Here in Florida, we were sure our state constitution protected our rights. Until the forced birthers appointed to the state supreme court by DeathSantis, decided it didn't.
Sasha-- It's good to see a familiar name guest posting today. We worked together briefly on the tail-end of Hilary's 2016 race, piloting voter-to-voter texting. I'm so heartened to see enthusiastic campaigns like this (rather than complacency) in blue cities and states. I'm hopeful that my purple state's ballot initiative will be successful as well, but the knowledge that campaigns like this are securing our freedoms permanently in some parts of the country helps me sleep better at night. Best of luck!
Hassan Ali Kanu's "Anti-Abortion Activists Pushed Amarillo to Help Save the Mifepristone Case," The American Prospect https://prospect.org/justice/2024-09-06/anti-abortion-amarillo-mifepristone-case/ discussed the November 5 ballot measure in Amarillo, Texas "to enact what abortion opponents call an 'abortion trafficking ban'," which would make it illegal to use roads, including Interstate 40, to leave Texas to get an abortion. Interstate 40 goes to New Mexico (the closest state with legal abortion).
The Amarillo City Council twice voted to reject this proposal.
The article discusses the roles of radical anti-abortion activists Mark Lee Dickson and Jonathan Mitchell (a former Texas solicitor general). They are trying to ban medication abortion throughout the US and impose criminal penalties for offering any aid to a person seeking an abortion (even a legal abortion). Dickson and Mitchell wanted Amarillo to enact the ordinance so it could intervene in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA. Mitchell thought that, with Amarillo as intervenor, the case would have survived standing analysis. But, as the article points out, it's not clear what the FDA's approval of mifepristone does to harm a city with a ban on "abortion trafficking." American Studies professor Carrie Baker (Smith College) said "A local city doesn't get to weigh in on what the FDA does nationally." Baker, who is also a lawyer, said while Amarillo doesn't have an actual injury resulting from the FDA's approval of mifepristone, judges have applied "abortion exceptionalism" to distort the requirements for standing to sue.
Especially since "abortion trafficking" (forget actual trafficking victims they DGAF about those) is term they pulled out of their ass. Even if there was such a thing, what woman would want to be tied to such a man?
But women face the double-whammy of economic inequality and constant propaganda that they MUST have a man, and then MUST have children with him. In an awful situation, people do the best they can with the lousy options open to them.
I think a lot more could be done now that contraceptive pills are available OTC. It's a lot easier to meet the challenge of "getting $50 to everybody who wants contraceptives but doesn't have $50" than the challenge of "getting $1,500 to everyone who wants an abortion but doesn't have $1,500". As a movement, the reproductive justice movement has to figure out more ways to meet the demands for both services and money.
Well, considering I am a retired surgical assistant and am highly educated and trained in the subject, know you have no clue of which you speak, there really is no point in engaging with you, because you aren’t living in reality. Please get professional help. I’m serious. You really are spouting propaganda .
I live in New York, and this is the first I’ve heard about this proposal. Wow. I immediately posted about it to the beloved 🫤 Facebook app. This is hugely important. I don’t have a tv and stopped my subscription to the local paper. While I keep up on national news, I probably don’t do as good a job with state and local news. So maybe people other than me are more likely to know. I hope so.
The awareness about this proposal is really low in New York state. My friend and I canvassed this weekend at a farmers market and out of the 100 people we spoke to about 4 had heard about this. The New York Democratic Party is terrible and they are not doing ANYTHING to bring awareness of the issue - so if you are in New York TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS. Have them tell THEIR FRIENDS. People just need to be made aware. I usually work the polls and most people have no idea what the initiatives on the ballot even mean - so the more informed they are before they vote the better. Seriously - we need to get the word out across the board!!
And we have a similar--and popular--ballot provision here in Colorado.
Question: would a federal ban supercede this state law?
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Here in Florida, we were sure our state constitution protected our rights. Until the forced birthers appointed to the state supreme court by DeathSantis, decided it didn't.
Sasha-- It's good to see a familiar name guest posting today. We worked together briefly on the tail-end of Hilary's 2016 race, piloting voter-to-voter texting. I'm so heartened to see enthusiastic campaigns like this (rather than complacency) in blue cities and states. I'm hopeful that my purple state's ballot initiative will be successful as well, but the knowledge that campaigns like this are securing our freedoms permanently in some parts of the country helps me sleep better at night. Best of luck!
Hassan Ali Kanu's "Anti-Abortion Activists Pushed Amarillo to Help Save the Mifepristone Case," The American Prospect https://prospect.org/justice/2024-09-06/anti-abortion-amarillo-mifepristone-case/ discussed the November 5 ballot measure in Amarillo, Texas "to enact what abortion opponents call an 'abortion trafficking ban'," which would make it illegal to use roads, including Interstate 40, to leave Texas to get an abortion. Interstate 40 goes to New Mexico (the closest state with legal abortion).
The Amarillo City Council twice voted to reject this proposal.
The article discusses the roles of radical anti-abortion activists Mark Lee Dickson and Jonathan Mitchell (a former Texas solicitor general). They are trying to ban medication abortion throughout the US and impose criminal penalties for offering any aid to a person seeking an abortion (even a legal abortion). Dickson and Mitchell wanted Amarillo to enact the ordinance so it could intervene in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA. Mitchell thought that, with Amarillo as intervenor, the case would have survived standing analysis. But, as the article points out, it's not clear what the FDA's approval of mifepristone does to harm a city with a ban on "abortion trafficking." American Studies professor Carrie Baker (Smith College) said "A local city doesn't get to weigh in on what the FDA does nationally." Baker, who is also a lawyer, said while Amarillo doesn't have an actual injury resulting from the FDA's approval of mifepristone, judges have applied "abortion exceptionalism" to distort the requirements for standing to sue.
Especially since "abortion trafficking" (forget actual trafficking victims they DGAF about those) is term they pulled out of their ass. Even if there was such a thing, what woman would want to be tied to such a man?
But women face the double-whammy of economic inequality and constant propaganda that they MUST have a man, and then MUST have children with him. In an awful situation, people do the best they can with the lousy options open to them.
No doubt they do, it doesn’t help that contraceptives are difficult to obtain, if you are poor, and in a rural area. Those women are set up to fail.
I think a lot more could be done now that contraceptive pills are available OTC. It's a lot easier to meet the challenge of "getting $50 to everybody who wants contraceptives but doesn't have $50" than the challenge of "getting $1,500 to everyone who wants an abortion but doesn't have $1,500". As a movement, the reproductive justice movement has to figure out more ways to meet the demands for both services and money.
Well, considering I am a retired surgical assistant and am highly educated and trained in the subject, know you have no clue of which you speak, there really is no point in engaging with you, because you aren’t living in reality. Please get professional help. I’m serious. You really are spouting propaganda .
I live in New York, and this is the first I’ve heard about this proposal. Wow. I immediately posted about it to the beloved 🫤 Facebook app. This is hugely important. I don’t have a tv and stopped my subscription to the local paper. While I keep up on national news, I probably don’t do as good a job with state and local news. So maybe people other than me are more likely to know. I hope so.
The awareness about this proposal is really low in New York state. My friend and I canvassed this weekend at a farmers market and out of the 100 people we spoke to about 4 had heard about this. The New York Democratic Party is terrible and they are not doing ANYTHING to bring awareness of the issue - so if you are in New York TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS. Have them tell THEIR FRIENDS. People just need to be made aware. I usually work the polls and most people have no idea what the initiatives on the ballot even mean - so the more informed they are before they vote the better. Seriously - we need to get the word out across the board!!