abortion rights – Confluence Daily

Reading Time: 4 minutes Few topics in the turbulent world of American politics elicit a more passionate response than abortion. The abortion topic is a prominent point of contention for the Republican Party as the country prepares for the 2024 presidential election. The country is still in shock at the Supreme Court’s historic decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, which has had a significant and lasting impact on the electoral environment.

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June 21, 2023 Confluence

The Post-Roe Era: Why Women Are Shifting Focus from Dating to Living Their Lives in Peace Without Men

Reading Time: 7 minutes The shifting attitudes towards marriage or long-term romantic relationships with men among single women reflect a deeper societal reckoning with the unequal power dynamics and potential loss of agency that can be associated with traditional relationships. Women don’t want old white men regulating their bodies.

The larger question is do they want anything to do with men at all? The jury is out on that question. That is not great news for men who want sex, companionship, marriage, or anything else from women.

Informed

June 28, 2022 Confluence

Religion Isn’t About Love

Reading Time: 2 minutes How many times do they forget to do something before it actually gets done, if they even heard us in the first place?
I get why dudes are all about it because it’s a tool to subjugate women… but the fuck if I will understand why any modern woman wants to keep that shit.

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May 6, 2022 Confluence

Fighting for abortion rights IS fighting for democracy

Reading Time: 4 minutes I know you are afraid of these things because we wouldn’t be spending our energy on outrage if we weren’t terrified.
We would, instead, be prepping for a war we know we’d win.
Women cannot lose if they decide to fight until all the old white men are out of office or in the ground.
We hold all the cards.
Every single one of them.

Editor Engage

October 7, 2021 Confluence

I’m shouty about this because it’s not about saving fetuses, it’s about controlling women.

Reading Time: 3 minutes There should be no shame placed upon a woman who decides to have an abortion – regardless of her actions that led to being pregnant (sidestepping pregnancy resulting from rape/incest here as we don’t place as much blame or judgment on women in these instances, but yet there’s still some disgustingly enough).

Informed

February 19, 2020 Confluence

Vox: Getting an abortion in “the most pro-life state in America”

Reading Time: 18 minutes Even before they sit down, though, patients are confronted with reminders that this place is under threat. A sign on the door reads “internal and external security surveillance: 24 hours a day.” Another, nearby, asks patients not to speak to protesters. Then there is the ominous poster on the waiting room wall: “The coastline of Louisiana is not eroding nearly as fast as a woman’s right to determine her own outcome.”

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August 21, 2019 Confluence

Vox: A man threatened to “slaughter” abortion doctors. It’s part of a disturbing trend.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Source: Vox. Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. Advocates say Trump’s rhetoric is

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August 12, 2019 Confluence

HuffPo: A New Study Reveals Just How Much The Hyde Amendment Is Hurting Women

Reading Time: 3 minutes Source: Huffpo – Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. Over a quarter

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August 1, 2019 Confluence

Heather Booth founded an underground abortion network in her dorm room before Roe v. Wade

Reading Time: < 1 minute Heather Booth founded an underground abortion network in her dorm room before Roe v. Wade in 1965 — here’s how her org helped thousands of women and inspired later generations to fight for reproductive rights