AOC Says Abortion Fight Is ‘Class Struggle,’ Claims Pro-Lifers Want ‘Conscripted’ Workforce
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) argued in a congressional hearing on Thursday that the disagreement over abortion rights is a “class struggle.”
“Forcing poor and working-class people to give birth against their will, against their consent, against their ability to provide for themselves or a child, is a profound economic issue and it’s certainly a way to keep a workforce basically conscripted to large-scale employers and to employers to work more against their will, to take second and third jobs against their desire and their own autonomy,” argued Ocasio-Cortez, who went on to call “abortion access… a profound and central economic and class issue and class struggle.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argues that abortion is a part of the class struggle and that pro-lifers want to help corporations maintain a large workforce. pic.twitter.com/sViQegSWRr
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Many of America’s largest corporations — including Amazon, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sach MasterCard, Microsoft, Paypal, Disney, and Tesla — added an offer to pay for the travel costs associated with seeking out an abortion to their list of employee benefits in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
A number of corporations that employ a high proportion of blue collar workers — including CVS Health, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Starbucks, and Target — also said they would cover those costs for employees.
Polling conducted by Pew Research and Statista show that lower-income Americans are less likely than their more highly paid peers to believe abortion should be allowed in most or all cases.
