SCOTUS Functionally Overturns Row vs Wade

I think the filibuster arguments are on thin ground.. ie there are no republicans to be persuaded to act in cooperation. we need to pass the women's health act, the voter's act, all the other democratic bills through senate and biden should consider adding a couple of people to court.. if those there will not hold up our constitutional rights.

otherwise we will not have a democracy left

Butter emails.

"I just don't like her."

FU

Roberts joined 3 liberals, each wrote separate dissent.



Thanks Susan Collins.... not!!

A dark day indeed 

Well, ladies, here we are in a big old mess. Even if you were pro birth, do you really approve of some creepy pro birther being able to sue people who help a woman to get an abortion? This is actually beyond creepy. It is encouraging citizens to spy on one another.

What now? That is up for debate, but I would argue that Congress must take on voting rights FIRST. Actually they should reform the filibuster first IF we can get Manchin and Sinema on board. Then voting rights. Why? In my opinion, because the midterms are coming up next year, we must ensure that Congress does not fall into R hands. If we get that done, Congress must focus on preserving Roe.

The American Taliban has been busy. They want this country to be ruled by white Christians. They want women to carry fetuses to term, no matter how they were conceived. They want to carry guns openly and freely. They like militias. I find all of this outrageous. Do you?

If any of this is not ok with you, I will once again stand on my soapbox and say that you MUST vote in the midterms. You must also cast votes for local and state candidates who reflect your values. Even if your kid has soccer practice. Even if you are busy and exhausted. Even if you have to stand in line for hours.

Because if you don’t vote, and if the Rs win and control state and federal government, we can look forward to more of this bullshit.

@fmanjoo - how about a law that says you have to get a vaccine but the state isn’t making you do it, it’s just that everyone can sue you if you don’t, and if they win they get $10,000, if you win you get nothing

As part of my job, I am the administrator of an online group for moms who have terminated their pregnancy after receiving a fatal prenatal diagnosis. Several in the group terminated their pregnancy because of their own health, such as severe pre eclampsia, but most have done so because of something devastatingly wrong with the baby they were carrying. This has been a topic of conversation the past day, and it just breaks my heart for them. I am simply gobsmacked that this is where we are in the year 2021. How can we be going so very backwards? And I am going to have to take a break from my FB because seeing my friends and family members reacting with such glee over this truly makes me want to vomit.

 want to be graphic as hell and ask them



 And I have heard numerous stories just as horrible. 
To say I am sick about this is an understatement, and I envision more states being emboldened because of this bull$hit in Texas. I can totally see this happening in my own state. 

I think this will backfire too. All the uninformed and “I don’t do politics“ soccer moms may finally wake the F up and pay attention. Now that the GOP has a broken Roe they might finally mobilize and vote and stop living in their little bubbles. 

I completely agree with everything you wrote except the bolded. Because if that truly was the issue, they’d concentrate on prenatal care and miscarriages as well.

What I find interesting is that people always say the men are the ones who want to enact these laws and control women’s bodies. But the comments I see on social media indicate that it is actually women who are more strongly opposed to abortion than men. They also don’t seem to understand that not all women who have abortions did so because of unwanted pregnancies. Many have them for the reasons you pointed out but the women I see commenting don’t seem to have any knowledge (or concern?) for that.

A society that decides that your uterus and anything inside it is under the control of the state is a dangerous society.

My middle DD had an ectopic pregnancy last summer. I'm well acquainted with crazies who think mom's should just die because it's God's Will, many of them in my family who are unaware she had an ectopic pregnancy. Incidentally, it was a much wanted pregnancy. There were no good choices, only the best & right choice. 

oh, you mean that abortions AREN'T used solely as a means of birth control for promiscuous women who don't have any control over their baser instincts?? <snark> I also find it super-irritating that these conversations about 'self control' etc. are always about the WOMEN, and NOT the MEN who surprise- also played a part in those pregnancy.

Just T , I am soooo sorry that you had to make such a heart-wrenching decision.

That TX law is seriously super-f*cked up... encouraging people to spy on their neighbors, and causing people to be monetarily incentivized to bring a lawsuit against someone (with no evidence).


ETA:  the Twitter hashtag that I saw yesterday is #TexasTaliban.  And honestly, it's TRUE-- Those radical American evangelicals have SO MUCH IN COMMON with the Taliban, it's scary.  Joy Reid (? I think) interviewed someone yesterday who was involved in the beginnings of that movement 40 years ago (and has since worked to undo what was done) and it was NOT mainly about abortion: it was about racism and rolling back women's rights under the guise of anti-abortion.  And this is what we get, now.  yay.