… to send the very best to the Supreme Court you don’t promise in advance to appoint a Black woman to the exclusion of all others. Not unless you already know without question that the most experienced, best-qualified jurist in the nation is a Black woman. Pres. Joe Biden’s campaign promise to appoint a Black … Continue reading When you care enough …
I confess. I let yesterday slip by without mentioning 1973’s historic Roe v. Wade decision. For some reason I was thinking the anniversary date was today, despite yesterday being circled on my calendar. I even heard about the protest march in Washington and thought vaguely that it was probably a day early because Saturday worked … Continue reading Forty-nine years and still pro-choice
With all those headlines this week about Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court, you’d think a decision had been handed down. But no, it was just a hearing of the arguments that, supposedly, will factor into the court’s decision: Should Mississippi be allowed to ban all abortions after 15 weeks? We probably won’t know … Continue reading The Roe decision
The US Supreme Court reconvened this week and in the months ahead will render decisions on abortion rights and other topics. There’s a 6-3 conservative majority on the court now, and three of those conservatives were appointed by Donald Trump. Despite recent assurances from some of the justices that they will not be political and … Continue reading Coming soon: law v. politics
Browsing the news today, I spotted the headline “Women can say no to sex if Roe falls, says architect of Texas abortion ban” in The Guardian. What!!?? My first thought was, all women should refuse sex if Roe fails. Obviously that won’t happen. Then, as soon as I realized I was reading about a man … Continue reading MY choice, dammit!
Two weeks ago I posted my take on the new abortion law in Texas. A new commenter — Annsley Smoak — appeared there yesterday and launched into a religion-based assault on my views. That’s fine. I encourage dissenting comments. But I will rebut them at every opportunity. Especially when they violate the separation of church … Continue reading Abortion post gets more comments
