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Is recent Supreme Court activity, in part, an attack on low-income workers?

The leaked draft opinion signaling that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, if successful, would give states the right to ban abortion completely. The pro-birth crowd is mostly driven by religion and the desire to control women's behavior. If they truly cared about babies, they would also be in favor of healthcare, education, housing, food, clothing, safety, etc. for low-income kids after they're born. They would also be in favor of fair living wages for the parents of these babies. Is this also an attack on workers? After all the COVID deaths and other events of the past two years, companies are crying that they can't get enough workers for their shitty jobs with slave wages and horrible working conditions. There are ~1M unwanted pregnancies in the U.S. every year, mostly among low-income people. Is this, in part, a ploy by the right to build up…


The leaked draft opinion signaling that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, if successful, would give states the right to ban abortion completely. The pro-birth crowd is mostly driven by religion and the desire to control women's behavior. If they truly cared about babies, they would also be in favor of healthcare, education, housing, food, clothing, safety, etc. for low-income kids after they're born. They would also be in favor of fair living wages for the parents of these babies.

Is this also an attack on workers? After all the COVID deaths and other events of the past two years, companies are crying that they can't get enough workers for their shitty jobs with slave wages and horrible working conditions. There are ~1M unwanted pregnancies in the U.S. every year, mostly among low-income people. Is this, in part, a ploy by the right to build up the numbers in the low-income/slave wage work force again?

Should we all be pushing our representatives in Congress to codify abortion rights before the Supreme Court acts and then the midterm election flips the balance of power in Congress back to conservatives? I fully expect this to happen, if history is any indication.

It's extremely rare for a draft opinion to be leaked early to the press. I have to believe that someone who works for one of the liberal judges did this so that Congress could act before the midterms. Our congressional representatives need to hear that this would be an attack on low-income people, and that the vast majority of Americans support a woman having the right to choose.

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