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Here’s Why Roe Overturn is “Devastating” for Women
Wendy Murphy, a Boston attorney and impact litigator specializing in constitutional and civil rights, discusses the “devastating” decision of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. From women’s history of inequality to what the decision might mean for pregnant women moving forward.
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She argues,
For a Woman to be a Person, she must have the right to enslave, unfairly judge and choose to end the life of a Person she created.
Her body, her choice, she chose to begin a life.
Maybe consider “The bodies of Others” before she stands before the one who decides on her new body.
I’m 72. This is the opinion of an old person.
I grew up when a taboo against sex outside of marriage existed. Women choose what to do with their bodies when they opt for sex outside of marriage. If you willingly turn your body over to a man, and then turn your body over to an abortion provider, you are not controlling your body.
I hope that the repeal of Roe v. Wade will encourage women to exercise more self-restraint. Sex is serious; use it as a quick thrill and suffer the consequences if they do indeed come about. And abortion was never meant to be a form of birth control.
Roe and Casey were defective from the beginning because they represent judicial activism or “legislating from the bench”. What has happened in the last 50 years must be taken into account by all the state legislatures. The great laboratory of the Republic is in motion.
Ian pro life but since this is as much a political process as a moral one, I expect most states will land on a compromise position which will make both sides dissatisfied. In political decisions this is the usual case.