I was asleep before. that s how we let it happen. when they slaughtered congress we didn t wake up. when they blamed terrorists and suspended the constitution, we didn t wake up then either. they said it would be temporary. nothing changes instantaneously. in a gradually heating bathtub you would be boiled to death before you knew it. for those of you rolling her eyes, saying it s dramatic. think about this. reality maybe much darker than this fictional television show, when you take away a woman s right to choose. america has the highest maternal mortality rate among industrialized nations. much of the contributing factors for that tragic statistic traced back to poverty. lack of access to health care, unstable housing and limited access to transportation, to name a few.