what roe v. wade at this point is protecting in america the rights of poor women, women who don t have significant means, who live in republican-controlled states, who will then change the laws and restrict abortion or ban abortion completely. the wealthy women in those states will easily be able to travel to other states that provide abortion services and, of course, the big democratic states will preserve abortion rights as they have them now. and so a majority of the population, actually, will be living under democratic state governments that preserve all of roe and more. and so it s really at this point the protection that was being debated, really, in the supreme court was really just the protection of women who don t have the means, to create their own choices in these situations. that s right. and that s really why the choice framework, is more i will lus sorry than real, because for
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what roe v. wade is at this point in protecting in america are the rights of poor women, women who don t have significant means, who live in republican-controlled states, who will then change the laws and restrict abortion or ban abortion completely. the wealthy women in those states will easily be able to travel to other states that provide abortion services, and of course the big democratic states will preserve abortion rights as they have them now. and so a majority of the population actually will be living under democratic state governments that preserve all of roe and more. and so it s really at this point the protection that was being debated really in the supreme court was really just the protection of women who don t have the means to create their own choices in these situations. that s right. and that s really why the choice framework though really important is more illusory than real.
overturning roe v. wade. what roe v. wade is at this point in protecting in america are the rights of poor women, women who don t have significant means, who live in republican-controlled states, who will then change the laws and restrict abortion or ban abortion completely. the wealthy women in those states will easily be able to travel to other states that provide abortion services, and of course the big democratic states will preserve abortion rights as they have them now. and so a majority of the population actually will be living under democratic state governments that preserve all of roe and more. and so it s really at this point the protection that was being debated really in the supreme court was really just the protection of women who don t have the means to create their own choices in these situations. that s right. and that s really why the choice framework though really important is more illusory than
referring to 11 ask 12-year-old girls who were forcibly sterilized, in the state of mississippi. it s hard to take seriously these states who say their efforts are out of love and care when in fact that s never been shown in the arc of history in these states regarding black women or girls or generally any women who happen to be vulnerable and poor in those states. it seems if the court rules in the way it seemed to be leaning, toward in effect overturning roe v. wade, what roe v. wade is at this point protecting in america are the rights of poor women, women who don t have significant means, who live in republican-controlled states, who will then change the laws and restrict abortion or ban abortion completely. the wealthy women in those states will easily be able to travel to other states that provide abortion services. and of course the big democratic states will preserve abortion rights as they have them now.