Fascist Republicans Kill Roe v. Wade, Useless Democrats Let It Happen

The GOP's assault on women's rights lands a devastating blow.

Peter Daou

Jun 24, 2022

It’s official: ROE V. WADE IS OVERTURNED

The Supreme Court cements its status as a full-fledged tool of the far right.

Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks

No unelected body should have the power to strip people of their human right to autonomy, especially an institution as plagued by controversy, illegitimacy, and naked partisanship as the United States Supreme Court. @sandylocks on #DobbsVJWHO #RoeVWade #LiberateAbortion

Text: “We’ve known for a long time that this day would come. Today, an illegitimate Supreme Court—stacked with justices who have been credibly accused of sexual harrassment and assault, installed by presidents who took power via undemocratic sleights of hand—ratified their cause of eroding the 14th amendment and the right to bodily autonomy. The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will be lethal to Americans – particularly, Black women and queer people – who now will lose their already-limited access to abortions. If establishment Democrats sit back and allow this Court to continue to dismantle every right protecting marginalized people, this decision won’t just cost lives. It also will cost us our democracy. Our leaders in Washington must recognize how the tyranny of the minority, white supremacy, misogyny and bigotry brought us to this dark day. And they must act now to protect voting rights and enshrine the right to an abortion into federal law—before it’s too late.”

Sawyer Hackett @SawyerHackett

Start the clock. 30 days from today it will be a first degree felony—punishable by life in prison—for a Texas doctor to perform an abortion for a woman raped and impregnated by a family member. This is what the Supreme Court has done.

The end of Roe v. Wade come as no surprise to activists who have fought the GOP as it methodically crushes women’s reproductive rights across the country. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, which controls the White House, Senate, and House, has always treated Roe as a fundraising opportunity.

🌽🌽 Erica, The White Trash Socialist 🌽🌽™️ @herosnvrdie69

I have quite literally already received 8 separate fundraising emails asking me to donate to protect Roe V Wade from democrats who currently control the house, senate and White House. Incredible.

Zoé @ztsamudzi

We voted for Biden to save the country from the precipice of fascism or whatever and what do we have two years in? No COVID support or relief, repro rights rolled back, queer and trans people under attack, no ambitious climate plan, no debt relief. But vote blue!

Republicans have played the long game on abortion, systematically dismantling women’s rights at the local and national level. The Democratic establishment, on the other hand, has been an abject failure on the issue.

Breya Johnson @TheBlackLayers

You have a Democratic Party that for years and even many now wouldn’t even say abortion is a right. They wouldn’t even move to remove the Hyde Amendment. They wouldn’t codify roe. This is not ONLY on republicans.

The Local Sun @DanieTHBee

They had the opportunity to codify Roe V Wade into law during Obama’s term and said it wasn’t a priority. One would say that a certain party does their part to maintain the tentative status of ‘human rights’ as a bargaining chip for their campaigns at this point

Addie 🏳️‍⚧️ (warning:nerd) @StarryNerd99

@peterdaou The dems also promised to codify Roe v. Wade in 2020, 2016, 2008, and I believe even 1992? So either they don't give a fuck about abortion, or they're just really incompetent to the level of stretching the limits of human believability

It doesn’t help that early in his career, Joe Biden said the Supreme Court went “too far” on abortion rights in Roe. And in May 2022, Biden rejected the idea of ending the filibuster to protect abortion rights.

In 2017, Nancy Pelosi claimed abortion is “kind of fading as an issue” for Democrats. “It really is,” she emphasized.

And of course, Republicans aren’t done. With Democrats focused on protecting the status quo for the billionaire class, fascism’s march continues…

Prashant ❤️ @CoolAssPuppy

They will gut Roe and Casey. They are coming for Loving, Griswold, and Obergefell. You can absolutely count on that. It wouldn’t surprise me if they came for Brown after that. Dark times in America.

LISTEN - On March 15th, after Missouri Republicans proposed a bill that would make it a crime to terminate an ectopic pregnancy, I had a conversation with friends and fellow activists about the GOP’s assault on women. My wife Leela Daou, who nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy, describes her experience. Click to listen.