I certainly think it’s fair to have a plan B and think about what youre going to do if the situation becomes Clinton vs. Trump (vs. Stein vs. Johnson).

But I am a little disappointed that the author found my questions to be about semantics, which is not true. It’s not just me. I used to want abortion to be legal but rare, too, even before I ever heard Secretary Clinton say that. But as I learned more about it and about stigma, and about abortion in terms of bodily autonomy, I realized it’s not such a virtuous goal after all.

This thing about Hillary Clinton is, if I must go there, she has been responsible for taking the rights and lives away from the marginalized, like people of color and gay/bisexual people both here and abroad. Children in Central America have been raped, killed, and if they make it up to America as orphans Clinton flat-out said they should be and were deported “to send a message.” To send a message. Hillary Clinton deports orphans back to the hands of warlords so they get the message not to try and immigrate to America. Workers, including women and children, in Haiti didn’t get a raise to $0.61/hour because her state department fought against raising the minimum wage there, backing the corporate interests instead.

There are inheritances in this country that didn’t go to rightful person, citizens who couldn’t visit their spouses dying in the hospital because they couldn’t marry their partner who was the same sex. Not to mention the people in Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and who knows where else that just don’t matter to Hillary Clinton. I’m sorry, you say we need to think about women’s rights in America, and I don’t disagree, but I say we need to think about other rights in America, and around the world.

The argument that “Donald Trump will be all that and more” is wholly unpersuasive. The lesser evil is still evil. And Trump gets way too much attention for his bullshit. You can tell he makes up what he says on the spot — he never thought about women being punished for abortion before that interview where the liberal host cornered him into saying it. Yes, that’s the goal of the anti-abortion lobby, but I’m unconvinced that Donald Trump has any legitimate anti-abortion view. And all the abortion restrictions have been passing under Obama, a very pro-choice president. It’s a state issue for the most part, and even more Republican-controlled states would pass those restrictions in a heartbeat in response to Hillary Clinton being elected. Our politics are very reactionary.

I am not advocating we vote for Donald Trump, that’s not what Bernie or Bust is. It’s a plan B and most of us will vote for Jill Stein, a medical doctor who fully supports the right to an abortion, no questions asked and no justifications. She believes in the right to a basic standard of living, including housing and food. She would cancel student loans, not refinance, cancel so we can spend our money in the economy instead of having a monthly bill for 10–15 years. I don’t care what you say about third parties and wasted votes, 43 million Americans who vote to cancel our debt can easily win her the election. And we have the resources to get everyone notified and registered to vote. We are voting against Donald Trump and we are voting against Hillary Clinton. Any effort to paint us as complicit in electing either one is irresponsible, offensive, and selfish.

We need to think about long-term politics, too. And electing Hillary Clinton this year will allow the Democratic Party to continue its neoliberal thwarting of the will of the voters. Voting for her, against Jill Stein, will do nothing to help the Green Party and move us all away from two-party control. We have to start showing that we are done voting against someone. We must “send a message” to the establishment that we don’t approve of what they’re doing. I don’t want to discount what you’re saying, but everyone makes these arguments every four years. We can’t just wait until the GOP decides to stop caring about abortion to free ourselves from duopoly.