CultureWarsClass2Part1

Abortion

Opposition to Roe v. Wade

• Statelawstodiscourageabortion

• FederallawslimitingMedicaidandinsuranceforabortions

• Persuasionandintimidationtodiscourageabortions

Randall Terry

''Ifyouthinkabortionismurder, thenactlikeit'smurder.''

Pro-Life Protesters Blocking Access to Planned Parenthood Clinic

Woman Guided into Clinic by Escorts

Violence Against Abortion Clinics

1977-8990-99 00-0910-15• Bombing 2515 1 1

• Arson 6496 14 11

• Assault58537121• Invasion2471172515• ThreatsofDeath7024788111orotherHarm

National Abortion Federation

Dr. David La Mond Gunn

Murdered,gunneddown,1993

George Richard Tiller, MD

DirectorofWomen'sHealth

CareServices,Wichita,Kansas

TillerwashotinbotharmsbyShellyShannonin1993.In2009he

wasmurderedbyScottRoederasheservedasanusherinhis

WichitachurchonSundaymorning.

ShelleyShannon

ScottRoeder

Neal Horsley

Horsleywastheanti-abortion

extremistresponsibleforassembling

theinfamous“NurembergFiles”websitethattestedthelinebetween

freespeechandatruethreat.

Horsley’s Nuremberg Files WebsiteWeareupdatingthissectionweekly.Ourgoalistorecordthenameofeverypersonworkinginthebaby

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Threats Against Clinics Increasing• Wanted-stylePosters2010– 2%ofclinics

2014–8%ofclinics

• LeafletswithProviders’PersonalInformation,photographs,addresses2010– 19%

2014– 28%

• ClinicsThreatenedorIntimidated

2010– 27%

2014– 52%

In Some States Abortion Clinics areFew and Far Between

• Mississippi,Missouri,N.Dakota,S.Dakota,Wyoming-- OneClinic

• 89%ofUnitedStatescounties– NoClinics• Texas,Kansas,Nebraska,N.Dakota,S.Dakota,Wyomingmorethan400,000womenlivemorethan150milesfromaclinic

Hostile? orSupportive?

•Hostile4to10restrictions27states

•Middle2-3restrictions10states

•Supportive0-1restrictions13states

Number of States Hostile to Abortion Increasing

• In200013stateshadatleastfourmajorabortionrestrictions.

• In201527stateshadatleastfourmajorabortionrestrictions.

Eighteenofthe27hadsixormorerestrictions.

State Medicaid Funds for Abortions• 17statesfundabortionsundertheirMedicaidprogram.

• 33statesandDConlyfundabortionswhenwoman’slifeisindanger,orincasesofrapeorincest.

Abortions per Year

•1973 744,000•19751,034,000•19901,608,000•20151,058,000

Public Opinion on Abortion

Abortionshouldbe Abortionshouldbelegal most/allcasesillegal inmost/allcases

1995 60% 38%

2016 56% 41%

Abortion and The Trump Administration

•MoreStateRestrictions?

•ADifferentSupremeCourt?

•DefundingPlannedParenthood?

Women’s Rights / Women’s Roles

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1950’s Today

Phyllis Schlafly

“TheAmericanfamilyusedtobethefundamental

institutionofourstable,liberty-loving,andverysuccessful

society.Itenabledustobuildaprosperousmiddleclassthat

wastheenvyoftheworld.Thestructurewasbasedon

definedgenderroles:abreadwinnerandprotectorhusband

andfatherwhoearnedenoughtosupporthisfamily;afull-

timehomemakerwhoseprincipaldutywasthecareand

upbringingoftheirownchildren…Todaythatworldseems

tobegoneorfastdisappearing.”

Senator George Vest, 1887

“FormypartIwantwhenIgotomyhome.…notto

bereceivedinthemasculineembraceofsome

femalewardpolitician,buttotheearnestloving

lookandtouchofatruewoman.… Iwanttogoback

tothejurisdictionofthewife,themother;and

insteadofalectureuponfinanceorthetariff,or

upontheconstructionoftheconstitution,Iwant

thoseblessed,lovingdetailsofdomesticlifeand

domesticlove.”

1920: Women’s Gained the Right to Vote