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"Republicans knew women would die. They planned for it." Jessica Valentini to Senate Dems
My Prepared Remarks to Senate Dems
Good morning. My name is Jessica Valenti, and since Roe was overturned, I’ve been documenting the harms caused by abortion bans in a newsletter called Abortion, Every Day.
I cover everything from legislation and court battles to anti-abortion strategy and language, but the topic I find myself writing about the most, I’m sorry to say, is suffering.
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And while I could share stories that would shock and sicken you in the way I’m shocked and sickened every single day, I wanted to use my time here to stress that this incredible suffering—this cruelty that treats American women as less than human—is all by design.
Despite Republican assurances that cases like Dr. Dennard’s are the result of legislative growing pains, or doctors simply not understanding the law—despite claims that their bans just need to be “tweaked” or “clarified”—I want to make clear that all of this pain and suffering was not just expected. It was planned for.
Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists would have voters believe that they had no idea this is what post-Roe America would look like.
But they had 50 years to plan for this moment, and they made that plan carefully, strategically and callously.
Good morning. My name is Jessica Valenti, and since Roe was overturned, I’ve been documenting the harms caused by abortion bans in a newsletter called Abortion, Every Day.
I cover everything from legislation and court battles to anti-abortion strategy and language, but the topic I find myself writing about the most, I’m sorry to say, is suffering.
SNIP
And while I could share stories that would shock and sicken you in the way I’m shocked and sickened every single day, I wanted to use my time here to stress that this incredible suffering—this cruelty that treats American women as less than human—is all by design.
Despite Republican assurances that cases like Dr. Dennard’s are the result of legislative growing pains, or doctors simply not understanding the law—despite claims that their bans just need to be “tweaked” or “clarified”—I want to make clear that all of this pain and suffering was not just expected. It was planned for.
Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists would have voters believe that they had no idea this is what post-Roe America would look like.
But they had 50 years to plan for this moment, and they made that plan carefully, strategically and callously.
More, well worth reading.
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