The Abortion Ban Backlash Is Starting to Freak Out Republicans
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Big thing for me is that this whole abortion pill ban is setting up legal precedent for the long-term goal of the Federalist Society, and conservative generally, of banning the birth control pill, and contraception entirely.
Last I checked, there are no laws made governing men's reproductive rights.
Your argument is weak. Apples and potatoes.
Women weren't even allowed to vote when the draft was first initiated.
If abortion was illegal in all elective circumstances a woman would have the same reproductive rights as a man.
Actually she would still have more as the affordable care act requires insurance to cover tubal litigation and all birth control drugs but does not require it to cover vasectomies or condoms.
So even without abortion she still has more reproductive rights than a man.
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Yup.
And that's why this line is so ludicrous:
But the backlash seems to have caught Republicans off guard.
I mean, it was only EVERYONE telling them that it was going to be electoral suicide. But they choose not to believe it. I have zero sympathy for their "plight" over this - or for their plight of being tied to Trump. FAFO indeed.
Do you even know why Roe v Wade happened in the first place?
You obviously were not around in the '60's and '70's to see it.
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Thankfully. And as the article points out, it's going to help Democrats take out a lot of GOP trash over the next few years.
Because a lawyer sued on behalf of a woman and enough justices ultimately agreed to overturn the abortion laws of 46 states.
Meatball signed the 6 week ban tonight. He’s really going all in.
Haha. Only Kansas has let the people decide. You are such an evangelical on this issue. It has not been an issue that is being decided by the people of the state rather those that are in power of said state.
That is not how most of these laws are written. Texas law allows civil suits by parties other than the patient so do you think that "2nd doctor" wants to stick their neck out. What is major and potentially fatal? Pregnant women is diagnosed with leukemia and needs to start chemo. What if she's 3rd trimester and fetus is 27 weeks (viable pregnancy). Are you forcing her to deliver?
Well Merrick Garland should have also been on that court.
Either that or Barrett shouldn't have been. Bottom line, the people who have a problem with what the court is doing but voted for Trump...like goldie...are the ones ultimately at fault. They're the dipshits who gave the GOP the power to do it.
"But but but I thought I was only voting to stop the illegals!"
I think DeSantis just sank himself in a general if he's the Republican nominee.
There's wiggle room as far as abortion restrictions but I think it's 12-15 weeks....basically the European standard.
6 weeks is too restrictive and probably sinks his chances. Probably helps in in the primaries but you can't walk the 6 week thing back.
Dumb move politically IMO....
There's wiggle room as far as abortion restrictions but I think it's 12-15 weeks....basically the European standard.
6 weeks is too restrictive and probably sinks his chances. Probably helps in in the primaries but you can't walk the 6 week thing back.
Dumb move politically IMO....
He is making a mistake by trying to beat Trump and not winning the national election.
I think he could beat Trump without doing this....
Even if he calculated that he needed to do it to get the nomination...if it sinks you in a general...what's the point?
The objective is to win the general.
There are many things you can pivot to the middle on...this ain't one of them. The 6 week ban can't be pivoted on....
Agreed. He is trying to out MAGA Trump. I still don't get it. The middle has already proven that is not a good path.
Not only that. The little fiasco in Tallahassee, arresting Nikki Fried and others for peaceful protest was a dumb move. It certainly did not endear him to anyone except the MAGA folks.
Had he been gov in the '70's, FSU probably would have been a Kent State situation.
Had he been gov in the '70's, FSU probably would have been a Kent State situation.
That’s exactly what it is and don’t let them tell you different. Because if it wasn’t, they’d be supportive of sex ed and free birth control for all.
Gotta keep the women in their place.
Florida is on speed dial so it was never going to be "quiet".
There is an ongoing protest this week at the capitol in Tallahassee. My guess is that it might get a little loud today.
It's a particular busy weekend in town. It should make for an interesting weekend.
And, as everyone knows, it’s a piece of cake to get in front of not one but two doctors on a moment’s notice. No having to wait precious weeks for appointments that might suddenly make things impossible.
Get your massive government out of people’s healthcare. It’s not helping anyone but grifters get votes from rubes.
Desantis made it speed dial for his political aspirations.
You would need to prove that teachers are teaching the stuff he says first.
When those that are in power govern contrary to the will of the people they get replaced,... This will take time to sort itself out at the state level, but it will be sorted out.
My thoughts exactly,.. Don't run against Trump, run for the general election which Trump has no chance in...
No they don't. The GOP has so gerrymandered districts in NC - and it's about to get much worse - that there is no way to vote them out. Republican voters are so unhinged, they would send Trump back to the WH tomorrow if given the chance.
NC will not have a Dem majority in the state legislature in my lifetime. Right now a decidedly purple state has a GOP super-majority in both houses and they're getting ready to redraw lines unfettered by ANY court.
Like I said in the beginning it may have been better politically to simply limit abortions to the first trimester. That would have gone over better politically.
