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67. Women must watch Handmaid's Tale. But it could never happen here. It's happening!

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A new Missouri bill would prohibit women leaving the state to get an abortion. [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2022 OP

These people are psychos!!!!! secondwind Mar 2022 #1

If this passes, then states could pass laws that you can't get any medical treatment out of state. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #24

This is true. If the civil lawsuit dodge starts to get enforced and upheld it means localroger Mar 2022 #87

This will never win court approval...these folks are stupid. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #103

They're vote trolling. "Look what I did!" at election time. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #126

That is a good point. But I can't help wonder if the fact that these are extreme measures... Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #127

Next bill up for consideration, shackling pregnant women to poles so they can't leave SoonerPride Mar 2022 #2

Squish! Why just pregnant women? gratuitous Mar 2022 #4

JFC. MontanaMama Mar 2022 #3

Make sure to keep your papers in order, ladies NickB79 Mar 2022 #5

How about arrest and extradition from IL, MD, etc, back to Missouri Hortensis Mar 2022 #31

so they're actually ok with the state having the power to do this eShirl Mar 2022 #6

The party of small government Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2022 #43

small enough to fit inside a woman's uterus... Claire Oh Nette Mar 2022 #61

Imagine the surveillance state that would be needed to track women's every movement. Lonestarblue Mar 2022 #53

I wouldn't count on that. Crazy is self reinforcing. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #58

Not necessary when coupled with the Texas vigilante system. NYC Liberal Mar 2022 #107

FREEDOM! kysrsoze Mar 2022 #7

The party of putin needs to be dissolved. Who are these people? spanone Mar 2022 #8

How long before women need travel passes & justified reasons to go anywhere? -nt CrispyQ Mar 2022 #9

These are the same people who said wnylib Mar 2022 #68

Also the same folks who said wearing a mask during a pandemic Boomerproud Mar 2022 #79

Fascism and misogyny go hand in hand. wnylib Mar 2022 #86

What kind of society is it that produces groups of people who not only misread the room DFW Mar 2022 #10

We kid ourselves if we think they are "misreading" the country maxrandb Mar 2022 #28

True. On the other hand, it might help Beto's chances mahina Mar 2022 #85

They're not misreading THEIR supporters, though. Mariana Mar 2022 #118

Women will have to present a negative pregnancy test to cross the state line? Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #11

It should be unconstitutional because of interstate something or other, Patterson Mar 2022 #12

Weekly state checks on fertilization status of women? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #13

weekly checks on periods rurallib Mar 2022 #45

What happened to FREEDOM? . . .... Lovie777 Mar 2022 #14

And we thought The Handmaid's Tale was fiction Tadpole Raisin Mar 2022 #15

I live in Missouri... NewDayOranges Mar 2022 #16

How Russian of them. deminks Mar 2022 #17

TRUTH! Rebl2 Mar 2022 #41

Political grandstanding SCantiGOP Mar 2022 #18

Exactly Murphyb849 Mar 2022 #36

Red states are passing truly vicious anti-abortion laws, in anticipation of a 9-3 SCOTUS upholding... Hekate Mar 2022 #80

I was referring to the Missouri bill SCantiGOP Mar 2022 #97

Women in any of the shitty red states should not tell ANYONE of a pregnancy...no one. PortTack Mar 2022 #19

Are you aware that when you purchase a home pregnancy test using a store "club" or discount card... Hekate Mar 2022 #82

If it comes to that we've got a lot more to worry about...with all that's going on right now, that PortTack Mar 2022 #96

Within our borders we have to worry about voting rights (subjugating black Americans) and ... Hekate Mar 2022 #99

Are you saying thAt the RIGHTS of over 51% of our population have to wait? niyad Mar 2022 #101

Pretty sure that's what he's saying. smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #109

So true. niyad Mar 2022 #114

I think that's what he said Hekate Mar 2022 #116

Missouri GOP are no better than the Gestapo if this gets passed and signed into law.. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2022 #20

21st Century Equivalent of Fugitive Slave Laws and the Dred Scott Decision Red Pest Mar 2022 #21

It's more than that Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #77

It wouldn't work that way; these laws are enabling civil lawsuits, not 'law enforcement' localroger Mar 2022 #83

Oh, I was assuming it would apply like the fugitive slave act Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #94

Her information. Please contact to express your displeasure. Maraya1969 Mar 2022 #22

already have. niyad Mar 2022 #102

Maybe that's why when I called before 5pm it went to voicemail. They are probably getting a lot of Maraya1969 Mar 2022 #111

true. like with little marco's phones this past weekend. niyad Mar 2022 #115

Clearly unconstitutional...n/m orwell Mar 2022 #23

Most assuredly. Commerce Clause violation. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #25

Is it? Or will Biff, the Handmaiden and Gorsuch the Federalist bot maxrandb Mar 2022 #26

Of course the courts can do anything they have the votes to do... orwell Mar 2022 #39

The key is the "enforcement by lawsuit" provision localroger Mar 2022 #78

Thanks... orwell Mar 2022 #93

They are showing us just who they are! bluestarone Mar 2022 #27

Yes please Rebl2 Mar 2022 #46

Someone doing this against someone as a $ vendetta, or just because they "can" is likely going to be hlthe2b Mar 2022 #29

How will the repub activists on SCOTUS manage to find this legal? tishaLA Mar 2022 #30

All women should leave the state and leave the men to "don't say gay" bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #32

I am telling all 3 of my daughters to get out as soon as possible. Moostache Mar 2022 #44

Women of Missouri could go on a sex strike. wnylib Mar 2022 #72

Unless they use stand your ground? LiberalFighter Mar 2022 #88

Good point. wnylib Mar 2022 #90

Women will just move to IL. roamer65 Mar 2022 #33

More than half of all abortions are now done by pharmaceuticals. TygrBright Mar 2022 #34

that's not going to fly (n/t) MissMillie Mar 2022 #35

When I was in jr high and hs phys ed we would line up for "inspection." badhair77 Mar 2022 #37

As a Missouri / East Kansas resident, I am going on record today... Moostache Mar 2022 #51

on International Women's Day, no less! niyad Mar 2022 #38

Of course they did Hekate Mar 2022 #100

Sorry, but lonely bird Mar 2022 #40

Seriously, do they ever think this BS through? smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #108

"What do they think is going to be the outcome of such ridiculous legislation?" Mariana Mar 2022 #119

This law is....'UNCONSTITUTIONAL" Stuart G Mar 2022 #42

It will never pass court muster. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #106

Build the wall! Build the wall! Build the wall! rurallib Mar 2022 #47

A bunch of silly, stupid assholes. That is so un-American there are no words ashredux Mar 2022 #48

They have Rebl2 Mar 2022 #49

She just got an Email from me MOMFUDSKI Mar 2022 #50

Time for St. Louis County to secede from Missouri... Moostache Mar 2022 #52

But "Freedum!" nt KPN Mar 2022 #54

Would be a first if those elected Pas-de-Calais Mar 2022 #55

mary e is a lawyet. niyad Mar 2022 #104

Move the fuck out of Missouri. milestogo Mar 2022 #56

JFC budkin Mar 2022 #57

Ok! And men will register every woman they fertilize or face lindysalsagal Mar 2022 #59

The women-haters are on a tear dlk Mar 2022 #60

Aren't these the members of the same party that calls mask and vaccine mandates "tyranny"? lees1975 Mar 2022 #62

OMFG orangecrush Mar 2022 #63

How do you enforce that? AZLD4Candidate Mar 2022 #64

Checkpoints. Barbed wire. Mean dogs. Harker Mar 2022 #74

It is the Texas model localroger Mar 2022 #89

Isn't that a violation of the commerce clause? Calista241 Mar 2022 #65

That ain't getting out of committee. paleotn Mar 2022 #66

Women must watch Handmaid's Tale. But it could never happen here. It's happening! Pepsidog Mar 2022 #67

I am trying to understand why MO thinks it has jurisdiction in other states. nt Gore1FL Mar 2022 #69

Gotta be unconstitutional. Regulating activities in another state ??? eppur_se_muova Mar 2022 #70

Sure, that'll work. I thought enslaving people was illegal. sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #71

She just got an Email from me MOMFUDSKI Mar 2022 #73

This has been said a million times. This isn't about abortion. Boomerproud Mar 2022 #75

I'm pretty sure that's on the agenda. smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #110

Fucking Taliban Hekate Mar 2022 #76

Unconstitutional & unenforceable. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #81

Don't bet the farm on that Hekate Mar 2022 #84

How is the State going to know where you go & why? Constitutionally? oldsoftie Mar 2022 #95

this is about neighbors snitching on neighbors, like the tex-ass law. niyad Mar 2022 #105

I doubt many people advertise that they're going to get an abortion. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #122

How does the SCOTUS just let the Texas bounty-hunter legislation slide into actuality? Hekate Mar 2022 #117

That hasn't been ruled on yet. And I doubt it will hold up oldsoftie Mar 2022 #121

We shall see. The far-right-wing has told us who they are, & we should believe them. nt Hekate Mar 2022 #124

What a ROTTEN FUCKING WORLD it is becoming with these authoritarian FUCKS Stinky The Clown Mar 2022 #91

Are they gonna bring the same energy... NavyDem Mar 2022 #92

are they paying child support? forcing fathers to pay????? pansypoo53219 Mar 2022 #98

Good luck xmas74 Mar 2022 #112

It's an election year xmas74 Mar 2022 #113

MO would legalize slavery again and make women chattel. ZonkerHarris Mar 2022 #120

WTF? msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #123

I can't think a law like that... Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #125

This is the woman who employed two nannies to watch her kids and wants women punished Emile Mar 2022 #128