Nationalism, Christian fundamentalism, and misogyny: the US supreme court’s abortion ban should scare us all | Jack Marshall’s column
A woman holds up a coat hanger symbolizing unsafe, illegal abortions during a protest outside a federal courthouse in Los Angeles
Banning abortions doesn’t stop abortions, it stops safe abortions. Poorer women and women of colour will be impacted more severely - an intentional manifestation of the racism and callous class warfare at play. Rich, white Republicans’This isn’t about protecting life, it’s about controlling it. It’s about subjugation of women and the authoritarian imposition of the insane religious doctrines of a minority on the majority. If you’re against abortions, don’t get one.
And if you think this is just America, look closer to home: Scott Benton, Tory MP for Blackpool South,
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