It has happened. Abortion is illegal in Texas right now. SCOTUS failed to act so in effect Roe v. Wade is meaningless. These are truly devastating times. I don’t know what else to say.
Here’s Jessica Mason Pieklo again explaining it helpfully. Check out the whole thread.
Sorry to spam so much tonight but I’m kinda freaking out.
Also sorry to be a broken record (not really sorry) but what happens in Texas is coming to a state near you soon. Check out the soon-to-be situation:
That’s a horrifying lack of access. How many poor and working class people will die of botched procedures? (While wealthy people like those who passed this law will be able to easily travel for their abortions.) How many children will suffer in families that didn’t want them and/or can’t afford them?
I fear the reverberations of this day immensely. I gotta get off my phone bc I have an early/long day tomorrow but I’m just so sad.
I feel like a walking zombie at the moment. Today is the first time I’ve been required to report to an in person work event in 18 months and I’m really fucking overwhelmed trying to pretend I’m not a mess.
Anyway, here are some helpful round ups of what’s going on w/ this.
I have no doubt in my mind that these states are hoping the people they arrest can become part of the prison industrial complex (slavery). These people will include, but not be limited to, the doctors, the parents (mainly the mother), those who help them access the abortions, and the children who will inevitably get caught up in the foster care/school to prison pipeline
Accurate. We have hella prisons in TX.
Please stop saying that abortion is illegal and that RvWade is dead. While the situation is dire that kind of language sends a counter productive message to the people facing and soon to face the same kind of legislation. Abortion is NOT illegal in Texas and it’s important to know how to navigate this new terrain.
If you live in Texas, please begin to look at your resources. Buy abortion pills now. Don’t wait. Have them just in case you need them. There are companies that will mail them discreetly to you for free. Get serious about contraception. Know the laws. Know your rights.