Jill Filipovic: Bad First Drafts

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Jill Filipovic
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Here's what we know happens when abortion is outlawed and women are forced to continue pregnancies:
-More women die from pregnancy-related causes
-More women are murdered
-Kids are worse off
-More women are tethered to abusers
-Women wind up poorer

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Bad First Drafts
The Supreme Court's plan to overturn Roe v. Wade just leaked. Is there time to fight it?
7:51 PM · May 2, 2022

https://jill.substack.com/p/bad-first-drafts?s=r

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Anyone who was paying attention knew some version of this was coming. I knew this was coming. I still feel ill.

I thought this decision would have a lighter touch, that the Court would functionally overturn Roe without formally overturning Roe.

I underestimated their radicalism.

If this is how the Court rules, American women and other people who can get pregnant are entering in a new, dark era. The anti-abortion movement is already gearing up to pass a federal law outlawing abortion nationwide. This case, contrary to what the Court claims, won’t push abortion back to the states. It’s going to open up a whole circus of restrictions, court battles, and pitched fights. And in the meantime, thousands and thousands of women will be forced into motherhood against their will. Some won’t live through it.

And three members of this Supreme Court majority were appointed by a president who didn’t win a majority of the vote, claims the last election was rigged, and attempted to stage a coup.

Women in America remain far from achieving equality. But we’ve made huge strides. Since Roe v. Wade was decided, the number of women enrolled in higher education has skyrocketed. The wage gap has narrowed. Men have begun to spend more time with their children. Fewer American women now die from pregnancy and childbirth; fewer infants die, too. And generally, bluer, more pro-choice states are better places for women and children: They have lower infant and maternal mortality rates, more support for mothers and babies, and more financially stable and successful women.

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[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...nt

[roamer65]

2. I have a feeling CJ Roberts leaked this draft.

There is a war on the court right now. He’s trying to sway one of the others over to his compromise.

[niyad]

3. These woman-hating gestational slvers are not radiicals, they are

reactionaries.

[Stuart G]

4. K and R

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R