As pregnant patients suffer actual harm, the hype felt a little insulting.
For millions of people, watching members of Congress exhibit a level of anger and moral outrage that other Democrats have failed to evince might be exactly the motivation they need to stay in the fight—now, as nascent networks of abortion care are forming, and on Election Day, when Democrats need a near-miraculous massive turnout to keep control of the House and Senate.
In a statement, Maloney said, “I have the privilege of representing a state where reproductive rights are respected and protected — the least I can do is put my body on the line for the 33 million women at risk of losing their rights.”, “It was really important for us to be out there to put our bodies on the line. So many people who came before us put their bodies on the line for us to have the freedoms that we have today in this country.
, “Today, we put our bodies on the line to defend abortion rights because the stakes couldn’t be higher.”, is a familiar one in direct-action activism. Usually, it refers to putting oneself in danger to achieve a righteous goal, sometimes quite literally, using one’s body as a shield or blockade. When demonstrators at Donald Trump’s inaugurationat security checkpoints to prevent attendees from entering the event, they were putting their bodies on the line.
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