TO THE EDITOR:
In Thursday’s Quickhits, the author wrote that “Among the winners this election were women in all walks of life.”
Not only is this statement false, but it also undermines the lives of the countless women who have lost as a result of this election.
Among these women are Pakistani women who continue to be victims of the drone wars, undocumented women who are being deported at a significantly higher rate now than under previous administrations, as well as women who depend on medical cannabis.
The current administration’s drone initiative has terrorized countless Pakistani women who live in the constant fear of a new strike.
The Obama administration has deported, on average, one and a half times more immigrants per month than the Bush administration, making life much worse for undocumented women.
The increased threat of deportation has caused many undocumented women to choose not to report incidents of domestic violence or sexual assault.
The risk of deportation for reporting these incidents only adds to the problem for many of these women.
Obama continues to conduct raids on medical marijuana facilities, negatively impacting the lives of hundreds of medical marijuana patients. Women who depend on medical cannabis certainly haven’t emerged from this election as “winners.”
