Being part of this string I think Matt is on top of this pretty much. I would like to throw out the issue of the status of married women at the time most of Alitos history of a right to Abortion discussion occurs in his draft opinion. During this entire time of men pontificating about abortion being murder or some other form of mayhem…
Being part of this string I think Matt is on top of this pretty much. I would like to throw out the issue of the status of married women at the time most of Alitos history of a right to Abortion discussion occurs in his draft opinion. During this entire time of men pontificating about abortion being murder or some other form of mayhem, Blackstone had this to say about married women, "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing." This was the status of women during this formative period. Does this damning inequality have a place in this discussion? Well certainly. When have women become empowered enough to speak to question of their rights as women. Men have been blathering on and on about for 250 years as though women did not exist.
Being part of this string I think Matt is on top of this pretty much. I would like to throw out the issue of the status of married women at the time most of Alitos history of a right to Abortion discussion occurs in his draft opinion. During this entire time of men pontificating about abortion being murder or some other form of mayhem, Blackstone had this to say about married women, "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing." This was the status of women during this formative period. Does this damning inequality have a place in this discussion? Well certainly. When have women become empowered enough to speak to question of their rights as women. Men have been blathering on and on about for 250 years as though women did not exist.