...of the #MagnaCarta 2), which only applied to barrons and the clergy, the #US despite #Reconstruction and all the Amendments was never able to really overcome systemic racism and plutocratic discrimination. In fact, ever since #CitizensUnitedVsFEC, the pendulum has been swinging in the opposite direction, so far culminating in the overturning of #RoeVsWade.
There are no easy ways to establish reproductive rights in America including the right to an abortion. I don’t see Democrats gaining enough Congressional control for Biden to carry out his promise to “sign a bill.” Elie Mystal says it can only be possible through enlarging the Supreme Court. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/to-preserve-abortion-rights-biden-must-expand-court/
#ScottBenton is, of course, notable for retweeting the official #GOP account when it gloated over the end of #RoeVsWade. He quickly undid this. I wonder why?
Anyway, said unsavoury character may have brought about another #ByElection. Perhaps this time, #Blackpool voters won't elect a #Tory just to spite themselves and the universe in general.
Yes, they do not only feel that they are threatened, their livelihood really is under attack. So ult-right pundits' venonomous seed of hatred falls on fertile ground or as @willbunch puts it:
"...👉a pyramid of paranoia that starts with penny-seeking bottom feeders on social media and ends with the bloviation of national...
It's the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade and abortion is under sustained attack. A couple years ago I wrote a short piece "We're Pro-Choice and We Riot: How Anarcha-Feminists Built Dual Power in Struggles for Reproductive Freedom" in @igd_news about the history of anarcha-feminist struggles to defend abortion and build autonomous health infrastructure.
"Anarcha-feminists were on the front lines of the struggle for abortion throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. They were convinced that Roe v. Wade would not last forever and that they could not depend on the state and the legal system to protect reproductive freedom. Anarcha-feminists took a three-pronged approach to abortion struggle: defense of abortion clinics, construction of grassroots reproductive health infrastructure, and an anti-state approach to building feminist dual power.
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Anarchists advocated expanding grassroots infrastructure and self-organization to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their own reproductive care. They argued that this would produce true reproductive freedom and autonomy that was independent of the state and its laws."
This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided.
Today in Labor History September 22, 1947: Norma McCorvey, American activist was born. She was the plaintiff in Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court ruling which legalized abortions in the U.S. She later became an anti-abortion activist. However, before she died, she admitted that she had been paid to speak out against abortion. She had also accepted money to renounce her lesbian identity. The video clip, above, is from the satirical film, Citizen Ruth, with Laura Dern portraying a McCorvey-like character.
In the US, Facebook shared with the Nebraska department info about a (then 17 year old) woman who had a private chat on Facebook on how to obtain abortion pills. A year later, with the data FB gave, the woman is being tried as an adult.
Be careful who you share your data with. From using an app by these tech giants to using an app with a login, the companies collect tons of intimate data.
I appreciate that this is in the US, and it may not feel like it will happen, but I live in the UK, which feels like it’s barrelling towards a more US lifestyle.
#EU laws restrict the usage of data sharing, which is why #Threads isn’t available in EU countries. But it is available in the UK, which means the UK is loosening it’s laws.
What may be okay now may be illegal - remember how #RoeVsWade bill was pretty much an overnight decision.
🚨 On the 1st anniversary of #RoeVsWade being overturned, note that abortion is now effectively banned in 15 states & Virginia WILL join that list if Republicans take control of both legislative chambers this November.
Abortion pills will remain legal in Wyoming after a judge ruled Thursday that the 1st-in-the-nation law to ban them won't take effect July 1 as planned while a lawsuit proceeds.
While other states have instituted de facto bans on the medication by broadly prohibiting abortion, only Wyoming has specifically banned abortion pills
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U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2023-04 that access to 1 of the 2 pills (mifepristone) may continue while litigants seek to overturn FSA approval of it.
Wyoming's new laws were enacted after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade (2022-06). Since then 25 million women & teenagers have been subjected to stricter controls on ending pregnancies or almost total bans on abortion
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed the legislation outlawing medication abortions
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Fucks sake 🤦♂️ He has every right to be upset but that's it.
Never any excuse to even have her in a chokehold. Clearly his ego & maturity couldn't handle it.
Despite #RoeVsWade being overturned, as someone watching from #Scotland, I still believe it's ultimately the choice of every woman what happens with her body, it's never for anyone else to dictate.
Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade (www.nytimes.com)
This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion — shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided.
Ohio Votes to Establish Right to Abortion (www.nytimes.com)
The State Constitution will protect access to the procedure. The result sends a strong signal that voters are still angry about the demise of Roe.