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Coventina

(27,121 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:17 AM Jun 2022

Watching the Rachel Maddow rerun. Holy crap!

Catch it if you can.


She's outlining the very grim future we face with this court.

A "fetal personhood" law will start the process to get abortions banned in the entire country, once it reaches SCOTUS.





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Watching the Rachel Maddow rerun. Holy crap! (Original Post) Coventina Jun 2022 OP
Ai, ai ai yikes. electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #1
K&R Solly Mack Jun 2022 #2
Just keep listening/watching! Control-Z Jun 2022 #3
I posted about sodomy laws earlier today. She brought them up as well. Coventina Jun 2022 #4
Oh, gawd, Coventina. Control-Z Jun 2022 #6
They can declare abortion unconstitutional under fifth amendment AlexSFCA Jun 2022 #5
why aren't we expanding the supreme court? like right now??? nt orleans Jun 2022 #7

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
3. Just keep listening/watching!
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:22 AM
Jun 2022

Scary, yet remarkable. She's been saying the things we've been saying for years. I just keep saying, be careful, Rachel. Be careful. I worry about her.

Coventina

(27,121 posts)
4. I posted about sodomy laws earlier today. She brought them up as well.
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:24 AM
Jun 2022

She says Thomas has laid out the hit list of rights that they will take away next.

I've never been so upset to be right.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
6. Oh, gawd, Coventina.
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:50 AM
Jun 2022

I feel the same.
"I've never been so upset to be right."

My youngest was very upset when she called. She said, but we can just undo that decision, right? "What's that called?" When I told her that wasn't a thing she got more outraged. I actually said to her, gently, I've been saying this for years, sweetheart. Her response was, I know, mommy. I didn't think they would really do it.

I'm not sure how to tell her what's to come. Gawd, I hate this.

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)
5. They can declare abortion unconstitutional under fifth amendment
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:25 AM
Jun 2022

with the right case in front of them. They’ve already declared fetus is life declaring it personhood is the logical next step. And thus any and all abortions would violate fifth amendment.

IVF practitioners across the countries are essentially on notice now.

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