Zelenskyy at the leaders of g7. to discuss new sanctions on russia. and here in the u.s., congress is dirtying itself for votes on president biden s 30 through billion dollar aid request as early as this week. and for the escalating battle around abortion rights, after last week s week draft opinion potentially roe v. wade. senate democrats are preparing for this week to codify row that is unlikely to pass. as senate republicans led by minority leader mitch mcconnell say that a national abortion ban could be quote, possible. out in the streets protests continue across the country, nearly one week after the leak, civil rights activists like myself who are distressed by both the disproportionate
Ethnicities and say look i want tax corporations on the wealthy, lower your prescription drug costs, your insulin costs. he has real things you can put on the form. congress has to ask as well act as well. but the second punch is the question of abortion. now, you see, the militancy and extremism of the republican party, and now you see them snatching away women s rights. stealing rights away. one of the things we know that gets people going and gets them voting as when they feel something emotionally. voting is not an intellectual exercise. it s an emotional exercise. for millions and millions of american women, they will cup on tuesday morning. to hear that the rates were being stolen before their very eyes. i think that s truly or ever there was a voting issue? that s a voting issue. that s right think democrats bring out an energy we didn t have before. i need to ask you this. crime is rising all over the
Lever black women, around issues around reproductive justice. we know that during times of slavery, black women were mutilated, abused, in the name of learning about the women s reproductive system. and so, race and reproduction justice are intricately linked because from the time we were brought here, as slaves, we were poked on, pulled on, and our rights to bodily autonomy either didn t exist, or barely existed. so, racing abortion are intricately linked and we re seeing that play out right to this day. monica, the senate will vote the vote next week to codify roe v. wade, though the chances of it passing are very slim. how does your organization plan to continue to help women if the supreme court does move to and legal abortion protections?
Are not ignored because of the supreme court appearing to be said to strike down roe versus wade. an activist points out nbc, low income patients and people of color already have to navigate health care system that can be discriminatory, which means they would be even less likely to get an abortion if roe is overturned. worsening a cycle that perpetuates poverty for black people. now other marginalized communities will be impacted as this by well. such a squares, trans dog and gender nonconforming individuals. would you explain how intersectionality of race and sex, gender, is that the crux of this abortion issue? thank you so much for having me today. what s real about intersectionality and what is important about reproductive justice is that when we think about not just the right to
Should be illegal. and you report from the pew research shows that well three quarters of white evangelicals want to mostly ban abortion. less than a third of black protestants support similar restrictions, overall the study finds most americans support some exception to any abortion ban, such as cases of rape or incest. in the most recent data from the cdc in 2019, black women had the highest rate of abortion with 24 abortions per 1000, and black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy related cause than white women. how does race and religion influence someone s view of abortion? influence someone s view o ab ortion while quite frankly, race has played a part in, historic