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“Ruiz confronts the elephant in the room that is religion in the fight for reproductive justice. This absolutely incenses many on the right. Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett certainly wouldn't like it. Yet here is Ruiz, dressed as the Pope, inside a church, dancing alongside other activists before pews filled newly converted, former staunch conservatives. The video's setting nods subtly to Mariah Carey's 1991 clip for ‘Make it Happen.”’However, with all the choreo, the glam, the glitter, the looks, ‘Thank God for Abortion Anthem’ is something else altogether. Ruiz wants to end the stigma of abortion entirely. ‘Even people who have never claimed a religion are shocked [by the message]. They feel like there needs to be some kind of gravity whenever you talk about abortion,’ she says.” @thankgodforabortion & leader Viva Ruiz in @papermagazinesims Visit our stories or papermag.com for a direct link to the full article by Jhoni Jackson. 🖤 #abortion #thankgodforabortion #p...

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