http://amgreatness.com/2022/08/19/usa-gymnastics-pres-says-organization-will-boycott-states-that-dont-align-with-its-pro-abort-value-system/
In an interview Wednesday, the president of USA Gymnastics announced plans to boycott states that have limited abortion because pro-life views do not align with USAG’s values.
Speaking with the Associated Press, USAG president Li Li Leung said abortion laws will be a major factor in whether a state is chosen to host future events.
“We want to be able to align with cities and locations that are also aligned with our value system,” Leung said.
She appeared to regret that the organization awarded the 2022 U.S. Gymnastics championships to Tampa, Florida, in January, months before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Following the decision, Florida lawmakers passed legislation banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with limited exceptions.
“More than 63 million unborn babies were aborted in the United States,” since Roe became law, LifeNews noted.
"The 1973 ruling forced states to legalize abortion on demand up to viability and allowed abortions up to birth. Now, because of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health ruling, states may protect unborn babies by banning abortions again, and more than a dozen already have done so."
Leung complained that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “took away” from USA Gymnastics’ “value system.”
“We are about empowerment. We are about choice. We are about agency,” Leung told the AP. ...
Hmmm ... let's look at the undeniable facts, Ms. Leung, shall we?
SCOTUS found that the federal government does not have the Constitutional authority to force abortion down everyone's throat. Therefore, it is up to the people (i.e., voters) within each state to decide how the act of abortion will be dealt with.
So, the USAG is supposedly all about "empowerment," "choice," and "agency," eh? Okay ... true empowerment, choice, and agency in our Constitutional Republic is AT. THE. BALLOT. BOX. - not by bureaucratic fiat - RIGHT?! SCOTUS empowered the people by giving them the choice directly through the ballot box or indirectly through their elected state representatives when it reversed Roe v. Wade. So, this decision by SCOTUS ... and any decisions made within each state by the people or their state representatives ... should be respected and honored by the USAG - if the USAG's purported values truly are empowerment, choice, and agency.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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