Join us in a special episode discussing the overturning of Roe V. Wade. (In the episode, Lenny mentions sharing all 50 state laws regarding sexual assault custody. They will be posted on our socials instead as we're limited to the amount of text here.)

Why a Bill of Rights? | National Archives

https://www.archives.gov/amending-america/explore/why-bill-of-rights-transcript.html

Why is a Bill of Rights Important? (gov.ky)

http://www.constitution.gov.ky/portal/page/portal/cmihome/resources/WhyisaBillofRightsImportant#:~:text=1%20A%20bill%20of%20rights%20sets%20out%20people%E2%80%99s,relationships%20that%20we%20often%20take%20for%20granted.%20

The First amendment:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/establishment_clause

Heartbeat bill:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_bill

Do fetuses feel pain? Unlikely before the third trimester. 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/201429

Crime rate decline: 

Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime* | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/116/2/379/1904158

Legalized abortion and crime effect - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_effect#2020_updated_study_by_Donohue_and_Levitt

Abortion still happens where it is illegal:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2991869?seq=1

Education and Birthrate

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/97facts/edu2birt.htm

https://blogs.worldbank.org/health/female-education-and-childbearing-closer-look-data

25000 impregnated victims of rape annually:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/in-7-us-states-rape-victims-can-be-legally-forced-to-share-custody-of-their-children-with-their-rapist-fathers

This fucked up shit:

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/17/health/parental-rights-rapists-explainer/index.html

https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/parental-rights-and-sexual-assault.aspx

More rape Statistics:

https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics

Risk of mental health issues from abortion due to external factors such as forced anti-abortion sentiment:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207970/

Disempowerment is bad mm’kayy:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/abortion-bans-womens-health/

https://www.who.int/news/item/09-03-2022-access-to-safe-abortion-critical-for-health-of-women-and-girls

What we the people think:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/strong-majorities-support-keeping-roe-vs-wade-legal-abortion-poll/3681964/

This fucking shit: Safe guard yourself against this bullshittery. This is what our opposition will be pushing.

https://www.ncregister.com/#.V2FfjPkrLNP

Fascism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

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