Criminalizing Being A Woman ...

It has been leaked that the Supreme Court wants to criminalize being a woman aka get rid of Roe vs Wade. And honestly I am still processing the news. I have read the dystopian novels and know a dystopia should never be our goal as a country. 

And what is even scarier than attacking Roe vs Wade is the fact that it would open the door to attacking so many of our rights. 

This [is] an interpretation that, if carried to its logical conclusion, would eradicate many of Americans’ other rights that the court has recognized based on so-called substantive due process concerns, among them the right to contraception, the right to gay marriage, and the decriminalization of gay sex. The end of legal abortion will not be where the court’s reactionaries stop. They aim to hurt, punish and narrow the lives of Americans in many more cruel and inventive ways.

The sudden illegality of abortion in most states come June will also create new legal landmines that will rapidly erode other individual rights. As women cross state borders for care, red states will try to limit interstate travel. As activists send abortion pills through the mail, aggressive searches and seizures of packages and personal belongings will become more frequent. Guardian.com 

I feel like I should write more but right now my heart is heavy and I am still processing everything. I will leave you with some resources. If you have any bandwidth left to think about these issues I would recommend listening to these insightful podcast eps that give historical context to the leaked ruling, abortion, and the Supreme Court in general.

Politics Chat, May 3, 2022  

(An historical context for the leaked decision) 

By Heather Cox Richardson 

Abortion: Whose Choice? 

(A history of Abortion in America) 

Now and Then Podcast (Sep 14 2021)

Judging the Supreme Court 

(A history of the the role of the Supreme Court) 

Now and Then Podcast (July 13 2021)

And if you have any disposable income consider donating to planned parenthood