It checks off a lot of cultural-poison boxes, that's for sure: celebration of the killing of people who aren't born yet, perpetuation of the falsehood that contraception is hard to obtain, government telling private organizations how to conduct their affairs, and ceding US sovereignty to the hopelessly rotten United Nations.Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.) announced on Wednesday that he will create a “White House Office of Reproductive Freedom” if he triumphs in the expansive Democratic primary field and is elected president in 2020.According to a plan released by Booker’s campaign, the office would coordinate with officials from multiple agencies to ensure the fulfillment of his administration’s reproductive-health priorities, including, among other things, access to abortion, contraception, paid family leave, and pregnancy care.“Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are mounting a coordinated attack on abortion access and reproductive rights,” Booker said in a statement. “A coordinated attack requires a coordinated response. That’s why on day one of my presidency, I will immediately and decisively take executive action to respond to these relentless efforts to erode Americans’ rights to control their own bodies. I will also pursue a legislative response, including legislation to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law.”As part of this effort, Booker also vowed to reinstate funding for the United Nations Population Fund, which focuses on promoting global reproductive health. He also would reverse the Trump administration’s Mexico City policy, which prohibits clinics that receive federal funding under Title X from providing or promoting abortion overseas.
Post-America is a weird place, but its voting population is not so far gone that it would put someone with this agenda in the Oval Office.
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