I am a Jungian Psychologist. People in my profession have been treating the terrible psychological and physical consequences of societal oppression like this forever! We will, of course, continue to treat the terrible wounds perpetrated on citizens by right wing, ignoramuses. I appreciate your continual reporting on this GQP evil. Please mention how much help exists out there for those suffering from this oppression and encourage them to seek it! Thanks. Dr. Barbara Kobrin.
When I was in college I got pregnant and decided to get an abortion. I lived in Utah and there was only one Doctor that performed abortions and it took several hours to get there. While I was in college I did work for my physiology instructor. I confided with him my situation. I’d gone to 12 years of Catholic Girls School, so it was not an easy decision. He told me never regret the decision you make; only regret you had to make a decision.
Those words once I understood helped me make the decision.
Years later I (still in Utah) I worked for a full service women’s clinic that performed abortions. I saw first hand the anguish the women experienced. It was not a decision that was easy. It was heartbreaking. The clinic was picketed all the time. On the anniversary of the passing of Roe there was always the fear the law would be overturned. The clinic opened a clinic in Colorado in anticipation of the laws changing in Utah. They were prepared to transport the women round trip so they could have the procedure.
My research paper in college was on the history of abortion. One thing I learned personally and in research-a woman will try to do anything to end an unwanted pregnancy regardless of the consequences.
On June 24th life as a woman knew changed and rights we fought for are in danger of being overturned.
The ramifications of this ruling doesn’t just affect grown women but it filters down to American girls. In 1973 the world was so different. Now girls are reaching puberty at a younger age than 1973 which means 10 year old girls can be forced to give birth from a rape and/ or incest event. In what universe is this moral? The potential criminalization of naturally occurring miscarriages is inconceivable in its cruelty. Most American women have experience dealing with being marginalized economically and diminished professionally and harassed sexually but this feels like a direct assault and violation of our personhood. I feel truly stripped of my freedom and I love the support of likeminded women and men.
Thanks for your newsletter and analysis on the Supreme Court’s decision - Roe versus Wade.
Thank God that I live in the state of New Jersey where women’s rights to make their decisions are still respected. Governor Phil Murphy just signed women’s abortion rights into law.
I will never ever understand the following:
- Why guns have more rights than women in this country
- Why men (or women) will make decisions on women’s bodies and the women have no say (or choice) to what they want to do with their bodies
- Why evangelicals and religious fanatics will impose their own religious beliefs on others - just because they carry/ study the Bible/ Quran go to church/ synagogue/ mosque: all these doesn’t define one as a good person…these type of people tend to be hypocrites, wolves in sheep’s clothing and downright wicked
I have concluded that Clarence Thomas’ judgement is seriously skewed…he is a very disgusting and disturbed person. Why will he go as far as overturning laws because of who someone chooses to sleep with? Wow, this branch of government is so messed up…talk about going back to medieval times. The conservative justices really wanted to know who people have sex with? That’s so messed up and so perverted
When was this constitution written? We have done amendments…why can’t we amend laws to the 21st century?
I want to live in a society with a government that respects everybody’s civil and health rights especially women’s rights. One more thing, no man should never ever make decisions about women’s bodies…the last time I checked men don’t have uterus and have zero idea what women go through with their bodies.
I was happy to see you make reference on your show last night to the fact that this ruling also impacts men. You were interviewing Cecil Richards who is in my opinion is a brilliant woman and she also made that same statement. I would love to see her follow in her mom’s footsteps and run for a political office. Men need to step up to the plate when they go to vote in November. It’s not just on women to fight this ruling tooth and nail. I too fear other rulings impacting our civil rights are coming down the pike. I’m guessing one that has only been legal nationwide since 1967 won’t be looked at or considered at all. It’s called Interracial Marriage! Gee, I wonder why?
Hi and greetings from Northern Ireland! I agree with every single word you wrote, summarizes the situation perfectly. To say the Supreme Court is disingenuous is an understatement. It used to be said that the Catholic Church needed to stay out of people’s bedrooms. The States and Court should be doing the same. Instead the opposite is happening. Morality and conscience should be private matters not government dictated. Thank you for the way you are covering this.
If contraception became illegal, would it encompass both genders? Deprivation of reproductive rights and punitive mechanisms are thus far directed at females. Varied and cumulative consequences of the Roe ruling defy reason and quantitative scope. Words are inadequate for this regressive madness, this legal horror, this grave injustice.
I do not understand how the five justices can so radically change the laws that were made over the last 50-75 years to suit their personal opinions. They are out of sync with the people’s and the constitution’s intentions. And, they are quickly moving on to other areas that they should not be involved in like climate control and the authority of the EPA. President Biden needs to quickly move forward with codifying Roe and expanding the number of judges on the Supreme Court. This is a terrible situation and is going to get worse. Wake up everyone, write your representative and senators.
A black, male friend of mine told me the other day that Clarence Thomas is "acting like a White man." Mostly I've been trying to decide whether someone would label me a racist for saying the very same thing, but I absolutely see his point. Thomas is trying to "play God," be the divine one, and be the oppressor.
All but one of those who overturned Roe are men who have never carried a pregnancy, and never will. The other has a prehistoric view of the world - and apparently of life. I'm Catholic, too, but Catholicism never taught me to endanger myself so another could live. Pregnancy is NOT easy. I'm sure every one of us has noticed how a woman's body changes during pregnancy, but what we can't see is what's going on INSIDE the body. I have personally had surgery twice to tack back up my bladder, and it is currently held in place by a mesh sling that will stay inside of me forever. I've had a portion of my intestines hoisted back into place, as well. But, I have had my rectum repaired and relocated FOUR times; and, as I type, it has prolapsed again. The last time, I was on the operating table for 2-1/2 hours and had a mind-numbingly slow recovery of 12 weeks. I'm too tired to go through that again. My uterus, though, was completely shot by the fourth child, and I had a hysterectomy while in my 20s. There are women, though, who end up with problems way worse than mine. As for the births, during only one did I have a problem - uncontrolled hemorrhaging that also required surgery. Let's be clear: I wanted to carry these children; it was my choice. But, I think that when one mandates that course for another, as this Court has done, they are signaling that they have absolutely ZERO respect for life. The Court seems to espouse the notion that all life is equal, yet they obviously don't give a damn about the life of the woman or girl who has to go through this.
Beyond all that, my personal feeling is that Clarence Thomas should be impeached. The Supreme Court is supposed to be apolitical, but he clearly is not. He has trampled and trashed the oaths of his office. And, now he's releasing statements that are obvious signals for his fellow right-wing fanatics to go out and find some cases to bring before the Court so it can overturn same-sex marriage, the right to contraception, and the right to have consensual sex with whomever we choose. He is literally advertising his personal opinion - telling us outright that he will overturn those rights based on his personal opinion!! Whatever happened to "without passion or prejudice?!" Clearly, the blindfold needs to come off Lady Justice.
As for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, they all lied - while under oath - to Congress during their confirmation hearings. That's a crime for you and me. They should be impeached. Kavanaugh needs to be thoroughly vetted because that was never done. And, I think a thorough vetting would prove that he's not fit to hold the position, anyway. Finally, Alito is an idiot, and Roberts is a woose. People have screamed for the last year and a half about Biden being an illegitimate President, but this is an illegitimate Supreme Court.
It is not just precedent this Court ignored, but consequences, as well. I expect that the economic fallout will be felt by all of us. The rise, once again, of back alley abortions and the complications that end in death. Negative effects on the climate. Overcrowding, underfunding, non-existent resources.
My sincere hope is that President Biden expands the Court. Like, now.
Thanks, Ari. I want to know how this can be changed. Yes, voting, but are there other things we can do? I would love Joe Biden to expand the court (but I believe that would have to be voted on in Congress), I would like those who can to consider impeachment of particularly one member who is clearly compromised. He has even expressed that he is getting revenge, or so I read, to the liberals for making his life hell. All that is happening makes one feel helpless, as if there are no answers and the real answers seem to elude us. But I still have hope, because these things that are happening to the people now will get voters out, and we are much more motivated now than ever before. And I want to thank you for your always insightful and often brilliant show, I never miss it.
Ari, you summarized it well, and yes, that “Neutral on Prenatal Life” is incongruent and HOGWASH! But how did we get here? Stolen elections, denied justice seats, gerrymandering, and a lot of other political foulness are notables. HOWEVER, all that “women’s equality” for which women fought so hard, was put on a fast track to descent, when RBG refused to retire; when WOMEN said they couldn’t trust Hillary; when we kept/keep splitting ourselves and handing over our power! Republicans made a CONSERTED EFFORT to take over school boards, city councils, water boards—to familiarize a name for mayorships, sheriffs, state and local governments and so on. Why can’t women devise a platform for three to five issues nationally, that women can support, no matter the state or party and go for it? The bottom line, women need to take some responsibility for ROE and galvanized around codifying it. And Democrats need to stop counting chickens before they hatch, with the public disapproval of the decision.
Like so many in our country, I have spent the last week trying to process every layer of this devastation, both emotionally and intellectually. Although I have no faith in our current SCOTUS, I find comfort in thinking about the “liberal” justices left and the swearing in of Ketanji Brown Jackson. I look forward to their dissenting opinions (and I’m sure there will be doozies) to help guide me, and hopefully guide the country in how to continue our fighting to protect our privacy rights.
Thank you for your continued thorough and thoughtful covering of all of this. Happy 4th?!
The justice should make intermarriage a crime, while he’s at it. Oh, he wouldn’t like that? He’s learned NOTHING over the course of his life, as a black man in America. He deserves an impeachment. That, he has earned.
I usually don't drop comments...re-wrote today's a few times, but this is all I'm left with: shoutout to precedent, we miss you.
I am a Jungian Psychologist. People in my profession have been treating the terrible psychological and physical consequences of societal oppression like this forever! We will, of course, continue to treat the terrible wounds perpetrated on citizens by right wing, ignoramuses. I appreciate your continual reporting on this GQP evil. Please mention how much help exists out there for those suffering from this oppression and encourage them to seek it! Thanks. Dr. Barbara Kobrin.
When I was in college I got pregnant and decided to get an abortion. I lived in Utah and there was only one Doctor that performed abortions and it took several hours to get there. While I was in college I did work for my physiology instructor. I confided with him my situation. I’d gone to 12 years of Catholic Girls School, so it was not an easy decision. He told me never regret the decision you make; only regret you had to make a decision.
Those words once I understood helped me make the decision.
Years later I (still in Utah) I worked for a full service women’s clinic that performed abortions. I saw first hand the anguish the women experienced. It was not a decision that was easy. It was heartbreaking. The clinic was picketed all the time. On the anniversary of the passing of Roe there was always the fear the law would be overturned. The clinic opened a clinic in Colorado in anticipation of the laws changing in Utah. They were prepared to transport the women round trip so they could have the procedure.
My research paper in college was on the history of abortion. One thing I learned personally and in research-a woman will try to do anything to end an unwanted pregnancy regardless of the consequences.
On June 24th life as a woman knew changed and rights we fought for are in danger of being overturned.
The ramifications of this ruling doesn’t just affect grown women but it filters down to American girls. In 1973 the world was so different. Now girls are reaching puberty at a younger age than 1973 which means 10 year old girls can be forced to give birth from a rape and/ or incest event. In what universe is this moral? The potential criminalization of naturally occurring miscarriages is inconceivable in its cruelty. Most American women have experience dealing with being marginalized economically and diminished professionally and harassed sexually but this feels like a direct assault and violation of our personhood. I feel truly stripped of my freedom and I love the support of likeminded women and men.
Hi Ari and Happy Fri-YAY😃
Thanks for your newsletter and analysis on the Supreme Court’s decision - Roe versus Wade.
Thank God that I live in the state of New Jersey where women’s rights to make their decisions are still respected. Governor Phil Murphy just signed women’s abortion rights into law.
I will never ever understand the following:
- Why guns have more rights than women in this country
- Why men (or women) will make decisions on women’s bodies and the women have no say (or choice) to what they want to do with their bodies
- Why evangelicals and religious fanatics will impose their own religious beliefs on others - just because they carry/ study the Bible/ Quran go to church/ synagogue/ mosque: all these doesn’t define one as a good person…these type of people tend to be hypocrites, wolves in sheep’s clothing and downright wicked
I have concluded that Clarence Thomas’ judgement is seriously skewed…he is a very disgusting and disturbed person. Why will he go as far as overturning laws because of who someone chooses to sleep with? Wow, this branch of government is so messed up…talk about going back to medieval times. The conservative justices really wanted to know who people have sex with? That’s so messed up and so perverted
When was this constitution written? We have done amendments…why can’t we amend laws to the 21st century?
I want to live in a society with a government that respects everybody’s civil and health rights especially women’s rights. One more thing, no man should never ever make decisions about women’s bodies…the last time I checked men don’t have uterus and have zero idea what women go through with their bodies.
Have a nice 4th of July weekend, Ari😊
Keep quoting rap lyrics, I truly enjoy it😁
Cheers🍾🥂
I was happy to see you make reference on your show last night to the fact that this ruling also impacts men. You were interviewing Cecil Richards who is in my opinion is a brilliant woman and she also made that same statement. I would love to see her follow in her mom’s footsteps and run for a political office. Men need to step up to the plate when they go to vote in November. It’s not just on women to fight this ruling tooth and nail. I too fear other rulings impacting our civil rights are coming down the pike. I’m guessing one that has only been legal nationwide since 1967 won’t be looked at or considered at all. It’s called Interracial Marriage! Gee, I wonder why?
Hi and greetings from Northern Ireland! I agree with every single word you wrote, summarizes the situation perfectly. To say the Supreme Court is disingenuous is an understatement. It used to be said that the Catholic Church needed to stay out of people’s bedrooms. The States and Court should be doing the same. Instead the opposite is happening. Morality and conscience should be private matters not government dictated. Thank you for the way you are covering this.
If contraception became illegal, would it encompass both genders? Deprivation of reproductive rights and punitive mechanisms are thus far directed at females. Varied and cumulative consequences of the Roe ruling defy reason and quantitative scope. Words are inadequate for this regressive madness, this legal horror, this grave injustice.
I do not understand how the five justices can so radically change the laws that were made over the last 50-75 years to suit their personal opinions. They are out of sync with the people’s and the constitution’s intentions. And, they are quickly moving on to other areas that they should not be involved in like climate control and the authority of the EPA. President Biden needs to quickly move forward with codifying Roe and expanding the number of judges on the Supreme Court. This is a terrible situation and is going to get worse. Wake up everyone, write your representative and senators.
Why not term limits for ALL federal judges?
A black, male friend of mine told me the other day that Clarence Thomas is "acting like a White man." Mostly I've been trying to decide whether someone would label me a racist for saying the very same thing, but I absolutely see his point. Thomas is trying to "play God," be the divine one, and be the oppressor.
All but one of those who overturned Roe are men who have never carried a pregnancy, and never will. The other has a prehistoric view of the world - and apparently of life. I'm Catholic, too, but Catholicism never taught me to endanger myself so another could live. Pregnancy is NOT easy. I'm sure every one of us has noticed how a woman's body changes during pregnancy, but what we can't see is what's going on INSIDE the body. I have personally had surgery twice to tack back up my bladder, and it is currently held in place by a mesh sling that will stay inside of me forever. I've had a portion of my intestines hoisted back into place, as well. But, I have had my rectum repaired and relocated FOUR times; and, as I type, it has prolapsed again. The last time, I was on the operating table for 2-1/2 hours and had a mind-numbingly slow recovery of 12 weeks. I'm too tired to go through that again. My uterus, though, was completely shot by the fourth child, and I had a hysterectomy while in my 20s. There are women, though, who end up with problems way worse than mine. As for the births, during only one did I have a problem - uncontrolled hemorrhaging that also required surgery. Let's be clear: I wanted to carry these children; it was my choice. But, I think that when one mandates that course for another, as this Court has done, they are signaling that they have absolutely ZERO respect for life. The Court seems to espouse the notion that all life is equal, yet they obviously don't give a damn about the life of the woman or girl who has to go through this.
Beyond all that, my personal feeling is that Clarence Thomas should be impeached. The Supreme Court is supposed to be apolitical, but he clearly is not. He has trampled and trashed the oaths of his office. And, now he's releasing statements that are obvious signals for his fellow right-wing fanatics to go out and find some cases to bring before the Court so it can overturn same-sex marriage, the right to contraception, and the right to have consensual sex with whomever we choose. He is literally advertising his personal opinion - telling us outright that he will overturn those rights based on his personal opinion!! Whatever happened to "without passion or prejudice?!" Clearly, the blindfold needs to come off Lady Justice.
As for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, they all lied - while under oath - to Congress during their confirmation hearings. That's a crime for you and me. They should be impeached. Kavanaugh needs to be thoroughly vetted because that was never done. And, I think a thorough vetting would prove that he's not fit to hold the position, anyway. Finally, Alito is an idiot, and Roberts is a woose. People have screamed for the last year and a half about Biden being an illegitimate President, but this is an illegitimate Supreme Court.
It is not just precedent this Court ignored, but consequences, as well. I expect that the economic fallout will be felt by all of us. The rise, once again, of back alley abortions and the complications that end in death. Negative effects on the climate. Overcrowding, underfunding, non-existent resources.
My sincere hope is that President Biden expands the Court. Like, now.
Thanks, Ari. I want to know how this can be changed. Yes, voting, but are there other things we can do? I would love Joe Biden to expand the court (but I believe that would have to be voted on in Congress), I would like those who can to consider impeachment of particularly one member who is clearly compromised. He has even expressed that he is getting revenge, or so I read, to the liberals for making his life hell. All that is happening makes one feel helpless, as if there are no answers and the real answers seem to elude us. But I still have hope, because these things that are happening to the people now will get voters out, and we are much more motivated now than ever before. And I want to thank you for your always insightful and often brilliant show, I never miss it.
Ari, you summarized it well, and yes, that “Neutral on Prenatal Life” is incongruent and HOGWASH! But how did we get here? Stolen elections, denied justice seats, gerrymandering, and a lot of other political foulness are notables. HOWEVER, all that “women’s equality” for which women fought so hard, was put on a fast track to descent, when RBG refused to retire; when WOMEN said they couldn’t trust Hillary; when we kept/keep splitting ourselves and handing over our power! Republicans made a CONSERTED EFFORT to take over school boards, city councils, water boards—to familiarize a name for mayorships, sheriffs, state and local governments and so on. Why can’t women devise a platform for three to five issues nationally, that women can support, no matter the state or party and go for it? The bottom line, women need to take some responsibility for ROE and galvanized around codifying it. And Democrats need to stop counting chickens before they hatch, with the public disapproval of the decision.
Like so many in our country, I have spent the last week trying to process every layer of this devastation, both emotionally and intellectually. Although I have no faith in our current SCOTUS, I find comfort in thinking about the “liberal” justices left and the swearing in of Ketanji Brown Jackson. I look forward to their dissenting opinions (and I’m sure there will be doozies) to help guide me, and hopefully guide the country in how to continue our fighting to protect our privacy rights.
Thank you for your continued thorough and thoughtful covering of all of this. Happy 4th?!
The justice should make intermarriage a crime, while he’s at it. Oh, he wouldn’t like that? He’s learned NOTHING over the course of his life, as a black man in America. He deserves an impeachment. That, he has earned.