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A Socialist Response to the End of Roe: Don’t Mourn—Organize for Reproductive Justice

7/2/2022

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DSA member DIANA MORENO  In These Times

Socialist feminists don’t want “choice”—we demand full abortion rights for all, without exception.
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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, defenders of abortion rights face a stark choice in how to respond. While many politicians and organizations have taken up a liberal individualist position on the question of abortion, by emphasizing personal choice rather than collective rights, it’s critical to highlight an alternative approach: Through a socialist feminist perspective, we can understand and speak about abortion as a class issue that impacts working people everywhere. This approach could help reproductive health activists organize a mass movement strong enough to win free abortion on demand, without apology. 

When feminism is detached from class struggle, it runs the risk of being distorted and commodified into a neoliberal, ​“lean-in” version of feminism that merely celebrates individual women’s achievements under capitalism while ignoring actions that ultimately undermine solidarity. Pop star Beyoncé, for example, can be celebrated for — and profit from — a hit single that quotes feminist writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie while also crossing a picket line to host an Oscars after-party in the face of striking hotel workers calling for a boycott. 

Socialist feminism, meanwhile, is not about individual achievements but rather building collective power in order to achieve liberation and reproductive justice for all. 

Read the rest: https://inthesetimes.com/article/socialism-roe-abortion-dobbs-dsa-reproductive-justice
 
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