Everyone is FREAKING out that the enemies of reproductive freedom installed onto our Supreme Court have decided to hear a Mississippi case that could end Roe v. Wade, the precedent that has protected legal abortion in this country for almost 50 YEARS! In this FBK Newsbreak, your Feminist Buzzkills interview Hillary Schneller, the lead attorney from the Center for Reproductive Rights who will be arguing against this case before the Supreme Court on December 1, 2021. In preparation for December 1st, we did an interview back in May with Hillary, aka THE person who could help teach us all what's at stake and what we can do to support Mississippi and protect our right to decisions about OUR BODIES.
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Featured Feminist Buzzkills:
Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead
Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks
Special Guest: Hillary Schneller
- Lead Attorney from the Center for Reproductive Rights (@reprorights) arguing the Mississippi Case
Quick Hits:
The Mississippi Case
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health will argued at SCOTUS on December 1, 2021
Hillary Schneller Introduction
- Hillary Schneller is a senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights (@reprorights) who will be the LEAD attorney challenging the Mississippi case at SCOTUS
Meaty Story:
Facts of Mississippi’s case breakdown by Hillary Schneller
- 2018 – Mississippi originally passes the 15-week ban
- Explicit purpose of this ban – to provoke SCOTUS to take a case that would challenge Roe v. Wade which has protected legal abortion in the US since 1973
- Immediately blocked by the lower court & 5th circuit court of appeals
- June, 2021 – SCOTUS agrees to hear Mississippi case
What is at stake?
- “The state chose to pass a law it knew was unconstitutional to endorse a decades-long campaign fueled by national interest groups to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade” – US District Court Judge Carlton Reeves
- If overturned, many states will follow Mississippi’s lead in successfully passing anti-abortion bans
- 10+ states have “trigger” bans in place which will end abortion within 24 hours as soon as Roe is overturned
What can you do?
- Follow US, @abortionfront to stay in the know on calls to actions and updates regarding the case, and check out our listed resources below:
WHERE TO LEARN MORE & DONATE:
The Center For Reproductive Rights – The lawyers defending Mississippi in this case
Donate – reproductiverights.org
Follow – @reprorights
Jackson Women’s Health (JWHO) – offers affordable abortion care to women living in Mississippi and/or traveling to the state of Mississippi
Learn More/Donate – jacksonwomenshealth.com
We Engage: The Mississippi volunteer activists who escort patients and defend The Jackson Women's Health Organization (AKA The Pink House) the only remaining clinic left in the state.
Donate – weengage.org
Follow – @phdefenders
Mississippi Freedom Fund
Help low-income people with resources to access abortion care.
Donate – msreprofreedomfund.org
Follow – @mrff_funds_abortions
Abortion Access Front: Help us keep you informed and activated by donating!
Donate – aafront.org/donate
Follow – @abortionfront
