(Jewish Group) With Roe's demise, a Chicago rabbi revives a clandestine abortion network
When the Supreme Court released its decision reversing a five-decade-old ruling legalizing abortion, Tamar Manasseh was like many Americans: sitting at home, feeling like her only recourse was, as she put it, “yelling at the TV screen.”
But Manasseh wasn’t content merely sitting on the couch. For years, she’s been a prominent activist in Chicago, having founded the anti-violence group Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killing (MASK). Her work has garnered her wide acclaim, especially after the release of the documentary “They Ain’t Ready for Me,” in which she is prominently featured. She is someone who has grown used to turning her emotions into actions.
“I can’t do aimless anger, I can’t do it,” she said. “If I’m gonna be angry, I’m gonna get active, I have to do something about it.”
Manasseh had recently watched “The Janes,” an HBO documentary on the Jane Collective, a clandestine movement formed in pre-Roe v. Wade America to help women get access to safe abortions.
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