{"id":1365399,"date":"2023-12-01T17:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9036366"},"modified":"2023-12-01T17:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:03:57","slug":"melissa-gira-grant-on-abortion-rights-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/12\/01\/melissa-gira-grant-on-abortion-rights-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Gira Grant on Abortion Rights &amp; Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Melissa Gira Grant on Abortion Rights &amp; Politics' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/melissa-gira-grant-on-abortion-rights-politics\/' data-summary='Too many outlets seem to have trouble shaking the framing of abortion as a &quot;controversy,&quot; or as posing problems for this or that politician.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231201.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231201.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMjAxLm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9036367\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9036367\" class=\" wp-image-9036367\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Choose-Life-350x233.png\" alt=\"AP photo of anti-abortion politicians\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Choose-Life-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Choose-Life-600x399.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Choose-Life-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Choose-Life-640x426.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Choose-Life.png 1330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9036367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>AP<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-democracy-threats-republicans-ballot-initiatives-ohio-3d6e2f0d0f5993ddd75522b662d2eb34\">11\/19\/23<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: \u201cAbortion Politics Reveal Concerns\u201d was the headline one paper gave a recent <strong>Associated Press<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-democracy-threats-republicans-ballot-initiatives-ohio-3d6e2f0d0f5993ddd75522b662d2eb34\">story<\/a>, language so bland it almost discourages reading the piece, which reports how right-wing politicians and anti-abortion activists are seeking to undermine or undo democratic processes when those processes accurately reflect the public desire to protect reproductive rights. Methods include \u201cchallenging election results, refusing to bring state laws into line with voter-backed changes, moving to strip state courts of their power to consider abortion-related laws, and challenging the citizen-led ballot initiative process itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So there is a way to cover abortion access as a political issue without reducing it to one. But too many outlets seem to have trouble shaking the framing of abortion as a &#8220;controversy,&#8221; or as posing problems for this or that politician, rather than presenting it as a matter of basic human rights that majorities in this country have long supported, and centering in their coverage the people who are being affected by its creeping criminalization.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Gira Grant is a staff writer at the <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/authors\/melissa-gira-grant\"><strong>New Republic<\/strong><\/a><i>,<\/i> and the author of <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/products\/2365-playing-the-whore\">Playing the Whore:<\/a> The Work of Sex Work<\/i> and of the forthcoming <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/melissa-gira-grant\/a-woman-is-against-the-law\/9780316390071\/?lens=little-brown\">A Woman Is Against the Law:<\/a> Sex, Race and the Limits of Justice in America<\/i>. She\u2019s been reporting on abortion for years, and joins us this week to talk about it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_1\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_1\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_1\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_1\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231201Grant.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_1\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_1\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231201Grant.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMjAxR3JhbnQubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[1] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent press coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/wapo-tells-women-if-you-want-marriage-compromise-with-misogyny\/\">marriage and ideology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_2\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_2\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_2\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_2\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_2\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_2\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231201banter.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_2\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_2\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231201banter.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMjAxYmFudGVyLm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[2] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Melissa Gira Grant on Abortion Rights &amp; 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