Give babies to Clarence Thomas

In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights and a woman’s right to choose what happens to her body, I think the next appropriate step would be mandatory vasectomies for men.

No age limit required for this. After all, women don’t have any choices. Why shouldn’t men face the same lack of choice?

I suggest that women who are forced to have a baby that they cannot care for or afford, or a baby conceived by rape or incest gently put the child on the front porch of Judge Clarence Thomas. I’m sure he will welcome these babies with open arms.

Sandra Oleske, Etna

Anti-abortion laws a hate crime

Ohio broadly defines a hate crime as a criminal act which is: (1) motivated by prejudice or intolerance; and (2) is directed toward a member of a specific racial, religious, gender, or social group. Clearly, as shown below, the state’s anti-abortion laws fall under this definition, and thus, I propose a new term – the “legislative hate crime.”

The Supreme Court’s gutting of Roe v. Wade last week is just the latest assault in the decades-long Republican Party’s war against women.

In Ohio, a law banning abortions after six weeks has been allowed to go into effect, and Republican legislators are considering an absolute ban.

This isn’t about the sanctity of life. If it were, our legislature would long ago have taken action to address the many issues that negatively affect women and children in the state, from income inequality to infant mortality.

No, this is about returning women to the status of chattel as existed 150 years ago. Anti-abortion laws do real violence toward women. They will not stop abortions; they will only force women to seek unsafe procedures in back alleys and on kitchen tables as was the case in times past. And women will die as a result.

What can we do?

We can vote.

This November, go to the polls to make sure that no Republican is returned to office. It’s really that simple.

Tom Baillieul, Columbus