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Evil. If you vote republican you support this evil.
They are evil.
We've known this for years. Such people are either too stupid or scumbags. Speaking as a former Republican.
Or just brainwashed. Having grown up in a conservative, christian, home-school household I was told to vote R no matter what. I didn't really know any better until I got out into the "real world" and understood what a bullshit take that was.
I now vote "fuck the GQP" every chance I get. That included the recent ballot issues here in Ohio for abortion rights and legal marijuana.
I would also call myself agnostic from a religious perspective. Though I would lean more atheist if pressed.
Dude no shit? I grew up in a rural Appalachian Christian household, homeschooled. I also consider myself agnostic.
Several things influenced major changes in my household. While my parents marched in pro-life DC rallies and were somewhat religious, my dad was a hippie in his early years and anti-Vietnam, and my mom is truly a very empathetic person. After Bush invaded Iraq, that combined with what I consider the wild west of the internet helped break them out of the echo-chamber.
Ultimately we all flipped 180 to progressive Dems over the years.
Those fascists wont be able to do anything to stop it once She leaves the state.
I believe the Texas law allows citizens to sue anyone who helps her get the abortion, so conceivably an airline pilot or bus driver or a significant other who drives her, could be sued. They can't stop it after she leaves the state, but they can retaliate against anyone who helps her.
Sound like some Nazi shit.
It sounds that way, because it is that way.
This stupid law has not been tested in court yet. It seems destined for the Supreme Court in the end, which I bet rules against it, because it's awarding damages to random people who have not been damaged
It would be interesting if she used a major corporation. I know no non-public info but let's say she got a flight on American Airlines.
The Texas government suing American Airlines in a civil case(both parties have an army of lawyers and funds to defend themselves) over this would probably set legal precident.
I don't agree with the law, just stating that the resulting suit would be interesting to follow.
Wait, so it's fine to forcibly risk the life of the mother just because some pedo in a robe said sky daddy says it's wrong.... I'm getting this right ay?
There’s instructions in their little book on how to perform one, so it’s even more arbitrary than that.
Republicans are trying real hard to lose more seats across the country I see.
And failing for as hard as they're trying. They may lose a few seats here and there, but not in the numbers they "should" because the Dems can't help but fumble the ball. You can decide for yourself whether that's purposeful or by accident. I can never make my mind up.
I am convinced it is on purpose at this point.
I live in Colorado, I have my entire life. My sister just moved to Texas, and I'm seriously considering it because fuck dude, rent has quadrupled in under a decade, while pay hasn't come close. Every year I make more, but I can afford less, which is insane.
My dad tells me to move to Texas, because I shouldn't live somewhere for political reasons, and the cities are liberal, so I should just move to a city (I'm not even liberal, but being a left leaning centrist or anything that isn't hardcore conservative means liberal these days).
But I don't want to move to Texas.. it's humid, and people, especially women, have some of the least human rights afforded to them by living there. But what the fuck can I do? I got into nursing because I thought I would be able to afford a home and support a family, but I literally can't do that unless I move to a shit hole, and even then I can barely keep my head above water
Take a look at Minnesota. Cost of living isn't huge and we need nurses and medical professionals
Don't get me wrong, I love it here in Minnesota. I consider it my adoptive home. But house prices are at least double what they are in my home state of Kentucky. Maybe 2.5 or approaching 3x. I suppose it is doable if you get a job, there is no chance my parents could sell their home there and move here to retire and get anything approaching the size and quality they have there.
Many people want to downsize when they retire. Maybe they could do that in MN?
Not a bad idea, and I've been keeping an eye out. Unfortunately they have hobbies that require space, e.g. a fishing boat, a trailer camper, and a truck big enough to haul both. They'd be fine with a smaller living space, but it's hard to find a smaller house on enough land to park/store that stuff. Luckily I have many years before it will become necessary to have them close. :)
I think the best case scenario is to look around in the rural areas for cheap rents and just be prepared to drive
I actually read the 7 page opinion, because normally there is at least some shred of reasonableness in these crazy opinions. But this one ... those 7 pages have nothing.
I'll just leave this little nugget from the end:
The points we have made above provide some clarity about the legal standards and framework for this sensitive area of Texas law. The courts cannot go further by entering into the medical-judgment arena.
The really telling part of all of this is that there was no reason for this to be a thing. The state attorney general chose to fight this specific case. Then chose to send a letter to every hospital saying the injunction did not actually protect them, and chose to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.
None of that had to happen. He could have let the extreme cases go through while fighting to remove women's rights on the more "controversial" cases, but instead chose to make a test case out the most extreme interpretation of his extremist ideology.
Despite this, the court seems willfully blind to the fact that the reason for needing an injunction is that the state is acting in demonstorable bad faith.
Side note. Remember when the US SC ruled that this law could not be challenged because the state was not going to be the one enforcing it?
this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2023
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