"Restrictions" a poem about reproductive autonomy

Restrict our anatomy

With legal deception.

Restrict our rights

To buy contraceptives.

Restrict our clinics

With undue cause. 

Restrict our doctors

With burdensome laws.

Restrict our healthcare

By cutting the budget.

Restrict our souls

With religious judgement.

Restrict our futures

When you limit our body.

Restrict our lives

That you politic and lobby.

Restrict our access

By closing locations.

Restrict our choice

With misinformation.

Restrict our freedom

Dishonor the nation. 

With each restriction

you close a door.

Making us prisoners of 

A reproductive war.

As more and more states within the U.S. (and mainly male politicians) continue to pass restrictive reproductive laws in hopes of reversing the Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade, I felt compelled to write a poem.  It is imperative as we discuss a woman's right to reproductive autonomy that we understand and help others understand why they believe a woman's body has fewer/no rights compared to that of a zygote, embryo, and/or fetus.  For many, it is their religious leaders who condemn such autonomy.  It is only when we begin to truly understand the religious leaders intentions that women may finally gain our freedom--both mentally and physically.