I don't get women voters

I try to understand different points of view, to be open to new and different ideas. But some things I just don't get. Like how a woman can vote for John McCain.

Not only has the man shown a general disrespect for women (calling his wife a c*nt to her face in front of others), but his policy positions threaten to doom women to a life reminiscent of the pre-Civil Rights era.

Hear me out:

John McCain is anti-abortion (if this a hot-button topic for you, skip to the next paragraph). Regardless of how you personally feel about abortion, I don't understand women who would be willing to hand over their right to choose, to make informed, educated decisions for themselves. John McCain would put into place Supreme Court justices who would work to overturn Roe vs. Wade, so women would be back at square one: you're too dumb to decide for yourselves, so we'll decide for you--you have no choice. And excuse me, but that's bullshit.

As if that's not enough, John McCain has made it well known that he does not support sex education. So not only will he take away our right to choose whether or not to give birth, he will take away the one thing that will allow women to become educated enough to avoid accidental or unwanted pregnancy in the first place! Yikes! I mean, that's basically akin to wanting to put women back in "their place:" barefoot and pregnant in kitchens across America, slaving over three-course meals for their men. Thanks, John, but no thanks.

On top of that, his preference for the miserable failure that is abstinence-only programs threatens an increase in STDs, a rise in teen pregnancy, and, naturally, an increase in illegal (and dangerous) abortions. We will also see a steep decline in the availability of birth-control:

McCain opposed Title X, the nation's family planning program.
In 1990, McCain voted NO on legislation to extend the Title X federal family planning program, which provides low-income and uninsured women and families with health care services ranging from breast and cervical cancer screening to birth control. I mean, seriously, what could be more important if you're genuinely concerned about American families? About family values? How about educating women about birth control, so the issue of abortion is a non-issue? How about educating them about health and providing them with screenings that will save taxpayers millions of dollars by catching expensive and debilitating medical problems like cancer ahead of time? But no, I guess it's easier just to let the problem be and bitch about it later.

McCain opposed requiring insurance coverage of prescription birth control.
In 2003, McCain voted NO on legislation to improve the availability of contraceptives for women and to require insurance coverage of prescription birth control. Excuse me? If you really want to be pro-life, how about making birth control readily available?? That's just common sense! It makes no sense to make it harder to get and then just expect women to give birth to babies they didn't want, didn't plan for, and can't afford (and whom we taxpayers will end up paying for!).

This is just a tiny glimpse into the future of women in America if John McCain wins in November. It's not all about sex and health. Notably, McCain stayed out campaigning rather than attending the vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in April. This important legislation would have overturned the Supreme Court decision that said employees have six months from the date of discrimination--rather than 6 months from the date they discovered the discrimination--to sue their employers for equal pay. McCain didn't think the legislation was important. Had he attended the vote, he has said he would've voted against it. So much for cracks in the glass ceiling, huh?

Not even his choice of a woman for a running mate (a move I personally find almost nauseating in its transparency of purpose) can make up for McCain's distinctly anti-women political positions. And this is why I cannot, just cannot, understand women who would give this man their vote. I don't get it.