Feminist author warns of abortion disaster if Trump wins US election
Jessica Valenti says a Trump victory in November would be profound and consequential for abortion rights in America
For feminist writer Jessica Valenti, what began as a personal effort to track the torrent of bans and horror stories after the US Supreme Court overturned long-standing abortion rights in 2022 has evolved into a bigger mission.
Her Substack newsletter, “Abortion, Every Day,” quickly became more than just a way to organise the “chaos in my own brain.” It now serves as a daily chronicle of American women’s fight for reproductive freedom.
In an interview ahead of her latest book, “Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win,” the 45-year-old New Yorker urged progressives to go on the offensive, and she underscored the stakes for Americans as the next election looms.
“If (Kamala) Harris loses, we’re absolutely looking at a national abortion ban, even if it’s not a formal one through Congress,” Valenti said from her Brooklyn home.
One of former president Donald Trump’s first moves, Valenti warned, could be to replace the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and restrict access to abortion pills, potentially by revoking rules that now allow them to be mailed.
Conservative legal scholars go further, suggesting a future administration could interpret a 19th-century obscenity law to block access to all abortion-related supplies – not just pills.
