In the 1973 landmark decision known as Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant person’s liberty to choose to have an abortion – without excessive governmental restrictions. The first recorded abortion was in 1550 and has been a fact of life since ancient times. However, it took that decision in 1973 to reinforce that this health service was a right in this country. According to The Atlantic, the year after the decision the maternal mortality rate in New York State dropped by 45 percent.

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The pandemic might be
killing us and all our businesses, but you know who seems unaffected? The
Criterion Collection who are having a killer 2020 so far. Not only have
they made moves like scoring Neon’s Academy Award Best Picture winner “Parasite”
just a few short months after it won the Oscar, but they’re having a field day
with box sets like the Agnes Varda complete set and the upcoming Federico
Fellini set.

Continue reading Criterion Adds Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Moonstruck’ & Claudia Weill’s Feminist ’70s Cult Classic ‘Girlfriends’ at The Playlist.