The author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is standing up for choice. Over the weekend, Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood penned an op-ed for The Guardian, responding to the leaked draft opinion indicating the U.S.
Supreme Court may overturn Roe V. Wade. READ MORE: Margaret Atwood, Josh Grisham Among Contributors To Pandemic Novel The famous and controversial 1973 ruling enshrined a federal right to abortion access in America. “Nobody likes abortion, even when safe and legal.
It’s not what any woman would choose for a happy time on Saturday night,” Atwood began. “But nobody likes women bleeding to death on the bathroom floor from illegal abortions either.
What to do?” Comparing the prospect of a ban on abortion to slavery, Atwood explained, “Women who cannot make their own decisions about whether or not to have babies are enslaved because the state claims ownership of their bodies and the right to dictate the use to which their bodies must be put.” “If the state is mandating enforced childbirth, why should it not pay for prenatal care, for the birth itself, for postnatal care, and – for babies who are not sold off to richer families – for the cost of bringing up the child?” she continued. “And if the state is very fond of babies, why not honour the women who have the most babies by respecting them and lifting them out of poverty?
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