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Bodies Under Siege | Sian Norris & Edna Bonhomme

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The Anti-Abortion Movement's Hypocrisy

I think the fascist idea of what a man should be is obviously linked to, you know, just sort of disgust and contempt for anyone that doesn't fit a sort of alpha male role. And I also think it's interesting because obviously the anti-abortion movement really weaponizes disability and uses the sort of fetal anomaly clauses to try and push back against abortion rights. You know, we've seen bills being tabled in parliament to try and remove some of the fetal anomaly exemptions for later term abortions. But at the same time they're saying, well, we have to get rid of this exemption because we care so much about disabled people and disabled people's rights. So there's a real hypocrisy

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