Episode 32 - Reversing Roe V. Wade

Abortion is healthcare is a right.

Takeaways

• Infant mortality rates and women’s health issues are higher in red states (see links)
• Women don’t  wake up and say, “I’ll get an abortion!” It’s a difficult decision, especially if they want to keep the baby but can’t for health or financial reasons.
• America was founded on religious freedom, separating church and state. A lot of the Christian God language came in the 1950s. - ​​https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-or-officially-designated-item/state-motto/god-we-trust
• How does it make sense to say “my body, my choice” as an anti-vaxxer, yet not allow a woman to make the same choice about her own body?
• We can stand up for our rights through protest, writing letters, and funding organizations.
• Vet your sources.
• Restrictive abortion policies adversely impact lower-income women and families that can't afford access to quality services or to travel to seek health services.
• Reversing Roe v. Wade goes beyond a woman’s right to choose what is best for her and her family.  It has implications for privacy on a broader level.  
• It could impact other rulings that legally recognized the right for interracial and LGBTQ marriages for instance.

Resources

• https://givingcompass.org/article/the-demographic-breakdown-of-women-who-are-getting-abortions
• places to donate: https://wrrap.org, https://abortionfunds.org/funds
• https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/8/14/1321787/-When-a-corpse-has-more-rights-than-a-woman
• https://www.salon.com/2022/05/03/adoption-makes-abortion-unnecessary-claims-the-right-thats-even-worse-than-it-sounds/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/08/abortion-tate-reeves-mississippi-contraception/
• https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/state-indicator/abortions-by-race/
• https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
• https://today.tamu.edu/2018/02/05/5-charts-show-why-the-south-is-the-least-healthy-region-in-the-us/
• https://healthcareinsider.com/best-and-worst-states-for-womens-healthcare-350926
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/03/supreme-court-abortion-law-leak-roe-v-wade
• https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/opinions/roe-abortion-supreme-court-thomas-obeidallah/index.html

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