re: #179 Dopamine Fish

Part of the problem is that focusing on “abortion rights” is ignoring the larger picture: That Republicans are trying to prevent women from making their own health care decisions. In the case of abortion, for people who believe life begins at conception, I can appreciate the argument that it’s wrong for a woman to make choices on behalf of her unborn child. (That argument is completely wrong in every way, but I understand where they’re coming from.) You can’t make that same argument for IVF, or contraception.

Texas law and other states are criminalizing reproductive health, and will harass and terrorize women who are going across state lines, regardless of whether they’re going for an abortion or not. That’s what these laws do. They ultimately affect interstate commerce, and the SCOTUS is signaling that women will not be protected by the Constitution.

Dobbs was just the first step towards denying women their bodily autonomy and their rights.