As a Black feminist, I believe otherwise. My years of organizing within the Quebec feminist movement, specifically the movement to end sexual violence, have convinced me that abolition is feminist at its core. They believe that we can stop gender-based violence by putting perpetrators in prisons and imposing harsher sentences. Whereas abolitionists within the feminist movement centre non-punitive, transformative community-based responses rooted in care, such as investing in life-affirming social services. If we are to move forward, we must start acknowledging how gender-based violence is situated within structures of state violence.

Source: CBC News November 23, 2020 10:52 UTC