www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473 This is a draft opinion, but it looks like it will pass.
I know most of this board is UK based, but just wanted to share how gutted I am about this. This is a result of the GOP stacking our courts w/conservative judges and will impact hundreds of thousands of women in my country. I'm just feeling really hopeless about feminism right now. The left calls us 'pregnant people' but the right has made us as breeders under law. I'm just utterly saddened by this news.
Feminism: chat
US Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights,
Delphinium20 · 03/05/2022 02:46
Crumbler · 03/05/2022 17:30
I hate when the issue of pro-life vs. pro-abortion is framed as feminism vs misogyny. To me it's a simple question of whether a fetus/unborn child is alive. If it is, we shouldn't kill it.
Of course it's the question that's simple, not the answer. To be fair there is no correct answer. A fetus is certainly a living thing and obviously a potential human being. Whether we consider that an actual human is the ongoing debate. But it's got nothing to do with feminism.
Feminism is no more qualified to decide whether the fetus is a human being than anyone else, and likewise, you can be the greatest champion of women yet still recognise that a fetus is human and must be protected.
Crumbler · 03/05/2022 17:30
I hate when the issue of pro-life vs. pro-abortion is framed as feminism vs misogyny. To me it's a simple question of whether a fetus/unborn child is alive. If it is, we shouldn't kill it.
Of course it's the question that's simple, not the answer. To be fair there is no correct answer. A fetus is certainly a living thing and obviously a potential human being. Whether we consider that an actual human is the ongoing debate. But it's got nothing to do with feminism.
Feminism is no more qualified to decide whether the fetus is a human being than anyone else, and likewise, you can be the greatest champion of women yet still recognise that a fetus is human and must be protected.
moiraandthebebe · 03/05/2022 08:26
Women will suffer and die due to this but it's okay because we 'Murica is getting right with the big guy in the sky, right? 😡
trulyconfuseddotcom · 03/05/2022 17:54
I cried this afternoon when reading about this in the news. Not only many states making it illegal, but making travel to another state to obtain an abortion illegal. Criminalising those who help someone to obtain an abortion or help them travel for one. With everything happening at the moment, I feel more and more like so many people hate women. I feel so bleak right now.
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