A dead woman can not have children. I woman who has had an abortion can -- assuming it is performed safely by trained physicians.
So by forcing a woman to carry a non-viable pregnancy which has a high probability of affecting her future ability to conceive and bear children, the pro-life movement is shitting in its own bed.
I don't know how Kellyanne Conway sleeps at night. She knows exactly what she's doing: feed voters these twisted analyses so they repeat them (like that a 15-week ban is reasonable) without much thought. They know many voters either don't have time to follow all of this or don't understand it fully, so they give them short phrases like "Hillary's emails" and "Hunter's laptop" and "wokeism" and "Make America .... Again"
We see through it. Hopefully she's gone in 2024.
Kamala Harris has to take her on. The "Trump did this" slogan she crafted is a good start. We need more of that pugilism.
Thank you for your always watchful eye, Jessica. I was going to share this article but I realized I don't like the title-- it is more about the GOP's [cunning] way to establish an "alternative reality." The last paragraph made my blood run cold.
If I am always looking for nefarious, foreign interference angle for Rs behavior, this article J Bouie discusses the motivation of Rs to behave like they are doing now. They have no winning ideas to gain power, only force and subversion which make them such easy marks for foreign interference.
"Abortion isn’t just a health and human rights issue—it’s a democracy issue. And Republicans would rather dismantle democracy than let women control their own lives. "
We have to connect the dots. JV is right that it is a democracy issue. And why are Republicans hurting our democracy, not just in this way but others as well? Why are they hurting America and American way of life? We know they are a minority. This is a national security issue as much as a democracy issue. Like Maigret would ask, who benefits? -- who gains the most by dismantling America bit by bit?
These republican cristo-fascist white men who want the Bible to direct all people, read Exodus 21:23-25 and Leviticus 24:19-21. An eye for an eye. Which means if your ban causes harm to a girl or woman, the legislators who passed these bans get the same harm. How shall this be carried out?
"Yet to say abortion is something for states to decide, in principle, forfeits the claim that there’s any objective truth in the debate above local feelings.
Abortion-rights advocates also believe their position must be enshrined nationwide — and the evidence of every election since Dobbs suggests they would only win bigger in a national fight.
Pro-lifers stand to lose everything gained in overturning Roe if the struggle gets re-nationalized."
But where is objective truth in all this? Simple. A woman's pregnancy is not a person, it is not a child, it is not even a baby. An abortion is not about killing anyone and the belief that it is has no rational foundation. The objective truth matters and nationally, we should embrace this simple truth and expose the knowledge that compels embracing this truth and rejecting the superstitious hysteria that they advance in our legal system.
Kellyanne is scheduled to appear on Washington Post Live Wednesday, April 24. She is to "discuss to issues driving the electorate in 2024, the politics of abortion in the battleground states and hawse sees Donal Trump's vision for a second term." I have sent in my protest email to letters@washpost.com and have asked all my friends and family to do the same. She should not be given any platform to spew her lies. The Washington Post is supposedly a reputable source. If they go ahead with having her speak, I will be cancelling my subscription. Please write to Washpost demanding to cancel her appearance!
I am in TX and cannot understand why the current TX abortion bans are not getting the same coverage as Arizona. The trigger law here not only bans abortion unless the woman is about to die, it criminalizes doctors with felony charges, $100,000 fines and loss of license if they provide care that someone might challenge. And Texans seem ignorant about the current bans!!!!
If memory serves, Texas was the only state to submit an ordinance of secession directly to the voters. In every other instance it was, in the manner that accomplished the ratification of the Second Philadelphia Constitution, a consequence of gerrymandered conventions
"Abortion is a democracy issue" — BINGO!
This should be a no-brainer.
A dead woman can not have children. I woman who has had an abortion can -- assuming it is performed safely by trained physicians.
So by forcing a woman to carry a non-viable pregnancy which has a high probability of affecting her future ability to conceive and bear children, the pro-life movement is shitting in its own bed.
I don't know how Kellyanne Conway sleeps at night. She knows exactly what she's doing: feed voters these twisted analyses so they repeat them (like that a 15-week ban is reasonable) without much thought. They know many voters either don't have time to follow all of this or don't understand it fully, so they give them short phrases like "Hillary's emails" and "Hunter's laptop" and "wokeism" and "Make America .... Again"
We see through it. Hopefully she's gone in 2024.
Kamala Harris has to take her on. The "Trump did this" slogan she crafted is a good start. We need more of that pugilism.
I’m not one of the Texas women in that poll. I always question the polls. Was it rural women I ponder. Those polls can be tricky
And yet, Trump is out polling Biden by 10 % among Texas women I heard today on NPR. It boggles my mind.
Thank you for your always watchful eye, Jessica. I was going to share this article but I realized I don't like the title-- it is more about the GOP's [cunning] way to establish an "alternative reality." The last paragraph made my blood run cold.
Unlike most “issues,” on this one the critical swing group are educated women who will not fall for the sugar coating and obfuscation.
Thank you! I posted hoping that others would also send a letter. You are awesome!
If I am always looking for nefarious, foreign interference angle for Rs behavior, this article J Bouie discusses the motivation of Rs to behave like they are doing now. They have no winning ideas to gain power, only force and subversion which make them such easy marks for foreign interference.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/opinion/arizona-abortion-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k00.pS1S.TkwcBHV3bh0C&smid=url-share
"Abortion isn’t just a health and human rights issue—it’s a democracy issue. And Republicans would rather dismantle democracy than let women control their own lives. "
We have to connect the dots. JV is right that it is a democracy issue. And why are Republicans hurting our democracy, not just in this way but others as well? Why are they hurting America and American way of life? We know they are a minority. This is a national security issue as much as a democracy issue. Like Maigret would ask, who benefits? -- who gains the most by dismantling America bit by bit?
These republican cristo-fascist white men who want the Bible to direct all people, read Exodus 21:23-25 and Leviticus 24:19-21. An eye for an eye. Which means if your ban causes harm to a girl or woman, the legislators who passed these bans get the same harm. How shall this be carried out?
Here's an interesting angle from the GOP press on the democratic (small "d") end of abortion rights and what it means to Trump's campaign.
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-and-the-pro-life-dilemma/
From that link:
"Yet to say abortion is something for states to decide, in principle, forfeits the claim that there’s any objective truth in the debate above local feelings.
Abortion-rights advocates also believe their position must be enshrined nationwide — and the evidence of every election since Dobbs suggests they would only win bigger in a national fight.
Pro-lifers stand to lose everything gained in overturning Roe if the struggle gets re-nationalized."
But where is objective truth in all this? Simple. A woman's pregnancy is not a person, it is not a child, it is not even a baby. An abortion is not about killing anyone and the belief that it is has no rational foundation. The objective truth matters and nationally, we should embrace this simple truth and expose the knowledge that compels embracing this truth and rejecting the superstitious hysteria that they advance in our legal system.
Mapping the fourteen State Supreme Court Justices who banned abortions and are up for Retention Elections in 2024 - including two in Arizona.
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/16/state-supreme-court-justices-who-banned-abortions-and-up-for-retention-elections-in-2024/
Kellyanne is scheduled to appear on Washington Post Live Wednesday, April 24. She is to "discuss to issues driving the electorate in 2024, the politics of abortion in the battleground states and hawse sees Donal Trump's vision for a second term." I have sent in my protest email to letters@washpost.com and have asked all my friends and family to do the same. She should not be given any platform to spew her lies. The Washington Post is supposedly a reputable source. If they go ahead with having her speak, I will be cancelling my subscription. Please write to Washpost demanding to cancel her appearance!
I am in TX and cannot understand why the current TX abortion bans are not getting the same coverage as Arizona. The trigger law here not only bans abortion unless the woman is about to die, it criminalizes doctors with felony charges, $100,000 fines and loss of license if they provide care that someone might challenge. And Texans seem ignorant about the current bans!!!!
If memory serves, Texas was the only state to submit an ordinance of secession directly to the voters. In every other instance it was, in the manner that accomplished the ratification of the Second Philadelphia Constitution, a consequence of gerrymandered conventions