little girls. but that is what they are going to be ruling on, what happens to those little girls. those justices do not dare acknowledge the existence of those little girls who become pregnant through rape and incest. michelle goodwin s op-ed piece is titled, i was raped by my father. an abortion saved my life. it is the single most important article published in this latest round of the national discussion about abortion. it is an astonishing piece of writing that ranges from the tragically autobiographical to a scholarly analysis of the law. it was material morning of my birthday the first time i was raped by my father. the shock so severe that i temporarily went blind before i began the fifth grade a few weeks later. the physiological suffering included severe migraines, hair
women and the criminalization of motherhood. professor goodwin, i have to ask, were you surprised that in that 90 minutes there was not once, not once a mention, a discussion of, a real discussion and exchange about rape and incest and little girls? unfortunately, i was not surprised that this was lacking in the questioning from the justices themselves, that it was an issue that was not raised. but what is so horrific is that both in the texas law and the mississippi law there are no exceptions for instances of rape or incest. and so it s quite ironic that given that very specific in these laws that is justices didn t address it at all. you write in your piece about your own experience. my father s pre-additions were
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loss, and even gray hair, at 10 years old, at age 12 i was pregnant by my father and i had an abortion. before we got to the doctor s office, i had no idea that i was pregnant. my father lied about my age and the circumstances of my pretty good, informing the doctor that i was 15 and i had been reckless with a boyfriend. nobody ever wants to write about such experiences, exposing intimate aspects of one s life, revisiting traumatic aspects of childhood, yet the lack of compassion and the hubris that underlie the mississippi and texas legislation deserve a response. with those laws, the state has, in effect, forced girls to carry the burden of its desires, forcing many of them to risk their health and even risk death by remaining pregnant. joining us now is michelle goodwin, chancellor s professor of law at the university of california irvine and the author of policing the womb: invisible
have ruled in cases involving incest is quite striking the very limited sentencing some of these fathers get. professor, one of the things that i was feeling was that the certainly the republican-appointed justices have no comprehension of and no curiosity about the real lives of little girls and women who do not have financial resources, who do not have choices in life generally, never mind in their particular states the choice of abortion services. that s right. and i think it s really important to read judge carlton reeves ruling in the lower court. the reason it hasn t gone into effect, judge reeves wrote a stunning opinion with wonderful foot notes identifying how harsh mississippi has been as a state to the interest of women, and