Robert ReichMar 5, 2023

Overturning Roe v. Wade was extreme, but also alarming was the logic Justice Alito used to justify it.

Same-sex marriage, access to contraception, and privacy are on the chopping block now, too.

This court will stop at nothing to turn back the clock to the nineteenth century.

Show threadDeb4+ aka Deborah DT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Mar 5, 2023

@rbreich

18th century as they understand it

Show threadheynav135
@DeborahForPlus @rbreich
Yeah, except in the 18th century, reproductive issues were handled by midwives, so abortion was largely ignored. Even Ben Franklin published recipes for women's issues in his Poor Richard's Almanac. That all changed in the mid 1800s when men doctors took over the ob/gyn field and made midwifery obsolete, if not illegal. That's when they started tge anti-abortion movement. Women couldn't get into medical school until decades later.
Mar 5, 2023 at 1:50amWeb
Show threadDeb4+ aka Deborah DT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Mar 5, 2023

@heynav135 @rbreich

Yup. Part of why I say, as they understand it.

They also choose not to understand the impact of European enlightenment movement and pretend there's no church state separation. Etc etc etc.