Politicians who identify as “pro-life” claim to value all human lives.
But one writer argues that term is meaningless, particularly during the Trump era.
I dont apologize for it.
Shes also a visiting associate professor of the study of women and gender at Smith College.
Margie Del Castillo is the director of field and advocacy at National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice.
After theRoedecision in 1973, anti-abortion activists adopted the label in what has been called a marketing masterstroke.
Destiny Lopez is the co-director of All Above All, an abortion-rights group that unites organizations and individuals to build support for lifting the bans that deny abortion coverage.*
Reproductive justice is about much more than access to birth control and abortion (though those are important).
(This is slightly different from thereproductiverightsmovement, which primarily advocates for the continued legality of abortion.)
I dont see any compassion from them thats not just theoretical.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
Medicaid restrictions on abortion can have devastating consequences, Lopez adds.
(A 2019 study in Louisianaconfirmed that statistic.)
But pro-life lawmakers typically oppose solutions for these problems.
If you really cared about the life of children, wheres your activism around that?
Undocumented immigrantsare bannedfrom that program, and cannot even buy their own insurance through the ACA.
Destiny Lopez is the co-director of All Above All, an abortion-rights group that unites organizations and individuals to build support for lifting the bans that deny abortion coverage.*
A pro-life president wouldnt have petty fights over how to usebillions of dollarsallocated months ago for virus testing.
They wouldnt make mixed-status familiesineligiblefor pandemic stimulus checks.
To me, thats just the biggest exposure of the hypocrisy.
The United States would look a lot different if you did.
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