Discussing her view of “Roe v. Wade” in 1973, Ginsburg commented, “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. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion.”

\ wow what the actual fuck

In February, 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state agencies to investigate and limit gender-affirming healthcare for transgender minors. In a subsequent lawsuit challenging this directive, the state of Texas hired controversial sexologist “James Cantor” as an expert witness. In his report, Cantor cited Bazelon’s article as supporting evidence. The article was also cited approvingly by seventeen Republican state Attorneys General supporting the State of Florida’s move to bar gender therapy or transitional treatment from being reimbursed with federal Medicaid Funds; these states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.\

In 2023, the Missouri Attorney General cited the article in an emergency order to implement a de facto ban on trans healthcare for all ages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bazelon

its a yikes from me dog