{"id":523193,"date":"2021-05-18T20:06:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=523193"},"modified":"2021-05-18T20:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:06:13","slug":"joy-reid-scotus-abortion-case-straight-out-of-the-handmaids-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-reid-scotus-abortion-case-straight-out-of-the-handmaids-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Reid: SCOTUS Abortion Case \u2018Straight Out Of The Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoy-reid-scotus-abortion-case-straight-out-of-the-handmaids-tale%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=523193&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/JoyReid.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Now that the Supreme Court has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/supreme-court-takes-up-mississippi-abortion-case-that-could-limit-roe-v-wade\">taken up<\/a> a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks, leftists are peddling extremism. After CNN\u2019s Chris Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-fright-cnns-chris-cuomo-suggests-pro-life-legislation-about-racism\">said that pro-life laws<\/a> are racially motivated, MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid said that \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d could be upon us.<\/p>\n<p>During a segment on her show Monday night, Reid said a \u201cGilead-style government\u201d could be springing up \u201cright here in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conservative-led Supreme Court has agreed to take up Mississippi\u2019s restrictive abortion law, and women\u2019s reproductive rights appear to be in serious, serious danger,\u201d Reid said. \u201cIt\u2019s straight out of \u2018The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u2019 with a Gilead-style government, right here in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid went on to say that the SCOTUS case offers a \u201cterrifying prospect,\u201d suggesting that \u201cfar-right\u201d religious extremists could soon own the country, just like in the Hulu series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a terrifying prospect eerily reminiscent of \u2018The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u2019 where far-right wings religious extremists took up arms against their own country, one where women and their bodies were under the complete control of almost extravagantly corrupt and hypocritical men of god, quote, unquote,\u201d she said, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/kristine-marsh\/2021\/05\/18\/panicked-reid-supreme-court-ruling-abortion-straight-out\">Newsbusters<\/a>. \u201cWhat\u2019s so scary and frankly traumatizing about that show and the book that inspired it is that it starts off in the very place that we live in right now where women have the right to choose what they do with their bodies until they don\u2019t. And then in what seems like a blink of an eye, those rights were just gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid then characterized Justice Amy Coney Barrett as some kind of \u201cAunt Lydia\u201d figure by employing the phrase \u201cunder his eye,\u201d a term used in the show to suggest that women are always under the watch of \u201cThe Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaturally, abortion opponents are thrilled given the new conservative makeup of the court, especially after the arrival of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, under his eye,\u201d said Reid. \u201cWithout strong protections, women, including many victims of rape and incest, would have to hopscotch across the country at whatever expense, maybe too much expense for women who aren\u2019t rich, to seek safe harbor in one of the 14 states and Washington, D.C. that do respect a woman\u2019s right to choose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also on Monday night, CNN\u2019s Chris Cuomo said new pro-life laws are about \u201cwhite fright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about science or consensus,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cIt\u2019s about dividing lines, legislating to the far-right white-fright vote, flooding the zone with 536 bills that abridge a woman\u2019s right to control her own body, in 46 states. It\u2019s just like voting rights in one way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">Margaret Atwood, the author of the book that \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d is based on, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-handmaids-tale-author-margaret-atwood-on-the-testaments\/\">said<\/a> that she garnered her inspiration for the feminist dystopian novel about women being forced to produce babies for infertile wealthy elites after visiting several totalitarian \u2013 largely Communist \u2013 regimes in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, there I am in West Berlin surrounded by the wall, and I\u2019m visiting various totalitarian regimes in East Germany and Czechoslovakia and Poland. So, for instance, Ceau\u0219escu in Romania made a law that women had to have four babies, and they had to have a pregnancy test every month. And if they weren\u2019t pregnant, why not? \u2026 It\u2019s not me who made this stuff up; the human race made it up, unfortunately,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0a warning,\u201d Atwood said of her book. \u201cI have never believed it can\u2019t happen here. I\u2019ve never believed that. And more and more people are joining me in that lack of belief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Handmaid costumes have almost become a staple of the pro-abortion movement and are regularly present\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/planned-parenthood-staged-a-handmaidens-tale-demonstration-2017-6\">at Planned Parenthood rallies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-fright-cnns-chris-cuomo-suggests-pro-life-legislation-about-racism\">\u2018White Fright\u2019: CNN\u2019s Chris Cuomo Suggests Pro-Life Legislation Motivated By\u00a0Racism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Supreme Court has taken up a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks, leftists are peddling extremism. 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