'I don’t think it’s any accident that in a state where the voting population is changing, the attitudes of people are changing, that we are also seeing this development of an authoritarian state where people’s voting rights are being infringed upon.'
Cecile, before I let you go and turn to a question of silver linings, I want to pick up on a thread that you’ve mentioned throughout the show, which is that the majority of the anti-abortion measures taking place at the state level have been led by Republican legislatures, even though the majority of Republicans let’s say in the state of Texas actually disagree with S.B. 8, the law that was signed into place by Governor Abbott.
Republicans in the state just took this fundamental right away. They said they know better than we do what’s best for us and our families. This is on all of us to call out their cruelty and injustice and hold them accountable. That’s my plan.But third, this is a political problem and we have great litigators, you know, figure out some ways around this. We can raise money to support clinics and folks on the front lines, but ultimately this has to have a political solution.
That’s where the Republican party… they’re like the dog that caught the bus, right? They’ve been trying to make abortion illegal for many, many years and now because of this Supreme Court they have succeeded and it is incumbent on us that we shine a light on the misery that they have created, these stories of the people who are affected, and help other people understand in the state of Texas or wherever you live that your vote is critical to determining who’s making decisions about the most...
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