A Lysistrata response to Roe v. Wade threat

From YAHOO! Lifestyle article:Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement that he’ll retire from the Supreme Court this summer has sparked new concerns that a second Trump appointee on the bench could help overturn rulings that conflict with conservative views — including Roe v. Wade.

While politicians consider whether or not they’d support a nominee who opposes the 1973 decision that legalized abortion, some women have a strategy to drum up support for a woman’s right to choose: the #Lysistrata2018 movement.

Named after Aristophanes’s ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, in which women refuse to sleep with their warring husbands until they agree to a truce, the movement is the brainchild of author and political journalist Jennifer Wright.

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frjimanderson

Jul 4, 2018

Wow! And I thought it was painful and deadly... for both victims.

Jungerheld

Jul 4, 2018

@Holy Cannoli you just zapped my dream of a silver lining. I'm sure there's a Greek character for my false hope. Here I was, hoping they would discover virtue in the midst of their "protest".

Holy Cannoli

Jul 4, 2018

Named after Aristophanes’s ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, in which women refuse to sleep with their warring husbands until they agree to a truce...
And so began the Greek predilection for 'male on male bonding.’

Named after Aristophanes’s ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, in which women refuse to sleep with their warring husbands until they agree to a truce...

And so began the Greek predilection for 'male on male bonding.’