Ive here. The leaders of the feminist movement in my youth were responsible for failing to secure abortion rights. They waste their time and tailwinds at the pinnacle of feminism pursuing the Equal Rights Amendment that will never be passed, instead of legislating key protections. Not caring about funding is another huge failure. Richard Nixon was more than happy to support abortion rights, but insisted that the government would not pay for it, knowing all too well that it actually created severe restrictions.

By: Sonali Kolhatkar, Founder, Host and Executive Producer “Rise with Sonali,” Television and radio programming on Free Speech TV and Pacifica Radio, as well as for national economy Project of the Independent Media Institute. Depend on. . .Production national economy

Republican state legislatures are creating abortion refugees across the United States.

After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a draconian bill, SB 8which became law last year, empowering bounty hunters to sue abortion providers, those seeking care who fled to neighboring countries Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

But Republican leaders are ready for them.Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt April 12 Signed the nation’s toughest abortion ban Introduced into law to end all abortions in the state unless there is a danger to the life of the pregnant woman.Now, there are reports of Oklahomans turning to neighboring countries Kansas for abortion.

His Republican colleague and presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, was not to be outdone. Signed 15-week abortion ban become similar to laws passed by the states, such as Kentucky.

“I think abortion will be criminalized in about half the states by the fall, which I think is a pretty scary place,” Imani Gandy, senior legal analyst rewire newsgrouptold me recently interview.

Low-income people living in states that ban abortion already face expensive travel costs to get medical care. As more states enact bans, people have to go further, weighing financial pressures, juggling work schedules, family obligations and the ticking of pregnancy, the costs are likely to be higher. “It’s not going to be middle- and upper-class white women who have problems with abortion,” Gandy said.

And it’s only a matter of time before the wildest dreams of pro-lifers Roe v Wadeprecedent It will come true in the Supreme Court.according to a analyze, which would immediately make abortion illegal in at least 13 states.Only 17 states and Washington, D.C. ensure that abortion is legal and available when roe Down — a number that depends on whether Democrats retain control of those state legislatures.

You have to admire the protracted battle fought by anti-abortion evangelicals and persevere with steadfastness single question voter, bring to power any state or federal leader — no matter how contrary their values ??— as long as they pledge to oppose abortion.The multi-pronged strategy of state-level abortion bans has eroded reproductive rights bit by bit, bringing case after case to the Supreme Court while relentlessly pressuring GOP leaders to appoint anti-abortion conservatives Judges, anti-abortion advocates have ushered in the end roe.

used to be loved by all countries saviorIn a place where abortion is outright banned, it’s a cautionary tale for the U.S. The laws are so strict that El Salvadoran women who have miscarried and stillbirths have also been arrested and jailed for harming their fetuses. It is not impossible that the United States is heading in this direction.

A 26-year-old Texas woman named Lizel Herrera He was recently arrested on murder charges following a grand jury indictment of “personal death by abortion.”

“I think they just wanted to see if they could get a grand jury to convict a person of murder after a miscarriage,” Gandy said. “They did it.” Just in a Frontier Fund Mobilization called for Herrera’s release, and the district attorney withdrew the charges, saying there was no reason for her arrest in the first place.

According to Gandy, going through the grand jury process “is not something that the district attorney will do lightly,” so she suspects it’s a test balloon to see if those sitting on the grand jury will tolerate a miscarriage charge of murder Sin. In Herrera’s case, it turns out they would.

“This is going to be the new normal,” Gandy said. “Black and brown pregnant women will be the targets of these laws criminalizing pregnancy.”

Gandy’s fears are based on cases like this Britney Plowa Native American woman in Oklahoma who was convicted of manslaughter last year for miscarriage; Purvi Patelan Indian-American woman from Indiana who was convicted in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for inducing labor (her sentence was overthrow a year later, following a nationwide outcry); and Bei Bei Shuaia Chinese immigrant also in Indiana who was convicted of fetus murder after attempting suicide (her charges were eventually dropped after public pressure).

“More than half of women seeking abortions are already mothers,” Gandy said. “So if we’re going to put these pregnant people in jail now, who’s going to take care of these kids?”

Gandy is also disturbed by the timing of new anti-abortion laws that empower ordinary citizens to sue individuals over abortion, such as Texas’ SB 8. “It’s especially vicious when this happens in times of economic crisis,” she said.

With inflation, interest rates and gas prices rising, “we have some states that are using people’s financial hardship to encourage them to report their neighbor’s private behavior for a chance to collect this $10,000 bounty,” she added.

Meanwhile, Congress fails to secure financial support for low-income parents, abandons update Child Tax Creditand through Paid family and sick leave legislation.

If Democrats had codified reproductive rights into law anytime they controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency, the horror America was sliding toward could have been avoided. Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision. Their inaction, even in the face of concerted anti-abortion action and the resulting success, is unconscionable.

A Legislative Work Too Little, Too Late Women’s Health Protection Act, which would legalize abortion. But it failed to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate, with Vox describing the bill as “primarily used to send a message” and claiming that its failure “provided the case for a larger Democratic majority.”

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and two pro-abortion Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, also voted against the bill, making it clear Showing their support for abortion rights is just lip service.

Lawmakers fell asleep at the wheel, leaving Americans at the mercy of a few who intend to criminalize abortion with little regard for parental financial support.