Should Roe v. Wade be discarded because it was decided by an all male Supreme Court?

[originalpckelly]

[William769]

1. Ok, it takes a lot to make me dumbfounded & you just succeeded.

[terrya]

2. No.

Abortion should be legal. It doesn't matter what the composition of the Supreme Court was at that time.

[bryant69]

3. That's an odd question

Should Brown Vs. Board of Education be discarded because there weren't any black people on the bench at that time? Can white males care about justice?

Bryant
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[MadBadger]

6. you took the words right out of my mouth

This poll is just stupid.

[originalpckelly]

10. Not really, it has been repeatedly said that men have no place deciding the issue of abortion...

I would take a decision by a court solely composed of men to be men deciding an issue, and Roe v. Wade was decided by a court of only men.

[bryant69]

19. I'm not sure about this

Men and Woman have a role in deciding what our society is going to do about abortion, because that's how a democracy works. But most people here are dedicated to the idea that men should have no control over what a woman does with her body. I should note that women should not have control over what another woman does with her body. Hamsters should not have control over what a woman does with her body. Nobody but the woman involved should have control over her body.

Bryant
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[zanne]

24. Those leading questions just bite you on the ass. nt

[TahitiNut]

17. Well, one could go even further and repeal the 19th Amendment since ...

... not one female voted in favor of it. The two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress and three-quarters of all state legislatures that ratified it were all males, as were the voters who put them in office.

Bizarre times. :crazy:

[greenbriar]

4. as opposed to all but one right now???

paluease

[originalpckelly]

9. No, in favor of an all woman panel of judges specially created to decide the issue...

If men have no place deciding the issue, then the decision that allows abortion cannot stand as it was decided exclusively by men.

[DURHAM D]

5. What kind of question is this?

Are you suggesting that an alternative court should have made the decision?

Wait, I was around in early 70s. I'm thinking, I'm thinking... Nope - no all female court to take it to.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. I think he's all hot and bothered by this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x754982

I'm guessing he misread it, then stuck his foot in his mouth.

[originalpckelly]

15. I asked a valid question. If men cannot decide the issue of abortion...

and a vast majority of people believe that, why then should a legal decision by men and only men on abortion hold true?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. Maybe you should reread the original question.

Before digging yourself deeper.

[DURHAM D]

23. I'm curious Bornagain - do you think an all female court

should be appointed to decide if male circumcision is legal?

[originalpckelly]

27. And why should a woman have any place talking about circumcision?

Or a woman on any court deciding what should or shouldn't be legal in this regard? She can't know what it's like to be a guy.

[DURHAM D]

28. I didn't ask you. n/t

[originalpckelly]

29. It's a very good question though.

One I'd never thought about.

[rinsd]

7. self delete

[sniffa]

8. crafty

[BlooInBloo]

11. LOL! Just when you think it can't get any weirder...

... Does it matter that Roe has been upheld, in a variety of ways, by later courts WITH women on them?

[originalpckelly]

14. No man can be present. If men have no say whatsoever...

then any decision with a male justice from the SCOTUS or in a lower court with judges can be valid.

[IChing]

12. What about a Catholic Court?

Religious Affiliation of the U.S. Supreme Court

John Roberts (Chief Justice) Catholic

Stephen G. Breyer Jewish

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jewish

Anthony M. Kennedy Catholic

Antonin Scalia Catholic

David H. Souter Episcopalian

John Paul Stevens Protestant

Clarence Thomas Catholic

Samuel Alito Catholic
http://www.adherents.com/adh_sc.html

[ruiner4u]

18. *thawps forehead*

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. This is another odd poll. First, is the fetus property and now this?

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

20. I think everyone drank a big cup of Batshit Insanity this morning.

[originalpckelly]

22. A vast majority of people responded "no" to the following poll question:

"Should men have any official say in whether abortion is legal and available to women?"

I take a decision by the SCOTUS made by men as an official legal decision.

[zanne]

25. That's because men give us cooties. nt

[spoony]

21. If you're confused, check out this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x754982

I think this really is a very clever point.

[MedleyMisty]

26. Would it be acceptable if an all-male court made abortion illegal?

If the people with the Y chromosome are on our side, that's cool. I think the issue in the original thread was that people with Y chromosomes have no business telling us that we can't have abortions. If they can see injustice in the legal system and act to correct it, that's fine.

[Madspirit]

37. Thank-you Sleebarker!...

You get it; you really really get it...
...and I appreciate it.
Lee

[originalpckelly]

39. So someone has say so long as they agree with you?

I was under the impression that democracies don't work that way, are you using President Bushes definition of compromise to help you form your idea of a democracy?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

31. This is dipping dangerously close to a new low on this topic

Why people cannot have a rational discussion w/o going over the top when it comes to abortion is a mystery that remains to be solved.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. No, because Roe v. Wade leaves the DECISION up to INDIVIDUAL WOMEN.

Beyond that, I think you should be required to finish your previous flamebait threads on this topic before starting a new one.

:eyes:

[Virginia Dare]

33. Should the Constitution be discarded because it was written by white men?..n/t

[originalpckelly]

34. A majority of America's demographics did not approve of the US Constitution.

Maybe it should be tossed because of that, it really wasn't approved by a significant majority of Americans, because a majority of Americans were not represented in the state legislatures that approved the US Constitution.

Poor white men, black slaves of both sexes, women. You know this document doesn't have the consent of the people, only rich white old men.

[originalpckelly]

35. You know this is true folks. A majority of Americans didn't approve of this document.

And even they had, that back in the 1700s, this is 21st century. What right do people who kept slaves, barbarized the Native Americans, or oppressed women have to tell us anything about freedom and liberty? Aren't they big fucking hypocrites?

[Madspirit]

36. It's just a retort

To my poll about whether men should have a say in abortion rights...legally. *snort*...
Lee

[originalpckelly]

38. You're right, it is. Unfortunately we don't have some way to add a poll onto another...

as a sort of a follow up question. That's a good idea, because I've seen lots of discussion that go this way.

Yes, it's a retort, but you have to admit it does make sense. If men can't decide the issue of abortion, then men can't decide the issue abortion.