Renee Bracey Sherman argues that abortion rights and police support cannot go hand-in-hand
. I’m Black, this is nothing new to me. I’m used to police going from zero to sixty. At these protests, every little thing you do can be misconstrued or used as an excuse to incite violence toward you as a protester. Seeing those videos made me think, “This is the history of abortion.”
The anti-abortion movement today claims it is only targeting providers. They say, “We never want to prosecute the women who have abortions.” But it’s bullshit. People have been prosecuted for years. Just in April, a woman was You’ve also made the argument that because of the history of police and prosecutors in criminalizing abortion, abortion rights advocates today should break up with the police. Can you explain that?
At the same time, I know some clinics have chosen to work with police to protect their staff. And I don’t pretend to know what it is like to go work inside of a clinic and be an abortion provider, with threats on your life every single day.
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