Barbara Kruger: “The end of Roe is the result of the Republicans’ relentless campaign to restrict reproductive rights and control women’s bodies. Many of the Democrats have been incapable of responding forcefully, and only recently has the left begun to understand that the contestations around gender, race, and class have to be engaged simultaneously and not siloed into rigid hierarchies of concern. This lack of compelling rhetoric and the inability to vote and think strategically has tragically informed the make-up of the current Supreme Court.”
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RG @nytopinion: #BarbaraKruger’s recent op-art piece for Times Opinion (May 2022) responded to the news that the Supreme Court appeared poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that has guaranteed the right to abortion in the United States for nearly 5 decades