the supreme court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is not official yet. someone leaked a draft of the opinion that the members of the court have been circulating and revising (the draft was created by justice samuel alito).
which is insane by the way. it’s the first time that a draft of a supreme court decision has ever been leaked in the entire history of this country.
it makes perfect sense to feel grief or panic or dread or sadness or anger or whatever you’re feeling right now. this is fucking terrible and scary. just for the sake of avoiding misinformation, i wanted to clarify this because i think a lot of the headlines have been misleading, and the info gets even more misconstrued when it’s rephrased on social media and stuff
the strategic political moves happening right now are intentional and important. we WANT backlash. we NEED backlash. the anger of the people changes the direction of the country – our fury, our organization, and our blood in the streets are the ONLY things that have ever won us anything. so please freak out. call your reps. stand in front of your reps houses and yell at them so they can’t sleep tonight. help abortion activists in any way they ask. we have a short window to be fucking terrifying enough to scare these motherfuckers to change. don’t waste it.
make sure you get out there this november and vote for the guys who trick you into voting for them so that they can ignore their constituents and do illegal stock trading and pedophilia while the life appointment warrior priests that rule our nation pare away another human right at an excruciatingly slow pace
the best thing that we can do right now to fight for abortion rights is donating to your local abortion fund, especially in states with “trigger laws” or laws that will immediately take harsh measures to shut down abortion rights as soon as roe is overturned. If you don’t know your local abortion fund or states with trigger laws, here’s one in Texas, one in Louisiana, one in Georgia, one in West Virginia and one in Mississippi (all states with such “trigger laws”). There’s so many more beyond the handful i just listed here but times like these are the time to donate and support the incredible work that these organizations do for their communities.
Alito’s draft opinion explicitly criticizes Lawrence v. Texas (legalizing sodomy) and Obergefell v. Hodges (legalizing same-sex marriage). He says that, like abortion, these decisions protect phony rights that are not “deeply rooted in history.” https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000180-874f-dd36-a38c-c74f98520000
I just wanna reiterate this. It won’t stop with Roe.
“These attempts to justify abortion through appeals to a broader right to autonomy and to define one’s ‘concept of existence’ prove too much”
They are so fucking gunning for trans people after abortion, and everyone else after that.
He specifically criticizes Obergefell (gay marriage) and Lawrence v Texas (decriminalization of sodomy) as two other cases that used similar logic to Roe v Wade.
The Inner Circle gets pretty passive aggressive but they’re professional enough to put the good of the Inquisition first
Team Hawke will let you know they wish you were dead, snitch on you to the templars, fist-fight you in the guard captain office, abandon & oppose you in the final battle, just a mess of impulse at their worst with no foresight on the impact whatsoever
