In a massive blow to women's reproductive rights, a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Texas today after the Supreme Court failed to act on an emergency request to halt the law from taking effect. No surprise there. But here's what's interesting to me about it ...
Writing for @nprpolitics, @NinaTotenberg writes: "The Texas law, passed in May, bans all abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy - well before many women even know they are pregnant." npr.org/2021/09/01/103…
At the @nytimes, @adamliptak writes: "Such activity starts at around six weeks, before many women are even aware that they are pregnant." nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/…
@NBCNews quotes the head of @PPFA as saying this: "Without relief, starting tomorrow, 7 million Texas women of reproductive age will lose access to abortion after six weeks of pregnancy ..." nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
The @washingtonpost states: "The law effectively eliminates the guarantee in Roe v. Wade and subsequent Supreme Court decisions that women have a right to end their pregnancies before viability ..." washingtonpost.com/politics/court…
@thomsonreuters refers to the groups that filed the emergency request as "abortion and women's health providers." reuters.com/legal/governme…
These are the groups that filed the emergency request (taken directly from the request itself).
Attorneys from the @ACLU (nationally and locally) represent a group called Houston Women's Clinic.
The 375-page filing is robust, and includes some very persuasive arguments, including:
And:
It's almost as though all of these people, organizations, and media outlets, including the @ACLU, actually know what the word women means.

Huh.

I guess @jk_rowling was right. There IS a word for that.

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