If abortion is legal…

…and it is, then it is legal and should be accessible to all. The Hyde Amendment discriminates against women living in poverty, and doesn’t pay for a legal medical procedure. Is there any other procedure so banned? No. I wrote this for Connecticut Health Investigative Team.

Not “reproductive rights,” but reproductive justice

Read this very-good essay from Dorothy Roberts at Dissent. It includes: The language of choice has proved useless for claiming public resources that most women need in order to maintain control over their bodies and their lives. Indeed, giving women “choices” has eroded the argument for state support, because women without sufficient resources are simply …