How your body was stolen
Channel: ItHadToBeSaid
Date: 2023-04-08

TW: rape, child abuse, genocide

Why do states have the power to deny abortions and criminalize bodily functions? Where did it get so much control over your body? Allow me to explain.

Links: 

Parts 1 and 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2guSRTS0Ntg&list=PL3waFZldV-Y18fU_Ut6HmFJ1lX3odLC-h 

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici (I suggest accessing this and all other books I cite on this channel through Z-Library. You can sign up here: https://singlelogin.me/registration.php) 

Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale by Maria Mies

Abortion law tracker: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html 

Idaho restricts interstate travel for abortions: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-law-restrict-interstate-travel-abortion-care_n_642aff1ae4b00c9517535cc3 

Florida, Ohio and Kansas authorize genital inspectors for children: https://www.out.com/politics/2021/4/16/florida-lawmakers-pass-bill-legalizes-teen-genital-inspections, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ohio-lawmakers-advance-trans-sports-ban-with-genital-check-2022-06-03/, https://www.newsweek.com/kansas-republicans-pass-bill-genital-examinations-schoolchildren-students-transgender-1792954 

Child Protective Services targets Black families: https://youthtoday.org/2020/06/child-protective-services-target-minority-poor-women-report-says/ , https://inthesetimes.com/article/systemic-inequalities-in-the-child-welfare-system-target-black-families, https://jezebel.com/black-couple-says-texas-authorities-seized-their-newbor-1850309498  

The people targeting abortion and trans kids are the same people, and this is how they do it: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/anti-trans-anti-abortion-activism-playbook.html 

The people criminalizing abortion and being queer are spreading it around the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NposRh0fByU , https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/20/alliance-defending-freedom-multimillion-dollar-conservative-christian-group-attacking-lgbtq-rights

A thread on what rights trans people are losing (from July 2022): https://twitter.com/BrynnTannehill/status/1551201511220420616?t=kayZqtzWkUUEoBxyM8rp-g 

Exceptions made for intersex children to keep getting mutilated: https://www.hrw.org/feature/2022/10/26/mapping-the-intersex-exceptions 

Most US states allow child marriage: https://www.indy100.com/news/child-marriage-legal-states-where-us-age-limit-gap-9301731 , https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/end-child-marriage-u-s-you-might-be-surprised-who-n1050471

97% of rapists walk free: https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system 

A transcript of this video is available at https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2023/04/08/how-your-body-was-stolen/