Nebraska Republican Says Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Necessary Because White People Are Being Replaced

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Erdman’s argument delivers a nice one-two punch of racism and misogyny. First, he thinks that abortions should be banned to force more white people to have babies. But it’s actually people of color who are hardest hit by abortion restrictions. Not all states report the racial and ethnic data of people who get abortions, but those that do found a disproportionately high number of people of color seek the procedure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in 2020, in 29 states and Washington, D.C., 39.2 percent of people who got an abortion were Black. Hispanic people made up 21.1 percent of people who got an abortion, and other nonwhite ethnicities made up 7 percent.

What’s more, if Erdman is actually worried about increasing the labor force, he definitely shouldn’t be banning abortions. Abortion gives people better control over their own lives and allows them more opportunities to join the workforce and move upward economically. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned the Senate Banking Committee in May last year, a month before the Dobbs ruling, that “eliminating the right of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades.”

UristMcHammer on April 13rd, 2023 at 12:05 UTC »

oh look, a nazi paraphrasing the 14 words

999i666 on April 13rd, 2023 at 11:52 UTC »

What kind of master race needs to be forced to procreate?

I'll give the GOP this much. When the dog whistles became train whistles and that wasn't enough, they went to the bat signal.

Carry on, assholes.

Ok-Bass-5596 on April 13rd, 2023 at 11:28 UTC »

They are finally saying the reason behind all this crazy shit. To no one’s surprise…