America's political system has a problem grasping the idea that American women are entitled to legal rights that are comparable to the legal and constitutional rights guaranteed to corporations.

Bill Moyers asks:

Why does the

right-wing anti-choice movement still exist when the majority of Americans want abortion safe and legal?

Following Roe v. Wade:

Conservatives reacted ferociously, and in the 44 years since the ruling, the Republican Party, dominated by the religious and political right, has crusaded to nullify Roe. Conservatives named to the Supreme Court for just this purpose have tried to whittle away at it, and according to the Guttmacher Institute, since the decision, states have enacted 1,074 restrictions aimed at limiting a woman’s access to legal abortion. In 2015 alone, conservative lawmakers considered nearly 400 bills to limit a woman’s access to legal abortion and passed 57 new restrictions.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/bill-moyers-questions-how-the-right-win...

My question is why The Democratic Party has given nothing but lip service to a woman's fundamental right to freedom of choice for health care decisions? There is absolutely no moral, ethical or religious justification for limiting a woman's access to abortion. Absolutely none.

We can have a rational discussion about medical guidelines for helping women make this decision based on medical consultation with her private physician, but the final decision is the woman's alone, based on her informed conscience.

The woman may choose to have discussions with family members, friends or religious/spiritual advisors. No person, corporation or judge should be allowed to reverse her decision in the first trimester.

Even in the second and third trimester the woman's decision should have presumptive authority. Child birth can be and is a life threatening medical procedure. The survival of the fetus, or baby if you prefer, is always a factor. It is insulting to any women that she would harbor a callous disregard for the life developing in her womb when she decides whether to choose abortion or birth.

Which brings me to this recent article:

Single-Payer: A Reproductive Justice Value

The reproductive justice movement focuses on expanding the ability of all people to access the full spectrum of reproductive health care -- from contraception and cancer screenings to abortion and prenatal care. This priority is particularly urgent amid a recent onslaught of unconstitutional restrictive laws. However, reproductive justice activists know that availability means nothing if patients cannot afford to see their physicians.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42617-single-payer-a-reproductive-jus...

And an undercover attack on a woman's reproductive Rights:

GOP Sneaks Creation of Fetal Personhood Into Tax Bill in Giant Giveaway to Anti-Choice Religious Right

[T]he GOP has slipped a declaration of fetal personhood into a provision in the tax bill that would allow parents to create college savings accounts, known as 529 plans, for the unborn.

Ilyse Hogue of NARAL observes:

“The tax bill is a horror in many different ways that will be publicly debated over the next days and weeks,” Hogue said. “But the dangerous ‘personhood’ language needs to be highlighted, as it has the potential to dramatically shift the ideological underpinnings of our laws and our culture while having nothing whatsoever to do with helping middle-class Americans get ahead.”

https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/gop-sneaks-creation-fetal-personhood...

How did we get to this sorry state of affairs and what, if anything has the Democratic Party attempted or accomplished in the last 44 years, since Roe v. Wade, to even hinder the malicious attack on an American woman's reproductive rights?

[Edit to add Sister Joan Chittister's argument]

“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. in fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. and why would I think that you don’t?

More here:

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/07/31/catholic-nun-explains-pro-life-...