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“When Hitler was elected, his very first official law was to characterize abortion as a crime against the state”. For Brut, American activist and feminist Gloria Steinem explains how the right to abortion is threatened in the United States.
“The nationalization of women’s bodies is the first measure of a state that seeks to control everything”. On September 30, 2021, American feminist activist Gloria Steinem spoke about the risks hovering over the end of the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG) in the United States.
“There are many in this country who want to give a fertilized egg the status of a legal entity, thus criminalizing abortion”. In some states, this constitutional right may soon be overturned by the Supreme Court.
Activist Gloria Steinem has long fought to democratize abortion rights. “In the 1950s, I wouldn’t have been able to have this safe and legal abortion if I had stayed in the United States.”
“Defending reproductive justice in Texas is not just defending women, it is simply defending democracy.”
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