Her Body, Our Laws by Michelle Oberman

Author:Michelle Oberman [Oberman, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8070-4553-4
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2017-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Lessons from Lauinger

Due to Lauinger thwarting my efforts to meet with pro-life lawmakers, I learned that the pro-life movement in Oklahoma is run by elite outsiders, not by elected officials and not by community organizers. With a single e-mail, a never-elected activist could police the ranks of state officials against an outsider like me. More interesting was the way lawmakers anticipated that Lauinger and the Right to Life movement would shape the legislative agenda if Roe fell and abortion became a crime.

One of the questions I asked everyone I met was what they thought would happen in Oklahoma if Roe v. Wade fell.

Ryan Kiesel, who had served ten years in office fighting for reproductive rights, had a cynical response:

The right doesn’t want to win. They don’t want Roe to fall. Opposing Roe is their template for running for office. It’s their political touchstone. It avoids the need to talk about anything else. If that’s taken away from them, they’re going to have to deal with splits in coalition.17

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