Passions, Pandemic, and Public Policy

Abstract

[...]we have a body of laws that tell people what they can and cannot do—such as wearing seatbelts, driving while intoxicated, or stopping at a red light, just to name a few examples. [...]as the recently passed abortion law in Texas and anti-voting laws that disproportionately affect people of color have shown, white men want to retain their power to control women's bodies and disenfranchise people of color. 10.1177/15248399211016463 PMID: 33966471 Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, holds the Thomas P. Hackett, MD, Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at MGH, and is the Director of the Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation, and the Director, Center for Clinical Research Education, MGH Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital;and a Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.