The law giving women ‘the right’ to decide when they can have a abortion has been under attack since the court first looked the law….
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the most important abortion case in 30 years Wednesday as the justices consider Mississippi’s request to overturn Roe v. Wade and uphold a state law that bars the procedure 15 weeks after conception.
The dispute represents the culmination of a decades-long effort on the part of critics of the landmark opinion that legalized abortion nationwide to return the issue to the states, a move that would almost immediately eviscerate abortion rights in large swaths of the South and the Midwest.
The very fact that the current court, with its solid six-member conservative majority, agreed to even consider a state law that bars abortion long before viability suggests that the court — bolstered by three of former President Donald Trump’s appointees — is poised to scale back court precedent if not reverse it outright. Already, in a separate dispute, the court is considering a Texas law that bars the procedure after six weeks and the justices have allowed that law to remain in place for three months, rendering Roe a dead letter in the country’s second largest state….
How awesome is it that Roe v Wade is in the hands of the guy who was so blackout drunk all through prep school and college that he literally can’t remember how many women he sexually assaulted. ace fucking job there Republicans and Mitch McConnell, take your victory lap.
Kavanagh surprisingly may end up being a swing vote on this.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-01/kavanaugh-presses-texas-on-abortion-law-model-curbing-gun-rights
Does anyone expect them to completely strike dow a ‘landmark’ High Court decision?….
Not out of the realm of possibility, sadly. Very Right winged court, as we all know. Robert’s and Kavanagh look to be the decisive votes.
Quote of the Day
“The Court has never revoked a right that is so fundamental to so many Americans and so central to their ability to participate fully and equally in society. The Court should not overrule the central component of women’s liberty.”
— U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, defending the Roe v. Wade precedent which legalized abortion.
This is your comment….
‘There is no movement that I know of to ban birth control by the government…’
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A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Wikipedia
We ALL agree that several state’s are actively trying in different ways to ‘ban’ abortions….
I don’t consider abortion to be birth control. By birth control measures, I am referring to condoms and IUDs. Birth control is something entirely different than abortion.
Before Griswold v. Connecticutin 1965, birth control was illegal, for at least some people, in (I gather from Wikipedia) over two dozen states (+ D.C.)
Many of the original laws were built upon a law and a movement initiated by Anthony Comstock in 1873 to oppose the dissemination of pornography and “articles of obscene use”. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_laws
Margaret Sanger led a lonely fight from 1914 on. And although the pro-lifers now bring up her oncc-common but misguided support for the Eugenics movement, that wasn’t what was meant by “planned parenthood”.
One of four pregnancies results in an abortion. If conservatives demand to force all women to carry their fetuses on term, who is going to take care of the enormous increase in unwanted children? Hell, we already now have too many children (especially those who are minorities or are over 4 years old) in this country who are unwanted and are living in deplorable conditions.
Good questions Zreebs. Daniel and CG should answer them.
Maybe they at least support the section of Build Back Better that invests in children – such as nutrition?
What would they know about it?
That reminds me, in my November episode on Newmax’s Mark Halperin’s Focus Group, none of the Republicans knew what was in the infrastructure bill. They were complaining that immigration reform should not have been in the infrastructure bill – and of course it wasn’t, interestingly, all four of the Democrats appeared to be familiar with the bill. I implied that the reason for their lack of knowledge might have to do with where they are getting their information.
This is no surprise Zreebs.
VERY Good Point Z…..
It will mean some unwanted children…
Some long trips to get procedures….
Some women taking risks….
A little more that half the states are already getting overflow appointments….
We will be going backwards …
Yes….
Very Good point Z….
Yes Scott….
Their answers/views?
First impressions from session on the Miss Abortion law is the court may support that state but not throw out Roe v Wade in its entirity…
I’ll have a post tonight when the dist settles a bit….
I’ve been watching too and my guess is also that The Court will allow the Mississippi law. The legal opinion defending the 15 weeks in the law will appear awfully arbitrary.
Mexico and Canada Trips for Abortions will be increasing…in Texas they are already growing…
Yup Bdog
Gonna be a traveling push in response
Bit that fir the rich
Not the others
Car rides they’ll take
Or short airplane trips
This has already started