lydiaDec 22, 2022
WeedenKim

CNBC: abortion laws are affecting students' decisions about where to attend college.

Not mentioned: if access to reproductive health care is important to enough students' decisions, Dobbs (and states' responses to it) will exacerbate existing "red" vs. "blue" state disparities in university-level resources, hasten the demise of the colleges and universities in anti-choice states that are already struggling to meet enrollment targets.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/gen-z-on-new-college-and-career-plans-in-post-roe-america.html

Gen Z is re-thinking college and career plans in post-Roe America: ‘I want to leave the country’

Nearly 40 percent of students say the overturning of Roe will affect their decision to attend a university in some states, according to a BestColleges survey.

CNBC
Dec 22, 2022 at 2:58pmWeb
Show threadNotNowOrLaterDec 22, 2022

@WeedenKim

but isn't the goal in those states to have the universities close down...

just like they want to make all of the teachers quit and libraries close.

they are turning back the hand of time, one law at a time.

Show threadMarcello GrazianoDec 22, 2022
@WeedenKim @dynarski funny how professional associations din’t give a big F in many cases. Still organizing strong in gopperistans.
Show threadJarvis SlacksDec 22, 2022
@WeedenKim I feel bad for the colleges that are going to struggle, but there has to be a price paid for taking away a women's right to choose.
Show threadHolstonDec 22, 2022
@WeedenKim yep; #hatestates vs #greatstates. A challenge for all organizations that will increase under this SCOTUS. https://coloradosun.com/2022/06/27/supreme-court-abortion-business-opinion/
Opinion:​​ The Supreme Court just imposed a right-wing rights tax on businesses

American companies must choose sides, and states, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion ruling.

The Colorado Sun
Show threadChristopher WalkerDec 22, 2022
@WeedenKim Red staters will only care if it keeps football players from going to their colleges.
Show threadMinuteLRMDec 22, 2022
@WeedenKim Bad, but those red states are going to do their level best to kill education every way they can, Dobbs or no.
Show threadDr. MikailaDec 22, 2022
@WeedenKim so now I am thinking about an analysis combining Barrett Taylor's "Wrecked" with a reproductive justice frame. If only I had time to write it!
Show threadlydiaDec 23, 2022
@WeedenKim I’m not surprised at all. I know hospitals in those states have been struggling to recruit new physicians. According to one report, a GYN dept in Alabama was declined by 200 candidates. But it’s affecting all specialities, not just OB-GYN. Too many unknowns. If a pregnant patient gets cancer or becomes brain dead, does a mere discussion with the family about their options make the doctor guilty of a felony? Who wants to risk their career by even testing those waters?
Show threadheynav135Dec 23, 2022
@WeedenKim
Excellent news!
Show threadJamie OsborneDec 23, 2022

@WeedenKim

Right wingers will be simultaneously cheering that their laws filter out potential baby killers, while also screaming that the wokerati are cancelling their states!! 🙄