What the Supreme Court nomination would mean for black women
With the confirmation process underway for Judge
To begin, Kavanaugh has made it clear that he doesn't support the right to abortion enshrined in Roe v. Wade - though seven in 10 people in this country do, as well as nearly eight in 10 Black Americans. We know that many states, if they were allowed, would ban abortion immediately. In a handful of states, only one abortion clinic remains, and in others, women are forced to travel long distances, delay care, and pay out-of-pocket for care not covered by insurance. Whether the right to abortion is turned over to states or outlawed, or the court instead allows extreme restrictions, the impact will be fall hardest on those who already struggle to get care - and Black women could be the most harmed.
As DC Congresswoman
Forcing a woman to continue a pregnancy after she's decided to end it is a violation of her basic human rights - forcing a Black woman to do so in a country that places so little value on Black life adds incalculable insult to injury. Kavanaugh's record seems to indicate that he'd be perfectly comfortable forcing pregnancy on Black women, while doing little to ensure that Black women's children will grow to be healthy, treated equally, and thrive - unlike
Kavanaugh has also sided with bosses to want to deny their employees' birth control coverage based on the employer's personal or religious beliefs. Here, too, the stakes are higher for Black women. We are more likely to be struggling economically, therefore less likely to be able to "buy our way out of the problem" by paying out-of-pocket when health coverage is denied.
While the threat Kavanaugh poses to reproductive health has dominated much of the news, Black women have all those and even more concerns when it comes to this nominee. As the
All these issues are connected - they are intersectional. Being treated fairly at work, in lending, in school, and elsewhere, as well as voting rights and access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion, help ensure that Black women and our families can be healthy and live with dignity. Now is the time for us to work together - across issues and geography - to defend ourselves, our families and our communities.
Let's be honest - the
Black women are the largest constituency in
Until we can see that, we can certainly do better than another ideologically extreme white man who would only roll back the progress for which Black women have already sacrificed so much.
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