Nightmare

So, the SCOTUS overruling of Roe V Wade is unsurprising (the GOP long ago became a fascist party devoted to white supremacy and misogyny, the criminalization of pregnancy has been a longstanding openly-stated policy goal, and they will absolutely come for birth control, same-sex relationships, and anything else that isn't nailed down next) but it's enraging and horrifying nonetheless. We all have an obligation - including the conservatives out there who have some sense of "what if other people were also human beings," and certainly Christians whose faith binds them to service to others - to fight them at all costs and in as many ways as possible.

Please donate to Planned Parenthood, whose work has saved the lives of millions of women and whose work remains essential as states criminalize medical care and install surveillance regimes designed to police and punish women in as many ways as possible. I'd also urge you to donate to this collection of abortion funds, to support the women whose states have already enacted draconian laws that negate their personhood.  Press your local government to pass legislation prohibiting cooperation with investigations into pregnancies that did not lead to a healthy birth. If you have Republican representatives at any level in government, please organize and volunteer to get them removed. If you have Democratic representatives, let them know you are not accepting their passivity in the face of the GOP's total disregard for democratic norms, and insist that they do everything in their power to limit the slide this country is currently facing toward an absolute collapse of democracy. (This has already functionally taken place in places like Wisconsin and North Carolina, and the Supreme Court has already indicated they're perfectly happy to attack democracy anywhere it threatens GOP power elsewhere.) The hour is very late, and while a lot of people in this country were already suffering, a lot more are in the crosshairs now.