War On Women Beyond Roe w/ Sara Matthiesen | MR LIVE 4/13/22

Emma hosts Sara Matthiesen, Professor of History at George Washington University, to discuss her recent book Reproduction Reconceived: Family Making and the Limits of Choice After Roe V. Wade. #Politics #ReproductiveRights

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Professor Matthiesen examines how Roe v. Wade completely changed the conversation around bodily autonomy to one on the idea of choice, to how the treatment of family plays into this. The idea of “choice,” how this euphemism for abortion came to be, and the importance of recognizing the preexisting conditions that are necessary to choose to start a family, and how the Roe decision at the beginning of the neoliberal era of austerity. Next, the sexual revolution's threat to conservative “family values” and why poorer Black and brown people are forced into additional labors in order to reproduce and maintain their family. They a dive into the role mass incarceration played in this project against non-perfectly-nuclear families,. They wrap up the interview by touching on the role of queer parenting in this conversation, walking through the state’s lack of recognition of queer parenting as valid, and its insistence on the existence of a “male” and “female” provider as perhaps its only real involvement in the family.

And in the Fun Half: Putin’s statement that he was really trying to HELP Ukrainians; Eric Adams continued scapegoating of the homeless in the face of a terror attack by someone who routinely raged at houseless (and other minorities) on social media, all while the funding for the police spikes and countless supposedly “affordable” housing apartments are kept empty; Ren from Oregon as they cover the rapid deterioration of trans rights in the US, with states like Alabama and Mississippi moving forward with bills for the forcible de-transition of teenagers, and the complete lack of urgency from liberals on this matter, then, the Fox & Friends hosts reveal that the violent and insane people responsible for yesterday’s terror attack in Brooklyn are the homeless people that angered the shooter. Stephen from Pittsburg gives some updates on PA unionization, DeSantis continues to live out his dreams of government in the 80s, and the ACA somehow makes a return to town halls. Hannah from Southern California gives an open and honest discussion about the need for African American and Queer studies in American high schools, Greg Kelly tells us not to worry because “slavery was just a phase, mom!” Alex from NY calls in for some more discussion on parents’ relationship to schooling, plus, your calls and IMs!

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