Ginsburg's Stunning Comments
by Anonymous
On July 7, the New York Times Magazine published an interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg titled "The Place of Women on the Court." It quickly became a bolster for feminism and women's right to choose. The statements Ginsburg makes in this interview are frankly, stunning. Had a conservative male justice like Scalia made similar comments from his viewpoint it would be all you had heard about for the past few days, but Ginsburg's comments probably won't make your evening news.
First, Ginsburg reveals some racist themes while discussing Roe v. Wade and the Hyde Amendment, upheld in a 1980 court decision, which restricts Medicaid use for abortions. Justice Ginsburg says: "There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore…So we have a policy that affects only poor women. Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of." In short, Ginsburg thinks that Roe is, in part, about controlling the poor population in America (Hello China?); a thought process she further reveals by saying: "I still think…that the possibility of stopping a pregnancy very early is significant. The morning-after pill will become more accessible and easier to take."
Next, she speaks about against state laws banning or restricting abortions—10th Amendment be damned. "It will be, it should be, that this is a woman's decision…So I think the side that wants to take the choice away from women and give it to the state, they're fighting a losing battle. Time is on the side of change."
Americans should be terrified of a sitting Justice who makes such bigoted statements and statements that clearly oppose the Constitution. Furthermore, President Obama has nominated a Supreme Court Candidate who would enthusiastically endorse Ginsburg's abortion views and has made some racist statements of her own (In 2001 Sotomayor said: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”).
It's even more amazing to me that Justice Ginsburg can make these statements in a national magazine without public outcry. They clearly reveal that she has an agenda…an agenda that will not be thwarted by the facts of the case before her or the Constitution itself.


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