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Abortion rights? For the poor? Not in the land of the free!

Dec 12, 2011 09:55

The Next Roe v. Wade?: Jennie McCormack's Abortion BattleJennie McCormack was arrested for terminating her pregnancy with an abortion pill. The case that could transform the reproduction wars ( Read more... )

womens rights, pregnancy, mormons, reproductive rights, privacy, women, womens health, classism, health care, poverty, class, abortion, misogyny

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beoweasel December 12 2011, 17:05:31 UTC

McCormack, a petite blonde...

Maybe it's just me, but am I the only one who thinks that if she had been black, this wouldn't have made news?

beoweasel December 12 2011, 17:06:27 UTC

And by news, I mean, people wouldn't bother reporting on it.

ladypeyton December 12 2011, 17:22:13 UTC

I think if she'd been anything BUT petite and a blonde it would have been totally ignored.

lady_grace December 12 2011, 17:30:33 UTC

I thought the same thing.

poetic_pixie_13 December 12 2011, 17:51:06 UTC

Nope. This wouldn't be getting any kind of coverage if she were a woman of colour. And, if it did, the amount of 'welfare queen' wank would be terrible.

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