[image: image.png] From Nazi Germany to Mussolini’s Italy, fascist regimes shared an early target: Women.”The fascists passed laws criminalizing abortion both for doctors performing, for people providing information for women seeking,” professor Anne Wingenter says.Women’s rights, even a woman’s purpose, were narrowed to one goal: Advancing the greatness of the state.”For the fascists, the main role of women was to be the mothers of many children, ideally the mothers of many future soldiers,” professor Anne Wingenter says.”In the Italian case, for example, there is an attempt to promote traditional patriarchal values, motherhood, especially prolific motherhood.” www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/04/26/women-fascists-democracy-backslides-abortion-rights talkers: Alex Shephard staff writer The New Republic Lincoln Mitchell author, political commentator, teaches political science at Columbia Rick Newman NH lobbyist Laura Jedeed freelance journalist topics: Leonard Leo and the Courts and now the States GOP Presidential politics Dobbs a year later Is RFK Jr a problem for Biden the challenge to build affordable housing Railroad accidents and first responders listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, facism, women, abortion, Dobbs, Alex Shephard, Lincoln Mitchell, Rick Newman, Laura Jedeed, Leonard Leo, Ron DeSantis, Supreme Court, GOP Presidential candidates, Dobbs, RFK Jr, Biden, Merck, Medicare, housing
