Our awesome vlogging maven NineteenPercent has a few words for you about why everyone should care about efforts to overturn Roe v Wade and limit access to abortion.
Thanks to Amber, for reminding us that a Supreme Court ruling doesn’t mean the fight for reproductive freedom is over. “It’s not over,” as she so rightly says, “until the fat lady is guaranteed the right to do whatever she wants with her own body.”
Transcript here.
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loved this video. shared and hope others do the same
And as if the massive erosion of Roe v. Wade wasn’t bad enough, in the climate of increased regulation and increased hostility, there are fewer and fewer providers. A right is only theoretical if you have no access to services, not because only they’ve been restricted, but because fewer deliver the services. Not only is it not over. Sometimes it seems that it’s just beginning again.
As with so many of these issues, I know the SCOTUS is going to have to resolve them in the end. I grow impatient for that day and frustrated with our Federalist system, which is often such an overcautious means to not impede upon any state’s right to set its own policy.
Basic fairness is one thing, but when states come up with legislation that negates Federal policy, I think someone needs to step up and do something about it.
This was awesome. Before I found the Feminist community, I felt like my opinion on the matter (pro-choice) wasn’t the ‘right’ one, even though I was 110% sure it was what I believed. It’s so interesting to see the backlash on something that, in the nitty gritty, doesn’t concern anyone but the woman who is faced with the choice! Why can’t politicians focus on the government, and not whether or not individuals have the right to make personal decisions? This video was totally needed.