Dudefest

Ezra points out something simple about Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling: It was 5 wealthy dudes effectively making a medical decision for 150 million women.
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I’d go further to note that Supreme Court clerks play a huge role in writing opinions, and that’s an almost exclusively male group, too.
It’s also an appropriate time to review this classic photo of the architects (and gleeful signers) of the federal abortion ban:
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(“Let’s all applaud for the lack of health exception!”)
So this is what Justice Ginsburg meant when she diplomatically commented that her male colleagues lack “certain sensitivities.”

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