Let’s Unpack the Chilling Phrase ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ in the Supreme Court’s Draft to Overturn Roe v. Wade

May 07, 2022

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There is so much that is horrific and frighteningly dystopian about the Supreme Court’s leaked draft to overturn Roe v. Wade. There’s the blatant lying from the conservative justices who swore before the Senate to uphold the statute. There’s the willful betrayal of what most Americans want. There’s the fear of what other civil rights will face the chopping block next. But mostly there’s the clear and present danger for anyone who is currently seeking a safe, legal abortion, or will need one in the future. It’s a terrifying time to be a human with a uterus right now.

But I cannot stop thinking about a particularly insidious phrase within the draft opinion penned by Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett. The draft refers to adoption as a reason for abortion to be overturned, a common argument from pro-forced birth groups. The draft references nearly 1 million women who were seeking to adopt in 2002, “whereas the domestic supply of infants relinquished at birth or within the first month of life and available to be adopted has become virtually nonexistent.”

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