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that would ban abortion and criminalize “aiding or abetting an illegal abortion.” The model legislation would impact anyone in the state who runs a website “that encourages or facilitates efforts to obtain an illegal abortion” or provides “referrals to an illegal abortion provider.” The legislation also includes amodel legislation, which the NRLC wants states across the country to impose, would include criminal and civil penalties for anyone reported to law enforcement.
“I have been worried,” Cruz said. “I really don’t know what that will look like, but I have to keep doing this work.” Cruz believes people have a moral right to accurate, accessible abortion coverage. Abortion policies shape the lives of people drastically, with reportsof underage rape victims having to travel across state lines to legally receive abortion care. According to Cruz, bodily autonomy, and knowing accurate information about how to access that, should be available to everyone, and not censored for political gain.
“There’s no limiting principle,” Pieklo said. “What we are seeing is that the conservative movement is increasingly openly fascist in this country. These efforts go hand in hand, and it’s good to zero in and focus on something like abortion or focus on something like the Don’t Say Gay bill, but it’s really important to stitch them together to the larger narrative of fascism and authoritarianism that’s sweeping through conservative spaces and in this country.
Pieklo remains hopeful that reproductive rights organizers on the ground are leading this movement, and she urges readers to look at their communities for people who have been organizing for years.is an independent and nonprofit newsroom led by journalists of color. We report from the ground up and at the intersections of injustice.If you feel rage, despondency, confusion and deep fear today, you are not alone. We’re feeling it too. We are heartsick.
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