"Republicans knew women would die. They planned for it." Jessica Valentini to Senate Dems
Good morning. My name is Jessica Valenti, and since Roe was overturned, Ive been documenting the harms caused by abortion bans in a newsletter called Abortion, Every Day.
I cover everything from legislation and court battles to anti-abortion strategy and language, but the topic I find myself writing about the most, Im sorry to say, is suffering.
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And while I could share stories that would shock and sicken you in the way Im shocked and sickened every single day, I wanted to use my time here to stress that this incredible sufferingthis cruelty that treats American women as less than humanis all by design.
Despite Republican assurances that cases like Dr. Dennards are the result of legislative growing pains, or doctors simply not understanding the lawdespite claims that their bans just need to be tweaked or clarifiedI want to make clear that all of this pain and suffering was not just expected. It was planned for.
Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists would have voters believe that they had no idea this is what post-Roe America would look like.
But they had 50 years to plan for this moment, and they made that plan carefully, strategically and callously.
More, well worth reading.
LearnedHand
(3,396 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,090 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,293 posts)LearnedHand
(3,396 posts)In some ways, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemies, but I hope she runs for office someday. She makes a powerful advocate. And she takes no prisoners in the language wars. Read what she has written about republicans subverting language to push this and other shit on Americans.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,703 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,680 posts)LearnedHand
(3,396 posts)She and others talked at great length today about this being an issue of unequal treatment under the law for women. This needs to be the framework for dems.
LymphocyteLover
(5,680 posts)Diamond_Dog
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