Scott Brown's Looking a Little Hotter to Women

by Alex DiBranco · 2010-02-03 21:47:00 UTC
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No, I'm not referring to the fact that I finally saw the Massachusetts senator's nude Cosmo centerfold. I'm less concerned with his new nickname, Scott Six-Pack, more with his stance on women's reproductive rights.

Brown's not going to help women secure health care reform that covers all aspects of our health, without creating restrictions on abortion. He's certainly not going to help us repeal the Hyde Amendment. But he has voiced his disagreement with the rest of the Republican Party on repealing Roe v. Wade, and says that he considers himself pro-choice: "because I feel this issue is best handled between a woman and her doctor and her family." So maybe we can call him mostly pro-choice most of the time, except when it actually comes to giving a woman the ability to access an affordable medical procedure. Hmm.

So he doesn't get total high marks there, and obviously his Democratic opponent would have been significantly better on reproductive justice. But seeing as we're stuck with him, what's really fun is how deeply this moderate, not all that liberal stance has pissed right-wing extremists off. Now that's hot.

Right Wing Watch reports that Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue who called Dr. George Tiller a "mass-murderer" after his death and refused to moderate his dangerous hate-filled rhetoric, considers Brown a "phony" who supports child murder. He also compares Brown's win to using Stalin to beat the Nazis. What inflammatory rhetoric? The right-wing publications World Net Daily and Townhall.com share the dismay over Brown's election, his "indefensible" stance on abortion and civil unions.

The enemy of my enemy is ... well, not exactly my friend. But an example of how far careening to the right the Republican Party has gone, and maybe a more reasonable official who there's an actual chance to work with on women's rights. Fingers crossed; we could use some no-so-bad news.

Photo credit: Dexta32084

Alex DiBranco is a Change.org Editor who has worked for the Nation, Political Research Associates, and the Center for American Progress. She is now based in New York City.
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