Throughline by Jill Filipovic

Throughline by Jill Filipovic

Motherhood must be free.

You don't treasure motherhood if you want to force women into it as punishment.

Jill Filipovic
May 08, 2022
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yellow and red anarkali dress
Photo by Raju GPK on Unsplash

This Mother’s Day is a bittersweet one. It comes less than a week after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that set out to force motherhood on millions of American women. Today, if you’re a mother being celebrated or someone who is celebrating the mothers in your life, I hope you’ll also remember that motherhood should be …

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