How gender ideology is undermining the feminist arguments for abortion

Published May 6, 2022 12:00am ET



For years, the pro-abortion rights movement has been a radically feminist cause. Now, however, many of its proponents can’t even bring themselves to say the word “woman.”

Take, for example, this Washington Post editorial about the leaked draft opinion that revealed the Supreme Court might strike down Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The editorial blasts the decision, which is not final, as “a grievous blow to freedom” and “the legitimacy of the court itself” and mourns the potential loss of abortion rights in some states as an attack on … “pregnant people.”

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