4/11/2023 by ANSEV DEMIRHAN
Anti-abortion groups, backed by the funders they keep secret from the public, have been lobbying against the Equal Rights Amendment for the past two years.
12.05.2022 | Lindsay Beyerstein
The far-right vs. women’s rights
The US Supreme Court’s imminent attack on woman’s right to an abortion is underwritten by a reactionary, sexist, and racist far-right movement.
On 2 May 2022, Americans learned that the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade , the Supreme Court decision that has safeguarded an American woman’s right to an abortion for more than forty years. The magazine Politico published a leaked draft of a majority opinion written by conservative Justice Sam Alito, which would unequivocally strike down Roe v. Wade . …
… The news came as a shock because the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has held off striking down Roe v. Wade in full because it is such a politically unpopular decision: 59 per cent of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in most, if not all cases. Only 28 per cent say they want to see Roe v. Wade overturned. …
The far right’s sexism
Since the draft leaked, women from all walks of life have shared stories of how abortions saved everything from their lives to their careers. …
Not that anyone on the sanctimonious Christian Right seems to give a fart about living woman and children.
As for the pay inequity as another article points out, it’s nuanced. Though it’s nice to hear it’s not as bad as some would have us believe. Still, as they say, it’s “nuanced”.
MYTH: THE WAGE GAP EXISTS BECAUSE WOMEN CHOOSE LOWER-PAYING CAREERS
True, women are more likely than men to have lower-paying jobs, but this is also a nuanced statistic. Women are more limited than men in terms of livelihood options due to gender discrimination (especially in STEM fields such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — subjects that women perform well in at school but tend not to follow as careers).
Sexual harassment and gendered violence also keep women out of certain workplaces and even whole industries. …