Posted on Jun 18, 2022
‘It’s a war:’ Merle Hoffman’s five-decade fight for abortion rights
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The US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v Wade affirmed constitutional protections for abortion access through a right to privacy enumerated in the 14th Amendment’s “due process” clause, written in the Reconstruction-era aftermath of the US Civil War.
Abortion rights advocate Merle Hoffman has argued that the legal defence of abortion care should instead look to the 13th Amendment – which abolished slavery.
“If you’re forcing someone to carry a child against their will, and you are really owning their bodies, which is what it is, I don’t know what else you would call that,” she tells The Independent. “And then look at what happens when somebody lives in Texas, and then they close the doors there, and then they say, ‘Oh, well go to Oklahoma.’”
Abortion rights advocate Merle Hoffman has argued that the legal defence of abortion care should instead look to the 13th Amendment – which abolished slavery.
“If you’re forcing someone to carry a child against their will, and you are really owning their bodies, which is what it is, I don’t know what else you would call that,” she tells The Independent. “And then look at what happens when somebody lives in Texas, and then they close the doors there, and then they say, ‘Oh, well go to Oklahoma.’”
‘It’s a war:’ Merle Hoffman’s five-decade fight for abortion rights
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel one debatable issue for sure Brother William.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Instead, they have relied on a vulnerable Supreme Court ruling to uphold abortion rights while Democratic officials – even with majorities in Congress and control of the White House – repeatedly fail to codify those protections into law.
“I have always felt that the ‘pro-choice’ movement minimised the opposition by diminishing them,” Ms Hoffman says. “And as a result, we have the Hyde Amendment … And that’s when all hell should have broken loose, but it didn’t.”
The leak offered the abortion rights movement a “major wake-up call” to the erosion of abortion rights and the fragility of abortion care protections at the federal level, she says.
“It’s become more real. And I live in reality,” she says. “The ‘pro-choice’ movement put their metaphorical feet up on the desk politically.”
In January, she formed Rise Up for 4 Abortion Rights with activists Lori Sokol and Sunsara Taylor, channeling “a feeling of rage” into mass protests, student walkouts and demanding a sustained and nonviolent movement to stop the Supreme Court from gutting abortion rights and pressuring legislators to protect them.
“I’ll be damned if I’m going down without a fight,” Ms Hoffman says."
..."Instead, they have relied on a vulnerable Supreme Court ruling to uphold abortion rights while Democratic officials – even with majorities in Congress and control of the White House – repeatedly fail to codify those protections into law.
“I have always felt that the ‘pro-choice’ movement minimised the opposition by diminishing them,” Ms Hoffman says. “And as a result, we have the Hyde Amendment … And that’s when all hell should have broken loose, but it didn’t.”
The leak offered the abortion rights movement a “major wake-up call” to the erosion of abortion rights and the fragility of abortion care protections at the federal level, she says.
“It’s become more real. And I live in reality,” she says. “The ‘pro-choice’ movement put their metaphorical feet up on the desk politically.”
In January, she formed Rise Up for 4 Abortion Rights with activists Lori Sokol and Sunsara Taylor, channeling “a feeling of rage” into mass protests, student walkouts and demanding a sustained and nonviolent movement to stop the Supreme Court from gutting abortion rights and pressuring legislators to protect them.
“I’ll be damned if I’m going down without a fight,” Ms Hoffman says."
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PO1 Jeff Chandler
Posted 29 d ago
No one’s forcing anyone to carry a child. I recall not too long ago, our left leaning experts telling us we had a choice. Nobody was forcing us to get vaccinated. Move they said. Get another job they said. How about don’t get pregnant? Is someone forcing pregnancy? I can get another job if I don’t want a vaccine, but you want the “Right” to kill a baby at any stage in a pregnancy? Weird.
--- A contagious virus is not the same thing as pregnancy no matter how much you want it to be. People are being forced to carry unwanted pregnancies and dead fetuses. Yes.
No one has been forced to get vaccinated. Is there a law in ANY state that criminalizes not getting the covid vaccine? Nope. But there are states criminalizing abortion, trying to criminalize miscarriage and trying to criminalize people who go to a state where it is legal. So your little "argument" falls extremely short. It's not even close to being accurate.
No one is killing babies in an abortion. Definition of baby:
Definition of baby (Entry 1 of 3)
1a(1): an extremely young child
especially : INFANT
(2): an extremely young animal
noun
1.
a very young child, especially one newly or recently born.
"his wife's just had a baby"
Embryos and fetuses are aborted - not babies. Try again Jeff. Actually stop trying you look ridiculous.
Posted 29 d ago
No one’s forcing anyone to carry a child. I recall not too long ago, our left leaning experts telling us we had a choice. Nobody was forcing us to get vaccinated. Move they said. Get another job they said. How about don’t get pregnant? Is someone forcing pregnancy? I can get another job if I don’t want a vaccine, but you want the “Right” to kill a baby at any stage in a pregnancy? Weird.
--- A contagious virus is not the same thing as pregnancy no matter how much you want it to be. People are being forced to carry unwanted pregnancies and dead fetuses. Yes.
No one has been forced to get vaccinated. Is there a law in ANY state that criminalizes not getting the covid vaccine? Nope. But there are states criminalizing abortion, trying to criminalize miscarriage and trying to criminalize people who go to a state where it is legal. So your little "argument" falls extremely short. It's not even close to being accurate.
No one is killing babies in an abortion. Definition of baby:
Definition of baby (Entry 1 of 3)
1a(1): an extremely young child
especially : INFANT
(2): an extremely young animal
noun
1.
a very young child, especially one newly or recently born.
"his wife's just had a baby"
Embryos and fetuses are aborted - not babies. Try again Jeff. Actually stop trying you look ridiculous.
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