Protecting Reproductive Rights; “Ain’t I a Woman” - 28:49
Women Don’t Intend To Fall In Any More Of Your TRAPs
with
Andrew Beck, attorney, ACLU Reproductive Rights
Project
Last week women fought to
climb out of another TRAP dug for them on their long road for reproductive
health and the control of their bodies. The deepest of TRAPs (Targeted
Regulation of Abortion Providers), laws that are cloaked in the deceptive language of women’s health, but which actually put women at risk, by
shutting down health centers where women can get safe and legal abortions
was just argued at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court case was the most
important abortion case in decades. Inside the court, the justices asked how
the law, HB2, will actually “help” Texas women. Meanwhile, outside advocates
gathered to demonstrate their support for abortion access, for every woman
in every state. Shifts in the power structure of Congress led to promises to strip away access to reproductive health care, and especially
abortion. Laws that make it difficult if not impossible for a woman to get
an abortion if she needs one, particularly if she is poor, are increasing at
an alarming pace. At this critical time, we’ll reveal whose behind the
TRAPs, what we can expect from the Supreme Court in the wake of this latest
anti-abortion case, and most importantly on protecting access to affordable
contraception, protecting a woman’s ability to make personal, private
decisions about pregnancy and abortion, and fighting pregnancy
discrimination.
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“Ain’t I a Woman”
featuring critically acclaimed actress
Vinnie Burrows
In the town of Akron, Ohio in the year 1851, an
African American woman delivered a moving speech at the Women’s Convention
that would be remembered for its rawness, authenticity, and powerful message
and holds as much relevance today as it did then. Sojourner Truth spoke to
the Women’s Convention about her experiences and tribulations as not only a
woman in that day’s society but as a Black woman. She established a sense
of identity as a victim of discrimination by describing how she faced
prejudices as a Black person and as a woman in order to incite an emotional
response in her audience and invited her audience, mostly women suffering
from their own forms of discrimination, to realize the injustices of which
they too are victims.
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