We Cannot Let This Be The End of Roe
Vigilante justice has no place in medical care
Vigilante justice has no place in medical care
Back in 2016, when Donald Trump was elected President, women across the country felt a chill go down their collective spines. We knew that the election of a misogynistic grifter would spell the end of abortion rights. At the time, we were told we were “histrionic” or “overwrought”, but we knew.
What does State Bill 8 do?
With the complicity of Mitch McConnell, Trump was handed three Supreme Court picks. And with his pledge to the Evangelicals, Trump followed through in appointing justices who he believed would overturn Roe v. Wade. Now, they have followed through by failing to overturn the Texas state law that bans abortions after six weeks without so much as hearing an argument.
For those who have not followed the intricacies of the Texas law SB 8, let me give you a quick primer. The law outlaws all abortions after which a heartbeat can be heard. This is typically around six weeks into a pregnancy. Of course, the heart is not even formed at this point, rather what the law is calling a heartbeat is really just electrical signals coming from tissue that will eventually be a heart, but I digress. At six weeks, most women do not…
