Jessica Valenti: Abortion & Snitch Culture

[Nevilledog]

https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-and-snitch-culture

Whenever I write about the latest anti-choice bill and how it targets women—whether it’s legislation that classifies helping a teenager get an out-of-state abortion as ‘human trafficking’, or an abortion ban that would prosecute women who ‘cause’ their miscarriages—one question comes up again and again: How would law enforcement possibly know?

How could the cops find out that you drove your niece out-of-state for abortion care? It’s not like they’ll be checking at the border. How would prosecutors come to the conclusion that you’re at fault for your pregnancy ending? Or that you illegally used abortion medication? There’s only so much surveillance they can do!

The answer is snitch culture. Conservative lawmakers, zealous prosecutors and cops don’t plan on looking for people who break abortion laws—because they’re counting on Americans turning each other in.

There’s a reason that Texas passed ‘bounty hunter’ laws, which give citizens a $10,000 reward for successfully suing anyone who violates abortion bans—and why so many other states are following suit. The sad truth is that Republicans probably didn’t even need to attach a financial incentive to their legislation because people enjoy tattling. That’s especially true when it comes to an issue like abortion, hyper-charged with misogyny, racism, classism and ever-devolving conservative rhetoric.

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Irish_Dem]

2. That's how it works in China and Russia.

People snitch on each other all the time.
To get brownie points with the PTB.

[pfitz59]

3. Stasi

The GOP want to model the US on East German snitch society.