This weeks reading really made me focus on, Alito who described the right to abortion as something that is “not rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.” The draft discusses the idea that they now think the authority of prohibiting abortion should be at the hands of the people and it’s representatives. Alito seems to be very strong in his opinions as it seems he mocks Justice Harry Blackmum. He claims that it was ‘egregiously wrong when decided” to allow abortion rights and inappropriately expresses his opinion as superior to others, calling doctors and nurses abortionists, and even attempting to use race in the discussion in reference to black fetuses being in a high percentage of abortion. Alito continues to reference the 19th and 20th century traditions as though they are our own and makes his draft full in that thought, undermining all of the progress in the transformation in society’s norms.
The article, “Telemedicine Abortion Provider Rebecca Gomperts Gets Abortion Pills Into the Hands of Those Who Need Them: ‘It’s a Privilege’”, interviews Rebecca Gompert, a founder of multiple organizations that aid in providing abortion pill access to people throughout the world living in countries without safe access to abortion services. Despite pushback from the FDA under the Trump administration, Gompert has continued to find ways to deliver abortion pills to countries outside the U.S.
The article titled “Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows”, examines the recent movements of the U.S. government to overturn abortion rights that were previously nationaly secured by the decision of Roe v. Wade. It focuses on the recently leaked draft opinion by one of the Justices. The authors describe it, “The draft opinion offers an extraordinary window into the justices’ deliberations in one of the most consequential cases before the court in the last five decades. Some court-watchers predicted that the conservative majority would slice away at abortion rights without flatly overturning a 49-year-old precedent. The draft shows that the court is looking to reject Roe’s logic and legal protections.”
The video “Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa” showcased a small organization that helps women with little-to-no money access safe abortions. Unfortunately, because they run on donations, there are limited funds, but the organization does their best to financially help, and ensure abortion access regardless of ability to pay. Birth control outside of contraceptives is not possible to use for some women to use due to finances or the threat to their health. The organization helps provide abortions for about $275 versus around 3k at other clinics.
