That’s what makes this all so distressing: the people who claim to stand for “family values” are depending entirely on our willingness to turn on each other. They’re incentivizing the breakdown of family and community trust and codifying betrayal. It’s a way to make us feel disconnected from each other, and to make women feel as if they aren’t safe anywhere or with anyone. In this way, abortion bans don’t just do damage to individual patients; they’re hurting the faith we have in each other.
