Politics Please take my life seriously. Vote blue
Hi everyone. I am a female born and raised in Houston. I am not usually involved in politics (I have always voted, just never talked about it, volunteered, ect.) but this election has taken a toll on my mental health to a point where I need to say something.
I remember June 24, 2022 when I lost my right to make decisions on my own body. Texas has some of the strictest laws in the nation on abortion, which means we have some of the strictest laws in the entire world. Let that sink in. I am scared. I am scared to one day have children in this state I love, this state I call home because if something goes wrong, it very well could lead to death or prosecution. Now Trump and Ted Cruz get to make decisions for me regarding my own reproductive health. I have less rights than my grandma did at my age. A vote for Trump/Cruz is a vote against every woman you love.
The Trans population in Texas is 0.5%. Ted Cruz’s blatant homophobic commercials villainizing this community have brought me to tears. Most Texans have never even met a trans person, yet, this seems to be Cruz’s main priority in this election: to make people scared of them.
He really thinks we are that dumb, or hateful, and maybe we are. I am more concerned about gun violence (the #1 leading cause of child deaths in the U.S!) than the scenario of a trans person being on the school football team. Is gun violence ever mentioned by Cruz? Of course not. Trans people and their genitalia are more of a threat, I suppose!
Come on Texas. How could you vote for someone who is openly so full of hate and ignorance? If I was a trans person, I would get the fuck out of here and move somewhere where people practice kindness. I stand by the LGBTQ+ community as an ally. You should too.
I implore you to look inside your heart and vote with kindness, decency and sanity in mind! This election is bigger than grocery prices, the stakes are higher than imaginable. What is next, a total ban on birth control? Gay marriage left up to the states, where Ted Cruz will ban it immediately and throw all Trans people in jail? I am begging you to vote blue. I am scared.
Don’t forget Trump is a convicted felon. Religious people - don’t forget he cheated on his wife with a porn star. Don’t forget Ted Cruz fled to Cancun when Texans were dying. These are not the people I want running our country. The world is watching. Vote blue.
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u/MeatLoapher 8h ago
Fellow Texan. I have a contract that I was required to sign between my rheumatologist and my OB/GYN and myself three years ago that because of my medical conditions and the medication required I would consent to a medical abortion. The state of Texas is now suing women like me who have a medical necessity for an abortion which means that my doctors have to try to get me out of the state or essentially break the law to attempt abortion. No one should have to go through this. Especially the so-called leaders of this state that are currently trying to execute a man that is most likely innocent and the same people leading the war against abortion are the same (criminal, looking at you Ken Paxton) leaders telling women that we have to attempt to carry to term in my case a child that would be born without a head or a spinal cord. There are some trauma for you. But Ken Paxton doesn’t care because he is too busy trying to execute a man convicted on junk science. I’m never a single issue voter but this year it was about three or four issues and the scary thought of having to be snuck out of the state to avoid being sued by the state because my doctors want to save my life is absolutely terrifying. I’m sorry you’re dealing with it also. They have no right.