Protests and Power / June 12, 2025 by marilyn salenger

Donald Trump has been President once again for five months, and his tenure to date can appropriately be labeled a nightmare. As so many sit at home and say the situation in our country can’t get much worse, it seems to do so each day. And it has to stop. It’s a near overwhelming challenge for our democracy. Trump’s tactic is to instill fear. We have fought wars against dictators and autocrats who have chosen to govern this way. They insisted on complete obedience from others using absolute power.

Immigration is a complex issue. But to me, it should be much more simple than we make it if we learn from our history, build upon it positively and think about how our ancestors came to this country.

The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor has stood on our shore since 1886 as a beacon of hope welcoming millions of immigrants coming to our country. Long ago, in a Sunday school graduation ceremony, I proudly recited the words written by Emma Lazarus that appear at the base of Lady Liberty:

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

But now something has gone terribly wrong. We have masked police, also known as ICE, conducting raids of terror because our president demands it. They are once again pulling families apart, deporting people to far off places without any due process of law whether they are here legally or not. Whether they are criminals or not. Trump has given ICE quotas of human beings to fill for their daily round-ups which easily harkens back to Nazi Germany. Think about this for more than a minute.

We seem to have thrown a black hood over Lady Liberty’s face.

Is it any wonder that people are taking to the streets to protest immigration policies? Absolutely not. Peaceful protest is the one way we can fight back. Los Angeles was the beginning on Saturday night. Trump and his sycophants called the protest a riot, which it was not. They lie a lot to justify their actions. Without the consent of Governor Gavin Newsom, Trump called in approximately 2000 members of the National Guard. Then he called in about 700 active duty Marines, without consent from state and city leaders. At a cost estimated by the Pentagon of $134 million dollars, the President of the United States has militarized a major U.S. city to show his power.

And now the people of this country are beginning to show theirs. Protests. Many of them happening in cities that include Seattle, San Francisco, San Antonio, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and New York City. Saturday will be the day that nearly 2000 “No Kings” protests are expected to be held around the country denouncing Trump’s authoritarian tactics. “No Kings” states “a commitment to nonviolent action”. It’s goal is to counter Trump’s parade in D.C. on the same day.

While the military is covering the streets of Los Angeles, the president will fill the streets of Washington, D.C. with thousands of military members and vehicles. The 250th anniversary of the United States Army coincides with his 79th birthday. Trump’s been planning this one for a long time. Tanks and other military vehicles will roll down the beautiful streets of the nation’s Capital while military planes fly overhead and troops march in the streets. This celebration is estimated to cost $45 million. Think of the pictures you have seen of North Korea and Russia military parades. It’s never been done here during peace time with good reason.

#Protests

President Jimmy Carter: A Personal Reflection / January 8, 2025 by marilyn salenger

Days after President Jimmy Carter passed away, the former President of the United States returned to Washington, D.C. to lay in state in our country’s Capitol before being laid to rest in his home town of Plains, Georgia. His casket, draped with the American flag, made its way through the streets on a horse drawn carriage with his family walking close by. This final journey will be forever marked in history just as his initial one was many years ago.

Democratic National Mid-Term Conference 1974

It’s been fifty years since I first met and interviewed Jimmy Carter at the Democratic National Mid-Term Conference. He was the good looking young Governor of Georgia who had more charisma than most today can imagine. After speaking with Carter, I wondered who WAS this man? He was far from a household name in those days and gave me a terrific interview.

Democrats had gathered in Kansas City to position themselves with their strongest opportunity to unseat President Gerald Ford. Each potential presidential candidate, and there were sixteen of them, met with the media to begin to make their case, and I spoke with most of them. In 1974 there were few television newswomen regularly covering politics, and I had made my own case to station management to send me to cover what had traditionally been a man’s journalistic beat.

Post Viet Nam. Post Watergate. It was a time like no other, and politics were going through a major transition period in the seventies. Political insiders were not as appealing as a non-Washington centric politician like Carter. Especially in New Hampshire where I once again found myself covering his campaign. In 1976, New Hampshire was the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, and its residents were among the most well informed. They took studying the candidates very seriously and liked the down home spirit and detailed approach to the issues that Carter presented. The Governor from Georgia won that New Hampshire primary and created the momentum he needed.

Sometimes it’s the little things you really remember. Carter and his wife Rosalynn were leading off the 1976 Memorial Day Parade in Warwick, Rhode Island. My camera crew and I were walking backwards in front of them to get the footage we needed as they waved to the crowds. In my effort to keep pace with enough distance between the presidential candidate, his wife and the Secret Service, I stumbled and fell to the ground. I told my crew to keep going as I tried to get up, but before I could totally standup Jimmy Carter broke ranks with the rest of the parade marchers and walked over to me asking if I needed help. I was honestly stunned by the kindness. When I let him know I wasn’t hurt, he was glad to hear it, and simply went back to join his wife. Not many politicians would have personally lent a hand, It was a moment I have never forgotten.

Months later standing of the floor of Madison Square Garden in New York City I watched Carter officially become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. It was my first national political convention, and the energy and excitement of the crowd was amazing. Covering major history as a journalist is unlike any of the other experiences you have, and reporting on Carter gave me amazing professional opportunities. Including covering his Inauguration. On a freezing cold day in January, 1977, I sat in the press stands watching Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale take the oath of office.

Bizarrely enough, for the first time in forty-eight years President Jimmy Carter and I are once again in Washington, D.C. at the same time on another freezing cold January day. It is with a profound sadness that I write that sentence and watch the crowds line up at the Capitol to pay their last respects to our 39th President. I pay mine with the words written on this page.

God’s speed President Carter.

October 7, 2024: One Year Later / October 7, 2024 by marilyn salenger

We are living in a time of too much hate. Too much ignorance of facts. Too much divisiveness. It’s been brewing for too long.

The horror of the surprise Hamas cross-border October 7, 2023 attack on innocent Israelis was the most deadly day in Israel’s history. Over 1200 people were reportedly killed according to Israel and more than 240 were kidnapped and held hostage, including children, women and men. Of those original numbers, Israel says 97 people are still being held, a third of whom are believed to be dead.

Since October 7 of last year, Israel has responded by devasting attacks on Gaza which is home to the Hamas terrorist organization who operates in underground tunnels in Gaza and is hidden in civilian populations above ground. It has created a nightmare war for all involved.

While attempts at peace deals and cease fires seem to continually fall apart, the war has now expanded to Lebanon which borders on the north of Israel. Lebanon is home to Hezbollah, another terrorist organization, that has been sending rockets into Israel for a long time.

Here’s how I described things a year ago:

The state of Israel has always been largely surrounded by enemies. But this is different and more extreme because the enemies are extremists. Hamas is a militant Palestinian organization based in the Gaza strip and supported by Iran. Hezbollah is a militant Lebanese organization with a strong presence in Southern Lebanon to the north of Israel. It’s also by Iran. Neither terrorist organization recognizes Israel as a state and both are dedicated to destroying the country and its people. Why you ask? Because they are filled with hate.

Hate has now multiplied and fed not only the middle east countries immediately involved, but Israeli and American politics as well. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be using the war for his own political benefit allowing him to remain in power as long as possible. His slim political margin could be defeated when the war ends because many Israelis hold him responsible for what has been viewed as security failures that led to the October 7 attack.

Israel and the United States have forged a strong relationship over the many years since Israel’s founding in 1948. But the October 7th war is taking place during the 2024 U.S. election cycle. President Joe Biden has a long and complicated relationship with Netanyahu. Biden’s efforts to broker peace have repeatedly been thwarted by the Prime Minister, and Vice President Kamala Harris is now bearing part of the brunt of the lack of peace. Donald Trump on the other hand shares many of the same power hungry traits as Netanyahu, and is using lies and his own form of antisemitism to put himself in the middle of this foreign affair. Trump is all in it for himself.

While thousands of lives have been lost in this war, antisemitism has used the war to spread its own form of ugly hate here and abroad. According to the Anti Defamation League antisemitism has reached an all time high in the U.S. this year. In France and Germany, antisemitism has created a world of fear on the continent that knows well the devastation it can bring.

Last week, I called my 90 year old cousin in Israel to wish her a Happy New Year and make sure she was safe shortly before the Jewish New Year began. I couldn’t believe I was watching Lebanon’s rockets being intercepted in mid-air by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system while listening to my cousin tell me she was in her safe room. On my TV screen it looked like fireworks. The conversation ended abruptly when she told me the emergency alarm had gone off in Israel and she had to hang up.

The time for peace and sanity in our world has come. That includes a two-state peace agreement between Israel and Gaza, and electing Kamala Harris as President of the United States. The one state solution hasn’t worked and Donald Trump doesn’t about anything except getting elected and staying out of jail.

#October 7

Will Women Be The Ones To Take Trump Down: Take 3 / April 23, 2024 by marilyn salenger

Donald Trump has always felt he could get away with anything he wanted without getting caught. Until now. He will go down in history not the way he intended, as the grandiose businessman, but as the first former president to be charged with criminal activity and put on trial for those charges. Trump is accused of falsifying business records in an attempt to cover up payment to a porn star in the days before the 2016 election resulting in election interference.

Six years ago, I wrote about the Trump drama currently playing out in a New York City courtroom. That column put the sleezy pieces together and predicted they spelled trouble. The irony of the role of women in all of this remains great. Just ask any woman being denied an abortion today as the result of Trump’s Supreme Court appointments.

WILL WOMEN BE THE ONES TO TAKE TRUMP DOWN - ORIGINALLY WRITTEN APRIL 10, 2018

You can't look forward in the presidency of Donald Trump without looking back. Women and real estate have been at the center of Trump’s life for many years. But his New York City playboy life may be catching up with him.

A porn star and former Playboy Playmate could now be the ones to bring down the Trump presidency. Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal have turned the tables on Trump using all the publicity possible to expose their alleged extramarital affairs with the president, as well as the hush money they were paid shortly before the election. The two women claim to have had the affairs with Trump while he was married to his wife Melania.

Attempts to silence Daniels and McDougal have resoundingly failed. The hush money both received became the target of this week's extraordinary FBI raid on Donald Trump's personal attorney’s office and residence. Trump attorney Michael Cohen has admitted paying porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000.00 and negotiating a non-disclosure agreement just weeks before the election.

Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal's money came via a deal with the National Enquirer which is owned by Trump friend David Pecker. How much additional money, where it came from, and how many others have been paid by Cohen and Pecker to cover for Trump remains in question. The money trail, using a shell corporation(s) for the purpose of making these payments, raised alerts focusing on Federal finance laws and potential money laundering.

Trump is reportedly seething, but he’s not lashing out directly at Daniels and McDougal. Instead, he chooses to distract us with talk once again of firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Republicans appear to be surprisingly vocal in their warnings to the president about the potential firings of these men. If Trump fires anyone in the chain of command over Mueller, or the Special Counsel himself, talk of a constitutional crisis will begin.

No matter the serious distractions Trump tries to use, investigations into breaking Federal finance laws and money laundering involving payments to women in his life are not going away.

#Trump #Stormy Daniels

Terror in Israel / December 7, 2023 by marilyn salenger

Pictures of young Israeli families, parents and children with the caption, “Murdered by Hamas.” Video of young people dancing to rock music at an Israeli music festival one minute and running for their lives the next with Hamas bullets flying directly at them. Too many never made it to safety. Babies, young children, young adults, parents and grandparents being killed or taken hostage as terrorists also known as Hamas set out to kill as many Jews as possible this past weekend.

What a nightmare.

An IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) spokesman told the BBC that the weekend attack was “by far the worst day in Israeli history. Never before have so many Israelis been killed by one single thing, let alone enemy activity, on one day.”

The barbarism used by Hamas is beyond the unspeakable. Rape. Murder. Kidnapping. All happening to those going about their lives peacefully until terror stuck on October 7th.

The State of Israel has always been largely surrounded by enemies. But this is different and more extreme because the enemies are extremists. Hamas is a militant Palestinian organization based in the Gaza strip and supported by Iran. Hezbollah is a militant Lebanese organization with a strong presence in Southern Lebanon to the north of Israel. It’s also supported by Iran. Neither terrorist organization recognizes Israel as a state and both are dedicated to destroying the country and its people. Why you ask? Because they are filled with hate.

I have family in Israel. They range in age from young to old, and different ones moved to Israel from the U.S. at different times. Messages and emails have been going back and forth between us these past two days some of which I’ll share:

“We have seen the Iron Dome intercept the bombs directly overhead. My son and son-in-law and two other cousins have all been called up (to active military duty) and are somewhere near the northern border. The wives and children are staying with us for now. There is no doubt that Israel will prevail, but the cost is already too high.”
Another cousin, “We just left the safe room a few minutes ago after a bomb was intercepted in Jerusalem.”
My elderly cousin wrote, “I am sleeping in the safe room. It is a very secure room made of strong iron windows and doors. If someone gets into our house they can’t open the door. But everyone is so scared.”
Another cousin, “We’re all on edge, sad by the horrific loss of life of so many beautiful people, but also determined and full of purpose that the State of Israel must be defended.”

Israel became a state and was founded as the Jewish homeland on May 14, 1948. A day later its Arab neighbors including Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq invaded the newly independent country. Truces were later signed but in all the years since, a lasting peace has been elusive.

It has personally been a difficult few days as I worry about my family. I pray for real peace and the day to actually come when Arabs and Jews can live in harmony.

#Israel

Will Women Be The Ones to Bring Trump Down? / April 20, 2023 by marilyn salenger

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR POLITICAL & OTHERWISE APRIL 10, 2018

No matter the serious distractions Trump tries to use, investigations into breaking Federal finance laws and money laundering involving payments to women in his life are not going away.

#Trump Indictments #Stormy Daniels

When Antisemitism Became A Part Of My Life During The Holidays / January 5, 2023 by marilyn salenger

At first I thought it was an accidental delay. The Christmas tree and many Christmas decorations went up the day after Thanksgiving in my apartment building lobby as they do every year. But the Chanukah (Hanukkah) Menorah that had been a part of the holiday decorations for the past four years was no where to be seen. A bunch of magazines had been piled on the chest where it would normally be placed. It was strange.

I love Christmas decorations. All my life as a Jewish woman part of the holiday season has involved driving through areas looking at beautiful decorations or visiting friend’s homes and enjoying their trees. Friends, in turn, have come to enjoy sharing Chanukah in my home which is now in an historic apartment building near the White House.

I contacted our building manager who originally bought the Menorah reminding her that Chanukah began on December 18th, and asked her not to forget to put it out. It appeared shortly after and was put on a chest in the lobby. And then it disappeared two days later. Its spot was simply empty.

Two days after no return, I thought perhaps the Menorah had been stolen.

My building is one of 200 residential properties owned and operated nationwide by Camden Property Trust. They are a publicly traded company with multiple layers of management. Chanukah was soon approaching, and I reached out to a regional manager inquiring about the missing Menorah. His email response was baffling since the Menorah had been in place as part of the holiday decor for the previous four years: He wrote:

“The Menorah has not be stolen. We have removed it based on Camden taking a stance that we will not show any religious decorations. The trees are up citing a 1989 Supreme Court decision stating that a tree is not a religious symbol, rather a seasonal symbol.“

But he incorrectly stated the Supreme Court decision which makes clear that both Christmas AND Chanukah have attained secular status. Here’s the Court ruling:

"JUSTICE BLACKMUN concluded in Part VI that the menorah display does not have the prohibited effect of endorsing religion, given its "particular physical setting." (placed next to a Christmas tree) Its combined display with a Christmas tree and a sign saluting liberty does not impermissibly endorse both the Christian and Jewish faiths, but simply recognizes that both Christmas and Chanukah are part of the same winter holiday season, which has attained a secular status in our society."

I responded to the Camden email letting them know that they were not only incorrect about the Supreme Court ruling, but that the Fair Housing Act and HUD have also ruled that the Menorah is not a religious object. I added, “So Camden in the midst of a tragically unfortunate surge in antisemitism in our country has decided to remove Menorahs?”

The next Camden response twisted the Fair Housing Act to try and justify their removal of the Menorah stating:

“In light of the Fair Housing Act and in an effort to treat all residents and their religious beliefs equally, we have made a decision not to display any religious decor at the property. We appreciate and respect every resident’s religious belief(s) and because we cannot cover all those potential beliefs.”

But, once again, the Menorah has been ruled “non-religious. The FHA and HUD both state:

"Certain holiday symbols, such as Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, and the menorah have also been deemed “non-religious” by the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and are okay to use as well."

It was now four days before Chanukah.

Jewish residents, or those of other faiths, were left to wade through a large lobby area filled with a Christmas tree, Christmas wreaths and many additional Christmas decorations while listening to Christmas carols being played on the music system. The holiday gift wrapping station was once again set up for tenants and their gifts with assorted gift paper and ribbons paid for by the building. Amazingly this year it was missing any Chanukah wrapping paper which had been there in previous years. So if you are Jewish and wanted to wrap your presents along with your Christian neighbors, you were out of luck.

I was unprepared for how I felt each day and night walking by the empty spot in the lobby where the Menorah once sat. I have personally dealt with antisemitism in the past, but nothing like this for many years. Now I was dealing with it multiple times a day as I came and went. It was a horrible, stressful feeling knowing that I, along with other Jewish tenants, were being discriminated against.

I decided to go up the corporate ladder to really understand what was behind this entire Chanukah move by Camden. In a telephone conversation with a Vice President I was told they not only didn’t want religious objects put in the lobby but he now called the Christmas tree a “holiday tree.” He said they had their lawyers review things wanting their “guidelines to match the way things are today.” When I asked him to put the Menorah back up before the holiday began, I was told he couldn’t "guarantee that."

The night before Chanukah began, a non-Jewish neighbor was apparently outraged at the disappearance of the Menorah and found it stashed in a chest drawer in the lobby. He reportedly took it out and lit it. It stayed lit for the first two nights of the eight night holiday and then, if you can believe, it disappeared and was never seen again.

As the lights on the “holiday tree” shown bright, nobody who owns this building thought again about putting out their “holiday Menorah.”

#antisemitism

The Queen And I … In honor of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration June,2022 / September 18, 2022 by marilyn salenger

From the private collection of Marilyn Salenger

This is a remarkable time in the life of Queen Elizabeth II. As the Platinum Jubilee celebrations mark her 70 year reign in England, I thought back to another historic time in our own country that brought the two of us together.

In July of 1976 the United States celebrated its Bicentennial paying tribute to the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In its own way, the Bicentennial was a unique and special time of unity and celebrations across the country. President Gerald Ford had appointed a Bicentennial Commission to plan and coordinate the national events along with state commissions leading up to the days around July 4,1976, It was definitely primed to be the grand time that it turned out to be.

Part of what made it special was a Bicentennial visit by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. They traveled to several cities that played notable roles in our fight for independence from British rule including Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. New York City and Boston.

The Queen's last day of that U.S. trip was spent in Boston, the city that was home to the beginning of our revolutionary war history. She walked through the downtown streets and among the crowds moving from one reminder of 1776 to another before heading to the Old State House where she spoke:

This is where it all began...If Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and other patriots could have known that one day a British Monarch would stand beneath the balcony of the Old State House from which the Declaration of Independence was first read to the people of Boston and be greeted by the Mayor and others in such kind and generous words, well I think they would have been extremely surprised

That's the kind of day it was. Those of us in Boston where I was working as a broadcast news correspondent and anchor saw a warm and relaxed Queen Elizabeth without much of the formality surrounding her in England.

But it was one private invitation not involving work that gave me an experience of a lifetime. I received a formal invitation to meet the Queen and Prince Phillip at a small 40 person sherry reception hosted by Boston Mayor Kevin and Mrs. White at City Hall.

I have met and interviewed many famous people, but this was different. I had to get up to speed on what to wear. How to curtsey. How not to speak unless spoken to first. And how to refer to them if I was spoken to. I was simply honored.

Before the reception began, I watched Queen Elizabeth, Mayor White and his wife Catherine walk in a small parade that led to City Hall. When I first saw the Queen outside walking close by me, I was struck by how pretty and petite she was in person. No pictures I had ever seen had done her justice. I laughingly thought to myself she needed a new clothing designer because the dress she was wearing did little to enhance her looks. Prince Phillip, who walked close behind the Queen, was indeed a very handsome man.

Once inside City Hall's Eagle Room, we were asked to form a semi-circle so the Queen and the Prince could meet each of us separately by introduction. I wore a suit and hat and curtsied appropriately realizing I would probably never have a chance to do that again.

My maternal grandmother was from Liverpool, England. I know she was smiling down at me that day from above.

#Queen Elizabeth

Abortion: The Personal and Political / May 5, 2022 by marilyn salenger

DREW ANGERER / GREG NASH / SAUL LOEB / AFP GETTYIMAGES

I could have died 48 years ago if abortion had not been legal. I was 30 years old, recovering from a rare and severe form of hepatitis and a top television newswoman in Boston. When I realized I was pregnant, my doctor told me that having the baby would kill me or my body would kill the baby. Roe v. Wade was one year old.

Months earlier I had been in a coma and was on massive doses of medication with a marriage about to end. Knowing that the pregnancy would have to be terminated was devastating even though I knew the timing was all wrong. I had always wanted children. I had been reporting on the abortion issue for three years and intellectually knew what I had ahead of me. But the reality was filled with an overwhelming mix of emotions as hormones and thoughts combine in ways hard to anticipate. I remember being wheeled into an operating room that had been set up with life-saving support by a nurse who said, "I watch you every day. You're terrific." I was stunned and upset that she recognized me at that very vulnerable moment. I had been worried people would find out I was having an abortion because I wanted my private life to remain private.

It all was like yesterday. The effect on me was profound. The effect on every woman who has an abortion is profound. It is one of the most personal and private decisions a woman can make. The choice not to carry a pregnancy to term needs to be kept safe and legal just as it was for me 48 years ago.

That abortion has been politicized speaks to the fact that it's a woman's issue. A woman's body. A woman's life. I have said it many times - if men were the ones to get pregnant abortion would not be an issue.

But how did we get to where we are today?

It's the Court folks. The Supreme Court has become as broken as our political system. It's not about the leak of the draft of an historically important legal decision that would reverse Roe v. Wade and nearly 50 years of legal precedent protecting abortion rights. It's what's gone on behind the scenes of our nation's highest Court that is exposing the smoke and mirrors game that's been played.

The Court has been held to a standard unlike any other. It's Justices are appointed for life. But the process by which they are chosen has been made a mockery.

Supreme Court Justices are political appointees. Few people routinely think of them that way, but it's how they got their jobs. Presidents nominate Justices and the Senate votes to appoint. The Court has cultivated a unique veil of secrecy over many decades to make it appear as if they are non-partisan with brain power that is above reproach. Except when their personal issues are exposed. Think Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh both of whom have been accused of sexual assault..

The power that President Donald Trump wielded in his appointment of three Supreme Court Justices is now being felt by every woman in the country. Trump and his Republican cohorts in Congress wanted to make sure they put three judges on the court that would do exactly what they are doing - overturn Roe v. Wade. Trump campaigned on the promise to do just that.

Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett were the conservative judges nominated by Trump, and they lied or danced around their beliefs during their confirmation hearings to get their highly valued jobs.

Gorsuch during his hearing said publicly that abortion was "settled law." He also said "I accept the law of the land," when asked about Roe.

Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearing said when talking about Roe v. Wade, "It's settled as precedent of the Supreme Court. One of the important things to keep in mind about Roe v. Wade is that it has been reaffirmed many times." He also said that a court decision to overturn precedent should be "rare."

Amy Coney Barrett as a private citizen signed on to a newspaper ad that said it was "time to put an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe. v. Wade." At her confirmation hearing she danced around the issue. She said that she "doesn't view Roe as a super-precedent." That's a term to describe a Supreme Court decision that is so widely accepted it's at no risk of being overturned.

The Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in 1973 and made it safe for women in need has brought us to a grim new reality in 2022. We are now bearing witness to a near total destruction of the integrity of the Supreme Court. As one of the bedrocks of our democracy, it is outrageous to allow this to happen.

#abortion #supreme court

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