Emboldened by their successes the war on women continues unabated

[Soph0571]

Two headlines from the last 24 hours captures perfectly the perilous position of women in Republican run states now find themselves in.

Firstly, I came across this article in Law & Crime:

Appeals Court Pauses Lawsuit over Georgia Abortion Ban Until Supreme Court Decides Mississippi Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday shut down a lawsuit which challenged a Georgia abortion ban. The reason? The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear arguments about a similar ban in another state.
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“We STAY this appeal pending a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392 (2021),” the circuit court said on Monday.

The three-judge panel which summarily paused the litigation included Chief Circuit Judge William Pryor (appointed to the bench by George W. Bush but also appointed to a sentencing commission by Barack Obama), Circuit Judge Barbara Lagoa (appointed by Donald Trump and once a member of his “short list” for a possible Supreme Court nomination), and Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger (a George H. W. Bush appointee) sitting by designation.

Some critics immediately noted that the Eleventh Circuit’s decision to stay the Georgia litigation appeared predicated on the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade.

[link:https://lawandcrime.com/abortion/appeals-court-pauses-lawsuit-over-georgia-abortion-ban-until-supreme-court-decides-mississippi-case/|]
Emphasis mine



They can almost taste it. The glee of denying woman reproductive freedom, these fuckers can almost not contain themselves.

And then to the second article which deals some of the fall out from the shit show that is Texaliban:

Planned Parenthood says the Texas abortion ban has turned its call centers into therapy hotlines for people who are 'pregnant against their will'

"Planned Parenthood call centers have become crisis hotlines and health center staff have become crisis counselors," McGill Johnson said in a September 23 joint petition to the Supreme Court.
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McGill Johnson says Texans haven't stopped asking for abortions in the weeks since SB8 passed. When Texas Planned Parenthood centers are called, counselors direct them to out-of-state care or help them grapple with having "pregnancies against their will," said McGill Johnson.

Potentially fatal mental and physical health concerns are common reasons people seek abortions, Dr. Bhavik Kumar, a doctor at Planned Parenthood Center for Choice in Houston who performs upwards of 30 abortions daily, told the Texas Tribune.

[link:https://www.insider.com/texas-abortion-ban-planned-parenthood-hotlines-now-crisis-centers-2021-9|]
Emphasis mine

And of course it is the most disenfranchised women who suffer disproportionately from these far right theocratic dictats. The wives and daughters of these patriarchal dinosaurs will always be able to pop on a plane to a blue state and have their reproductive choices respected. Not so for the 12 year old incest victim living in a trailer with her abuser, with no means to travel hundreds of miles out of state. Heh.

[Walleye]

1. There must be a lot of women who vote for these assholes. Do they deserve what they are getting?

[StarfishSaver]

2. And perhaps more significantly

There are a lot of women who didn't vote for them but also ignored and dismissed Black voters concerns about voter suppression and refused to help fight back those efforts. And then, as a result of that voter suppression, many of these people got into office, even though these women didn't vote for them.

And now they are starting to realize that voter suppression doesn't only hurt people who are being suppressed. It's coming back to bite them, too.

[Walleye]

3. Absolutely. Good analysis. But I just don't know what the solution is

You would think that one day people would come to their senses. But apparently that’s not gonna happen

[SharonClark]

4. Touting a "12 year old incest victim living in a trailer with her abuser" does not advance the cause

of reproductive rights because few believe it and it is extreme.

Reproductive rights are needed for women and girls of all ages because they have a right to bodily autonomy and a right to make their own decisions because they are human beings and are not owned by politicians.