Jess Nelson
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Bay Area journalist & historian | Formerly @MiamiNewTimes @MediaPost | @UCBerkeley & @columbiajourn | She/her
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12-04-2012 21:01:46
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‘When the penalty for rape is less than the penalty for abortion after the rape, you know this isn’t about caring for women … [but] about controlling them.’ In 2019, poet Amanda Gorman took a stand against abortion bans in the U.S. & her words are just as relevant today.
Today is a very solemn moment for the United States. The Supreme Court expressly took away a Constitutional right from the American people that it had already recognized. They simply took it away. That's never been done to a right that is so important to so many Americans.
The clinic staff spent Friday canceling the appointments of 60-70 patients scheduled for abortions in the coming weeks. “Some patients broke down and could not speak through their sobbing. Some patients were stunned and didn't know what to say. Some patients did not understand.”