be found.

As someone who truly and honestly does feel that sexual violence is something that's incredibly serious and needs to be handled as such, I'm disgusted by every single man and woman who hides behind the idea of "rape culture" in order to manipulate the popularity of current scandals, effectively maximizing on the status of sexual violence in media today, merely in order to advance their unrelated agenda.

If you want to bash Kavanaugh for his distaste for abortion, then bash him for his distaste for abortion. No one is restricting you from doing so.

The hypocrisy of claiming to champion for women's rights and then manipulating those rights to draw attention to your non-necessary opinion, makes your character appear just as cheap as your argument.



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