opinion
Is this compassion?
I would like to take this op
portunity to respond to Karey
Tanton’s letter about Reagan’s
so-called “compassion.”
Criminal justice is one of the
most important women's issues
in the upcoming election.
However, it is only one in a
series of issues affecting
women’s lives.
Since 1980, Reagan’s ad
ministration has had
devastating social and
economic implications for
women: 2.5 million women
have sunk below the poverty
level. Is this compassion?
Reagan is the chief opponent
of the Equal Rights Amend
ment. In a Supreme Court case,
Reagan's justice department
successfully argued for limiting
the use of Title IX. Once again,
many schools are free to place
quotas on the number of women
they will admit and are free to
restrict women’s access to cer
tain programs of study. Is this
compassion?
Reagan's position on abortion
would deny women the right to
make their own decisions regar
ding whether, or when, to have
children and instead would
have the government make that
decision for them. If Reagan
wins this election, he may have
the opportunity to appoint up to
five justices to the Supreme
Court, a move which could suc
ceed in outlawing abortion.
Many women will seek illegal
abortions and die due to un
sanitary conditions. Reagan’s
"compassion” obviously does
not extend to women.
Reagan is the first president
in history to force members off
the Civil Rights Commission
and replace them with people
who are pledged to rubber
stamp his views. This has
blocked civil rights for all
minorities — men and women.
Is this compassion?
Reagan has also made it
harder for women to get decent
jobs at fair wages. In 1982,
women were the sole supporters
of more than 9.4 million
households. Women still only
make 62 cents for every dollar
men make.
In the 1984 Reagan budget,
spending on programs affecting
poor families was cut back by $1
million an hour. Women and
children have suffered the most
because they make up most of
the poor population. Nearly 60
percent of children in female
headed households live in
poverty. Reagan’s compassion
obviously does not extend to
children either.
If Reagan is re-elected, we can
expect to lose the Supreme
Court as a guardian of justice,
vital social programs such as
social security, protection
against sex discrimination and
many other safeguards. Is this
compassion?
We do not need a president
like Reagan to put five more
people like him on the Supreme
Court. Women who are raped
are often made to be the
criminals. Raped women who
become pregnant will be forced
to have the child because abor
tion is illegal. Is this
compassion?
Women need a president who
will place judges on the courts
who will treat them with more
compassion than the criminal.
Women also need a justice
system that will not deny them
their basic civil rights. A
Reagan re-election will ensure
more appointments of judges
who will take away the civil
rights of all minorities.
And let's not forget his views
on higher education. He is con
stantly cutting funds for student
loans. And he wants to put
prayer back in the public
schools. He is also in favor of
tuition tax breaks for schools
that practice racism. Do you call
that compassion?
These are the main reasons
why Reagan should not be re
elected. Women, above all, do
not need Reagan.
By Laura Romano
Romano is co-director of the
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