Florida Republicans are going after abortion rights as clinics in north Florida have seen an influx of pregnant people coming from nearby states where lawmakers have made abortion care inaccessible.
State Sen. Joseph Silk said his frustration with what he deemed Oklahoma’s “very liberal” leadership led him to run for Congress—even though the state’s legislature is dominated by Republicans.
For all that Bloom got wrong about theory and the state of the discipline, he was correct in his contention that the sometimes godlessness of the field was a critical detriment, and that 'A nation obsessed with religion rather desperately needs a religious criticism.'
There’s much to say about this week's arguments, including the question of whether the employers were arguing, in effect, that it is acceptable to discriminate against LGBTQ people so long as they discriminate against all LGBTQ people.
“The slew of violence against Black trans women needs to be certified as an epidemic and public health crisis beyond just reading the names of murdered women," said Alex Corona, a board member of the Sex Workers Outreach Project.
The bifurcation of abortion access in the United States means more clinics should be built on the border of states with onerous anti-choice restrictions, advocates say.