There will be a new version of the Underground Railroad to help women seeking abortions | PennLive letters – PennLive

In the Dred Scott decision, Roger B. Taney, led the court in ruling that Black people could never be citizens of the United States and that slavery could not be banned in any state. The Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs, which will overturn Roe v Wade will have the same result.

Red states like Missouri already have plans that other red states will follow to sue doctors in other states that perform abortions on Missouri women. There is talk of charging women who go to another state for an abortion to face criminal charges when she returns to her home state. Such laws will in effect nationalize the ban on abortion, thus enslaving womens bodies throughout America.

Women should not count on a gang of religious zealots on the Supreme Court groomed by the Federalist Society to protect her rights under the privileges and immunities clause of the Constitution or under the Fifth Amendment when she goes to another state.

History rhymes in that black citizens, who sought such protections when traveling from state to state were denied them in the 19th Century. Current red state efforts will become Americas new de facto fugitive slave act, because red states will reach across borders to interfere with women getting an abortion.

Women activists are preparing for the end of Roe v Wade, and efforts are underway to create a new underground railroad that will help women get access to abortion where it is legal, and also to enable women to get necessary contraception and abortion pills as well. But these women will face the same risks of breaking the law that earlier railroaders faced.

The conservative war on women on will continue to not only deny pregnant women abortions, but to ban contraception as well. Women will become secondary citizens in America under patriarchal rule.

George Magakis, Jr., Norristown, Pa.

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