wdlindsy ,
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It's important to recognize that the US anti-abortion movement is one facet – a leading and powerful one – of a global movement whose ultimate goal is to roll back rights for women and LGBTQ people and enshrine the privileges of straight men, of patriarchy, in law. Jodi Enda's report provides important information about this global initiative and its consequences.


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https://newrepublic.com/article/179485/american-anti-abortion-movement-terrifying-global-reach

Npars01 , (edited )
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@wdlindsy

Conservatives exist to keep the old ways & thwart progress

Keeping women subservient, powerless, & unheard is what the GOP seek to preserve.

Jeffrey Yass & Barre Seid bought the end of the civil rights of 167 million American women & LGBTQ to evade taxation.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/tiktok-billionaire-yass-gop-donor-abortion-1234859270/
https://msmagazine.com/2023/06/23/dark-money-abortion-leonard-leo-federalist-society/

The GOP promised tax cuts in exchange for evangelicals' desire to curtail women's lives.

There's nothing "divinely ordained" about women as a subclass with only partial rights.

wdlindsy OP ,
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@Npars01 Yes, as William F. Buckley said, they're about standing athwart history and screaming, Stop!

wdlindsy OP ,
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"A rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser to the prime minister and is drawing up ­policy briefings for politicians.

The UK branch of the US-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has more than doubled its spending since 2020 and been appointed a stakeholder in a parliamentary group on religious freedoms in a role that grants it direct access to MPs."

~ Shanti Das


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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/extreme-us-anti-abortion-group-ramps-up-lobbying-in-westminster

sasyecat ,
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@wdlindsy
In countries where abortion has been made illegal they see a rise in abortions. When you can't have the conversation you eliminate the discussion of others options.

wdlindsy OP ,
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@sasyecat A good point.

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