Colbert v. Roe decision
Stephen Colbert can speak for me anytime, and he did so last night. Continue reading Colbert v. Roe decision
Category: Roe v. Wade
Goodbye Roe v. Wade
I’m not sure which is worse, a leaked Supreme Court document saying Roe v. Wade is being overturned or the fact that such a document was leaked at all. Politico reported yesterday that it had received a copy of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Alito announcing the total rejection of Roe v. Wade. … Continue reading Goodbye Roe v. Wade
Forty-nine years and still pro-choice
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
The Roe decision
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
Coming soon: law v. politics
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
MY choice, dammit!
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!