To Rep. Trent Franks, All Women Are Handmaids
The former congressman voted for laws rendering women as second-class citizens. Which is why he doesn’t understand why his staffers won’t have his baby.
Robin Marty
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Robin Marty is a freelance writer and speaker and the author of CROW AFTER ROE, a book outlining the blueprint to end abortion one red state at a time. Marty’s articles have appeared at Cosmopolitan.com, Politico, The Guardian, and other publications, and she is a Women’s Media Center SheSource Expert on Reproductive Rights and Politics. Follow her: @robinmarty
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