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Roe v. Wade is overturned in historic Supreme Court decision
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The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.
The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization came down to a 6-3 majority, with all three of the court's liberal justices in dissent. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the opinion on the case, and Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett joined. Justice Thomas, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Chief Justice John Roberts filed concurring opinions, NPR reports. Three of the majority opinions were written by nominees of former President Donald Trump.
"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Justice Alito wrote in his majority opinion. "Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division."
The decision was expected after a draft written by Alito was leaked earlier this year and ends nearly half a century of constitutional protections for abortions. Now, reproductive rights will be decided by states. According to the Associated Press, bans are expected in roughly half the states in the U.S. This could lead to hundreds of preventable pregnancy-related deaths across the country, NBC News reported in May.
Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan wrote a joint dissent criticizing the majority decision. In their closing, they wrote: "With sorrow — for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection — we dissent."
Thanks to 20 years of democrats chasing their tails and ignoring the GOP/ white racism/ nationalist/ evangelicals- first came trump and Biden should have packed the court because a child could have seen this coming- and now guns and women's rights - now its too late for the pelosi - schmer/ democrats to do anything-!!!! The allisons/musk/ bezos are all GOP and giving millions so that unions cannot give power to the people- the politicians on the democratic side are talking lawyers that get nothing done- so what is next is a country that will remain more divided/ bigotry will reign- hate and brutality will follow- and justice thomas with his white racist wife will be the new poster couple for the KKK!!!!! America becomes the land of fear/ home of the racist/ and the only country on the planet where a child learns a "drill in preschool to hide from a gunman/women" be fore he/she learns to read/write/ and add-đĄ
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell is this country coming to? Weapons of mass destruction everywhere. Women’s rights flushed. What’s next?
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DeleteUS Republicans taking the Nation BACK 50 YEARS Vote them out!!!
Deleteshame on you
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DeleteWhat a week in the United Shambles of Ummerika…gun rights, abortion , Jan6 hearings, inflation, interest rates… a once proud nation being laughed at by Russia, N Korea and China…
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DeleteDevastating?
ReplyDeletewell, any female you know can now be sent to prison for having a miscarriage, which something like a third of pregnancies naturally end in... so yeah.
Deletewhat world do you think you live in? No one’s going to jail for having a miscarriage and if they did, I’d be happy to stand by their side to stop that from happening.
Deletethis happens with some regularity in literally every place with draconian anti-abortion laws.
Deletebecause if people knew you were pregnant and suddenly you aren't anymore, you have to prove that you didn't do it intentionally. good luck with that
(incidentally, this makes getting prenatal care much more dangerous, so people won't)
so Roe v. Wade being overturned has no effect on locking up women that miscarriage, right?
DeleteI’d totally be in favor of “decriminalizing” miscarriages if this is a real thing.
Not sure how receiving prenatal care is dangerous? I mean they sell prenatal vitamins over the counter, and women still have the right to prenatal care. The SCOTUS decision doesn’t make prenatal care illegal does it?
1) if you miscarry, and someone reports you for a suspected abortion, you will have to show up in court and prove your innocence. presumption of innocence won't work since the "crime" has clearly taken place and you're clearly the culprit.
Delete2) thus, having anyone know that you're pregnant is a HUGE risk
3) thus, you will not get prenatal care, because that involves letting people know that you're pregnant
what state(s) is this happening in?
Deleteplaces like Argentina, El Salvador, ...
Deletebut also even with legal abortion, you have Brittney Poolaw in Oklahoma, and about 1,200 other cases in the US in the last 20 years.
here is some light reading to get you started
Deletehttps://www.nationaladvocatesforpregnantwomen.org/executive_summary_paltrow_flavin_jhppl_article/
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/05/10/1097734167/in-texas-abortion-laws-inhibit-care-for-miscarriages
DeleteJust keep voting for Republicans until they've completely destroyed democracy. That seems to be the plan.
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DeleteWhere is freedom for women? Profound loss
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DeleteI find it fascinating that even with a serious topic such as abortion, almost all discussion is devoid of facts. Our society seems to run on pure emotion. I am an old man and don't really have a horse in this race. But, when I discovered that we have killed over 50 million babies since row v wade, I was astounded. You don't need to be a statistician to figure out that abortions are being used as birth control. Surely we can do better. Abortions will sometimes be necessary. They shouldn't be the rule.
ReplyDeleteBut these same Republicans don't want women to use contraception either. It's just a power grab and nothing else.
DeleteWhere are you getting your info?
DeleteFrom reality.
DeleteI agree with you.
Deletehttps://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/05/19/some-states-already-are-targeting-birth-control
Deletethat also does not count the 3 cases before the supreme court that would allow states to out ban all birth control.
DeleteI'm telling you if these rich men could take the vote away from women they would do that too. The Handmaid's Tale is no longer fiction.
DeleteEven Biden and most of the Democrats and Republicans cannot believe it. There are other ways to send a message to Congress to make abortion legal nationally.
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ReplyDeleteSo the alcoholic rapist lied under oath to obtain his position on the highest court,what a fascist worthless pos.
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DeleteYou can still get abortions, stop crying.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans and religious fundamentalists are turning USA into this…
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Awful day for women’s rights in the US.
ReplyDeleteNon voters let this happen!
ReplyDeleteIn my furry of text I didn't care for exactly spelling of my words due to my hart's words fire faster than I can speak
ReplyDeleteSHAME REPUBLICANS SHAME
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