Thread by @irenemcho

I didn’t knw abt the case of Susan Struck. Now that I have, I’ve even more respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
To the anti-abortion (refuse to call them pro-lifers bc they aren’t) ppl who’re shit-talking RBG, celebrating her death, calling her a baby-killer, SUCK IT.
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In the 60s/70s bf Roe v. Wade, abortion was not only legal on US military bases, it was actively ENCOURAGED, basically mandated.

Capt Susan Struck was a combat nurse in Vietnam. When she got pregnant in 1970, the Air Force gave her a choice: Get an abortion or be discharged.
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Struck wanted to keep her baby. So she “chose” to be kicked out of the service.
She decided to sue the US govt for putting women in a horrible position to choose btw getting an abortion they didn’t want or not being able to serve their country.
theguardian.com/world/2019/dec…
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And which ACLU lawyer took her case and got the military to change their policy?

You got it - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

She approached this case w the same tenacity she wld later use to help Congress draft the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978.
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See in the dark days after Roe 1973, it was legal for employers in many states to put women in the same situation that Struck was put in - deal with your pregnancy or suffer the consequences of a lost job.

Ginsburg fought for the rights of women to choose LIFE.
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RBG fought for the rights of women to be able to work w/o discrimination, purchase homes, have bank accounts, etc to make it easier for women in desperate situations to choose life in the first place.
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So before you paint #RBG as some satanic villain, at least acknowledge the many abortions that likely DIDN'T happen because of her tireless advocacy for women and families.

#NotoriusRBG #RestinPower #RuthBaderGinsburg

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