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Norma McCorvey and the story of 'Roe vs. Wade'
It’s been a few weeks since Roe vs. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. It’s been the ideal goal for conservative lawmakers and groups. The case that got it overturned, Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, focused on Mississippi’s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck the state’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy as unconstitutional. In Mississippi’s appeal to the Supreme Court, the state’s district attorney asked the court not only to uphold its abortion ban but to overturn Roe vs. Wade. This marks the first time that the U.S has taken away a constitutional right entirely. The overturning got me wondering: Who was the woman who accomplished Roe vs. Wade in the first place?
Norma McCorvey, the woman ‘Jane Roe’ at the crucial center of abortion rights, had flaws, as everyone does. In 1969 she became pregnant a third time and simply wanted an abortion. According to the NY Times, ‘‘‘McCorvey, a young single woman in Dallas, gave no thought to the fight for reproductive rights. She was barely getting by as a waitress, had twice given birth to children placed for adoption, and simply wanted an abortion. She later lied about getting pregnant, saying she had been raped. When, more than a decade later, she came clean and wished to join the movement she had come to represent in earnest, its leaders denied her a meaningful part in their protests and rallies. ‘I think they’re embarrassed,” McCorvey told Texas Monthly in 1993, ‘They would like me to be college-educated, with poise and little white gloves.’’
Because of the fall of Roe, over 13 states in the United States have trigger laws that were put in place to go into effect, and it marks the first time in the country’s history that the Court has taken away a constitutional right, not to mention many abortion clinics across the country have closed down. But this isn’t the end: large companies like Disney, Meta, Apple Zillow, Buzzfeed, Amazon, Levi’s, etc., have offered compensation for their employees who seek abortion procedures. Dozens of elected prosecutors from over 29 states, territories, and Washington D.C, have released a statement, ‘‘We decline to use our office’s resources to criminalize reproductive health decisions and commit to exercise our well-settled discretion and refrain from prosecuting those who seek, provide, or support abortions….Criminalizing and prosecuting individuals who seek or provide abortion care makes a mockery of justice; prosecutions should not be a part of that.’’
This video occurred in March, and I think it’s important to hear from an actual doctor. When studying anthropology in school, I was taught to be unbiased and objective, which I tried to do in my past articles. But I cannot keep my objectivity, knowing many women across the states cannot get a safe abortion, especially as this doctor explains in the video, will continue to happen whether or not they are considered legal. Norma McCorvey may not have meant to start the fight for abortion rights when she decided to find lawyers, it is important to know that she started the fight, and it will continue to pave historically on!
it feels burning red to like men.no,not in the sense that as a woman I have to eventually fulfill some twisted sexism trope(that's a still a fear). no I mean as in I feel like I betray my fellow community.yes ofc I know this man wasn't the one that hurted my best friend a year ago, yes I know this isn't the male celebrity I liked for my while life who gets accused with sexual assault but my subconscious doesn't act like it knows, it's just recognizes the thread pattern.
lets look at the recent example I read Red white and royal blue I watched the movie a day after and I've been consuming media about it for a week now.at first it was all well.yk quotes from the books, movie scenes, some song referances but as the time went on the parasocial relationship effect kicked in and people started posting personal things from the actors like old Instagram ss,singing videos,interviews that got nothing to do with red white and royal blue.that's where my discomfort started,where I questioned how people could trust a man that easily -especially after what we've seen for years with many, many public bknz.johny depp-figures saying things like my pokie boo or started getting aggressive to people who didn't like them. idk I just know when I'm gonna like a photo of the actor taylor zakhar pèrez smiling or nicholas galitzine doing a good recipe video my fingers quiver and i ask myself if am I doing something wrong(patriarchy irrecevablely broke me and I'm never gonna recover me thinks)
what does “men who adhere to strict gender binary” even mean tho
NO ONE adheres to the gender binary! NO ONE FITS THEIR GENDER ROLE PERFECTLY! THAT’S THE POINT! AARRRGGH!
Yes to #TransJustice!! Hassan: #PreferredGenderPronoun: He/She/It/We/They. No to #Patriarchy ! -- 'Variations' Photo Exhibition. (at Queens Museum)
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