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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,170 posts)
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:39 PM Dec 2021

Concerned Sen. Susan Collins supports codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections into law

WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins, the moderate Republican from Maine, favors passing legislation to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade into law, her office said Wednesday.

"Senator Collins supports the right to an abortion and believes that the protections in the Roe and Casey decisions should be passed into law. She has had some conversations with her colleagues about this and is open to further discussions," Collins spokeswoman Annie Clark told NBC News in an email.

The remarks came hours after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a major case that experts believe could lead to the undoing of the landmark 1973 ruling and its subsequent precedents that protect a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.

But Collins opposes the House-passed Women's Health Protection Act, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has promised will get a vote in the Senate.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-sen-susan-collins-supports-codifying-roe-v-wade-abortion-protections-into-law/ar-AARmAIN

Of course this all could have been avoided had you not okayed the appointment of Drunky McPukeface.

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Concerned Sen. Susan Collins supports codifying Roe v. Wade abortion protections into law (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP
Can she get 9 other Republicans to go along? berni_mccoy Dec 2021 #1
We won't need any of them if we get out FalloutShelter Dec 2021 #2
You mean 10 Polybius Dec 2021 #5
Oh FFS... that guys gotta go berni_mccoy Dec 2021 #8
Yeah, while Sinema isn't great, at least she's pro-choice Polybius Dec 2021 #11
That is until she changes her mind... Colgate 64 Dec 2021 #23
"the moderate Republican from Maine". I really wish they'd stop with that useless, Carlitos Brigante Dec 2021 #3
Sure, codify the right in law and watch the court declare it to be unconstitutional sanatanadharma Dec 2021 #4
Bingo! gratuitous Dec 2021 #6
I agree. Too little too late Deuxcents Dec 2021 #7
all but one, she voted against Barrett but only because her vote wasn't needed. dsc Dec 2021 #10
+1 Celerity Dec 2021 #13
It would have to be a two-for In It to Win It Dec 2021 #29
Easy to say when you know it won't happen Raven123 Dec 2021 #9
+1 crickets Dec 2021 #17
How she gets away with her bullshit is amazing. in terms of her voters. msfiddlestix Dec 2021 #12
To paraphrase the late great H.L. Mencken Colgate 64 Dec 2021 #24
Great quote, new to me.. msfiddlestix Dec 2021 #30
Then she should put forth some legislation doing so. Buckeyeblue Dec 2021 #14
Is there something stopping her from drafting such a bill? Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2021 #15
Talk doesn't get any cheaper Zambero Dec 2021 #16
Well if it happens... Xolodno Dec 2021 #18
I'd like to cordially invite Susan Collins to go fuck herself . . . hatrack Dec 2021 #19
All I want to hear from Collins is her retirement announcement. Paladin Dec 2021 #20
She is framed as moderate The Wizard Dec 2021 #21
Fuck ALL the way off, Susie. 11 Bravo Dec 2021 #22
I'll take "BOTH" for $500, Alex... Colgate 64 Dec 2021 #26
She supported Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court DFW Dec 2021 #25
...for the next 15 minutes, at least. lindysalsagal Dec 2021 #27
Republicans & insane Evangelical leaders have done the most damage to Abortion rights SunImp Dec 2021 #28

FalloutShelter

(11,877 posts)
2. We won't need any of them if we get out
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:44 PM
Dec 2021

in historic numbers and cut the Rethugs off at the knees in the mid-terms.


Polybius

(15,469 posts)
11. Yeah, while Sinema isn't great, at least she's pro-choice
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 02:05 PM
Dec 2021

Murkowski would likely support a national abortion law as well.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,502 posts)
3. "the moderate Republican from Maine". I really wish they'd stop with that useless,
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:47 PM
Dec 2021

unnecessary and just flat out false qualifier.

sanatanadharma

(3,722 posts)
4. Sure, codify the right in law and watch the court declare it to be unconstitutional
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:50 PM
Dec 2021

I say do it. Make a federal law granting abortion rights that override zip-code based denial of rights.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Bingo!
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 01:54 PM
Dec 2021

The horse is long gone from the stable, and Sen. Collins wants to tie a piece of string across the paddock. That'll fix everything! She supported the nomination of every one of these ignorant misogynists, and now she's shocked and concerned and brow a-furrow'd that they're doing exactly what we told her they were going to do.

Sit down, Senator. You had your chance, several of them, and you fucked it up nine ways from Sunday. Retire. Better yet, resign. Just disappear from public life and spend the rest of your days wearing sackcloth and eating ashes.

In It to Win It

(8,279 posts)
29. It would have to be a two-for
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 07:30 PM
Dec 2021

They would have to codify the right into law and strip the court’s jurisdiction over the issue.

Zero chance of that happening

Colgate 64

(14,732 posts)
24. To paraphrase the late great H.L. Mencken
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 04:40 PM
Dec 2021

"No one ever went broke overestimating the stupidity of the voters".

Buckeyeblue

(5,500 posts)
14. Then she should put forth some legislation doing so.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 02:12 PM
Dec 2021

I think many people would be fine with making Casey the law of the land.

Zambero

(8,965 posts)
16. Talk doesn't get any cheaper
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 02:19 PM
Dec 2021

Collins knows full well that her partisans would filibuster any such legislation. In a closely divided Senate, she bears full responsibility for the far-right Supreme Court now in place.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
22. Fuck ALL the way off, Susie.
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 03:39 PM
Dec 2021

You're either a liar, or simply too damned gullible to be a United States Senator.

SunImp

(2,225 posts)
28. Republicans & insane Evangelical leaders have done the most damage to Abortion rights
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 05:24 PM
Dec 2021

If you think otherwise you're a blind idiot

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