Imagine a world in which men, not women, are the ones who get pregnant. They’d be buying their abortion pills over the counter at the drugstore.
There’s no way they’d make it criminal to opt out.
The strategy among antiabortion forces—in the face of the constitutional right established by Roe v. Wade in 1973—is to chip away at that right until it disappears. The Supreme Court could make a decision this month on a Texas case regarding a law that, by setting stricter standards for abortion providers, would shut down most of the state’s clinics and would in effect invite other states to enact similar restrictions.
The point is to start a discussion. The 60-minute show will be followed by one that’ll include ACLU staff attorney Emily Werth and the audience. v
Wed 6/22, 7 PM Theater Wit 1229 W. Belmont 773-975-8150theaterwit.org $40, $10 students