Commentary

Years ago, the Democrat Party was seen as the party which owned “women’s issues”.  They were the natural home of the feminist movement, which ostensibly sought to establish “equality” between the genders.  Admittedly, the early movement contributed some positive things to society and brought attention to important issues.

An example which comes to mind is the work devoted to supporting girls in sports.  Another might be the effort to confront sexism in institutions where a woman was at least as qualified for a teaching position or other job.

But the core of the feminist movement has always been wrapped around the axle of abortion.  Many modern feminists have convinced themselves that abortion is necessary to the dignity of women.  This evil moral corruption has led feminism and the modern Democrat Party into ever deeper contradictions and even the betrayal of women.

Take, for example, the great cover-up of health issues related to abortion and chemical contraception.  The modern Left has effectively quashed any discussion about the risks of abortion, including higher rates of miscarriage and breast cancer.  Under pressure from modern “feminists,” the Biden Administration even stopped collecting data about the health complications arising from the use of RU-486.

In recent years, however, the Democrat Party has advanced to outright hostility toward women.

How else can one explain the fact that most national Democrats refuse to articulate a definition of ‘woman’ as a starting point toward any discussion of the social status and condition of American women.  (See the Senate Confirmation Hearing on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Jackson). 

And what can be said about the Democrat Party’s demand that men be allowed to compete against women in all sports?  More than that – they demand an end to any safe and private space for women and girls, subjecting them to a humiliating invasion of their very personhood.  This is a complete betrayal of all the work that went into enacting Title IX decades ago.

What prompts this commentary, however, is the latest, and darkest betrayal of American women by the Democratic Governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers.  This “progressive” Democrat seeks to erase motherhood from Wisconsin Law.  In his fevered contempt for women, Governor Evers proposes to replace the term “mother” in code with the term “inseminated person”.

It would be easy to laugh this off as some kind of weird foolishness.  But that would be a serious mistake.  We need to ponder this development because it reveals a contempt for women which is incredibly disturbing.

The ancient feminists – like Gloria Steinem – made a compelling case that society needed to stop “objectifying” women as mere objects.  They argued that things like pornography demeaned women and led to men treating them as little more than playthings designed for sexual gratification.  A fairly righteous observation.

Now ponder the connotations of Evers’ latest attack on women: Not only would he strip women of the beautiful and wondrous gift of being a co-creator with God of human life itself – he reduces them to the secondary object of some male action (i.e., “insemination”).  How bizarrely demeaning and objectifying.

The modern Democrat Party seems to be held captive by some mad delirium oddly focused on destroying women.

It is no great insight to observe that President Trump has summoned a whirlwind of change to the federal government.  The foundations of the bureaucratic state are shaking: We must pray that he succeeds in forcing them to give way.

Less attention has been paid to the President’s continued commitment to recovering a culture of Life within America.  That commitment was revealed by his restoration of Reagan’s “Mexico City Policy” of prohibiting the use of our tax dollars to finance the killing of preborn children in foreign lands.

We also applaud his pardoning of pro-Life warriors abused by Joe Biden under the auspices of the FACE Act for the crimes of praying around Planned Parenthood abortuaries.  But this is only a first step in recovering decency and constitutional principles.

Our bold Vice President recently delivered a stunning speech to European elites regarding their clear disdain for democracy and religious freedom.  He castigated princes for their persecution of Christians willing to publicly – or even privately – defend the cause of the vulnerable through draconian laws.  And, yet, America itself paved the way for these kinds of laws under Clinton when the FACE Act was enacted.  This federal statute creates a wall of silence and protection around abortuaries in order to make the killers of preborn children feel secure and safe in their evil. 

President Trump must lead America toward a restoration of justice – and respect for the First Amendment – by pushing Congress to repeal the FACE Act altogether.  Legislation has been introduced by Sen. Mike Lee to do just that.  But given the immense power of the Abortion Lobby and socialized media, combined with the general dysfunction of Congress – we fear that it will require a major push from President Trump himself to get this bill through Congress.

Another urgent pro-Life agenda item is the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Suggestions have appeared in the past couple of weeks that DOGE and the Trump Administration is looking at the massive amount of money flowing from the federal government to Planned Parenthood.  This must become an action item.  We cannot hope to recover the culture from the clutches of the Death Industry while they receive some $750 million each year from the Treasury.  That money is the rocket fuel for their on-going deception effort, resulting in the on-going slaughter of millions of innocent babies.

We are currently working in the Idaho Legislature to gain passage of a Joint Memorial to Congress & the President, urging approval of a family planning waiver to Idaho’s Medicaid program.  This change requires Medicaid recipients get their birth control pills from their primary care physician – and not some parasitic vendor like Planned Parenthood.  The Idaho Legislature enacted this program change in 2019.  But the federal government under Joe Biden has not even bothered to respond to Idaho’s petition for approval.  We need to get this waiver approved so that Idaho Planned Parenthood is cut-off from the Medicaid Program.  Perhaps this can become a successful model for other states.

President Trump has an overwhelming list of daunting challenges before him.  We must continue to pray the Lord’s wisdom and courage for him and those in the Administration.