US Representative,NY-14 (BX & Queens). In a modern, moral, & wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 
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Sexual assault is an abuse of power that attempts to seize sexual control over another person’s body. Anti-choice laws are also an abuse of power that attempts to seize sexual control over people’s bodies en masse. And that’s 1 way rape culture informs anti-choice legislation.
It’s not a coincidence that Texas is where GOP are testing new ways to retake sexual control via legislation. TX had “anti-sodomy” laws in place until 2003 (!) that made non-PIV sex illegal until the Supreme Court overturned it on the basis of Roe v Wade’s right to privacy.
The Supreme Court and GOP’s coordinated attack on Roe v Wade isn’t only about abortion rights - it’s also an attack on our overall right to privacy. Roe v Wade allowed SCOTUS to overturn state laws that criminalized private, consensual acts that especially targeted LGBT+ people.
The gutting of Roe v Wade imperils every menstruating person in the US, every person who engages in sex, and every person who values our constitutional right to privacy. Just one reason Roe isn’t a “women’s issue” beyond the fact that people who aren’t women can menstruate too!
MT @AOC
GOP have made one thing clear:
There are no rules.
There are no principles.
There is only power.
They are ruthless, and always have been in my lifetime.
We must recognize they cannot be reasoned with at present & better adapt to that reality.https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1308449791215628290?s=19 …
Oh, but we're all good here in Texas because Abbott says he's eliminating rape 
Indeed. Meanwhile in México the Supreme Court made unanimously said that laws like that are not constitutional. Who would think that a very conservative country like México would end up being far more advanced regarding protecting people's rights that the US...
Because what Texas is doing right now is technically skirting the legal line. If we want to do anything about it Roe V. Wade needs to be codified.
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