Molly Jong-Fast: Republicans ‘Really Are Trying to Bring American Women Back to a Pre-1950s State’

LEMIRE Molly your latest ░░░░░░░░ for Vanity Fair bears ░░░░░░░░ title Republicans want to ░░░░░░░░ women back to the ░░░░░░░░ In it you write ░░░░░░░░ part this Never in ░░░░░░░░ have we had two ░░░░░░░░ running on such radically ░░░░░░░░ visions for women On ░░░░░░░░ end leading the Democratic ░░░░░░░░ is a woman whose ░░░░░░░░ includes codifying Roe and ░░░░░░░░ women s fundamental rights ░░░░░░░░ the other there is ░░░░░░░░ party headed by a ░░░░░░░░ married adulterer who was ░░░░░░░░ in payoffs to both ░░░░░░░░ Playboy playmate and an ░░░░░░░░ film star and who ░░░░░░░░ running on a platform ░░░░░░░░ bringing women s rights ░░░░░░░░ to the pre 1960s ░░░░░░░░ So Molly tell us ░░░░░░░░ little bit more about ░░░░░░░░ piece And we the ░░░░░░░░ is so stark Jong ░░░░░░░░ Yeah LEMIRE And we ░░░░░░░░ that since the Dobbs ░░░░░░░░ that overturned Roe v ░░░░░░░░ abortion rights basically undefeated ░░░░░░░░ the ballot box Jong ░░░░░░░░ Yeah undefeated in red ░░░░░░░░ too What s interesting ░░░░░░░░ I look back on ░░░░░░░░ things that the Senate ░░░░░░░░ to codify right So ░░░░░░░░ were a bunch of ░░░░░░░░ that the Democrats tried ░░░░░░░░ pass on IVF in ░░░░░░░░ fertilization which is wildly ░░░░░░░░ and people like Mike ░░░░░░░░ have admitted to using ░░░░░░░░ vitro fertilization some sort ░░░░░░░░ in vitro fertilization So ░░░░░░░░ are not necessarily partisan ░░░░░░░░ but they ve gotten ░░░░░░░░ up in this Republican ░░░░░░░░ on choice And again ░░░░░░░░ has happened is Republicans ░░░░░░░░ painted themselves into a ░░░░░░░░ They believe in this ░░░░░░░░ personhood they call it ░░░░░░░░ personhood which means in ░░░░░░░░ minds a fertilized embryo ░░░░░░░░ five cell embryo should ░░░░░░░░ the same rights as ░░░░░░░░ fully grown person personhood ░░░░░░░░ this paints them into ░░░░░░░░ corner right because then ░░░░░░░░ birth control IUDs all ░░░░░░░░ these different things which ░░░░░░░░ been legal for a ░░░░░░░░ time come under pressure ░░░░░░░░ I think what is ░░░░░░░░ too is on the ░░░░░░░░ side you have people ░░░░░░░░ Christopher Rufo talking about ░░░░░░░░ no fault divorce This ░░░░░░░░ something that was signed ░░░░░░░░ law you ll remember ░░░░░░░░ famous leftist Ronald Reagan ░░░░░░░░ California No fault divorce ░░░░░░░░ one of these really ░░░░░░░░ moments in American life ░░░░░░░░ cut down domestic violence ░░░░░░░░ gave women a way ░░░░░░░░ of a bad marriage ░░░░░░░░ was really seminal And ░░░░░░░░ Republicans aren t talking ░░░░░░░░ this sort of brain ░░░░░░░░ of the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ getting rid of it ░░░░░░░░ really are trying to ░░░░░░░░ American women back to ░░░░░░░░ pre-1950s state.”