Abortion Activist Renee Bracey Sherman: Democrats Demand Our Votes But Fail to Protect Our Rights
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5Z9KK)
Tens of thousands took to the streets across the U.S. Saturday to protest threats to abortion rights as part of a coordinated day of action, under the banner Bans Off Our Bodies." We speak with Renee Bracey Sherman, founder and executive director of pro-abortion group We Testify, about the racist history behind anti-abortion movements and the failure of Democrats to protect reproductive rights over the years. Abortion restrictions were really to push white people to have more babies and restrict and ... control the fertility of Black and Brown people across this country," says Sherman. Her new piece for Time magazine is headlined Voting Won't Save Abortion Rights."