Where Roe went wrong: A sweeping new abortion right built on a shaky legal foundation https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-05-03/how-roe-vs-wade-went-wrong-broad-new-right-to-abortion-rested-on-a-shaky-legal-foundation A very, very good article. And they finish with an interesting fact: “The...
Jump to postWhy should a women have to go through 9 months of hell just to adopt the child? Pregnancy is really hard on females, my wife hated it. If by some miracle she became pregnant again she would have an abortion. Men should remove themselves from the abortion debate, it’s not our issue to fight, it does...
Jump to postOne area that I’ve always found curious about the abortion debate here in the US is how much the pro-choice lobby loves to weave this narrative of theocratic oppression and level accusations of US abortion law being somehow akin to the Taliban…or Quran adherents as mentioned earlier in the thread. ...
Jump to postIts called adoption, yes it occurs. Being ok with something is irrelevant and a continuation of emotional obfuscation that plagues this debate. Your body your choice. Fred Nope, its called child endangerment/abandonment. You would face prison time if you do that. CA which has one of the most libera...
Jump to postThe intrinsic right to privacy and liberty found in the 9th and 14th are good enough for judges 50 years ago. Now these activist judges want to take away people's rights to privacy about their personal choices? But but but the Constitution's text doesn't actually HAVE the words 'right to privacy' i...
Jump to postI really don't understand the US justice system. How could the Supreme Court overturn another Supreme Court ruling? Shouldn't the ruling be final and binding once it has been made? Also, why the hell would you allow Supreme Court justices to have a life term? Why can't it be amended so that Supreme...
Jump to postWhen your despicable plan is discovered. https://mobile.twitter.com/Acyn/status/1519712052247359489 Not nearly as despicable as allowing everyone to enter this country illegally with no questions asked simply because 7 out of 10 them will vote for you. It's sick actually. Question, after the Immigr...
Jump to postIt didn’t take long, influential figures in conservative politics are already pushing for this upcoming Supreme Court precedent overturning abortion rights to be used to overturn the case making same sex marriage legal: https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1521912691824148482?s=20&t=htuFkcqI...
Jump to postThe intrinsic right to privacy and liberty found in the 9th and 14th are good enough for judges 50 years ago. Now these activist judges want to take away people's rights to privacy about their personal choices? But but but the Constitution's text doesn't actually HAVE the words 'right to privacy' i...
Jump to postRepublicans are freaked out. The bare naked language that Alito used, makes me think it was a clerk on the conservative side. One of those that was true believer in "originalism". One that saw what Alito wrote as bare naked misogamy and religious overreach using barbaric sources as justif...
Jump to postYes we are. The fetus is a life , is your sole concern in the opening. The mother's life has everything to do with that fetus until it is born. No, we have not been talking about that. We have been talking about the roughly 98% of abortions that are done for convivence. Interesting. What evidence d...
Jump to postthe fetus you create become part of that circle whether you like it or not. Sure, but that is not a legal argument. It is not up to others to decide how inclusive that circle is for a pregnant mother. Unless the fetus is a life and as such has rights to be protected. Of course, but that is not some...
Jump to postWhere Roe went wrong: A sweeping new abortion right built on a shaky legal foundation https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-05-03/how-roe-vs-wade-went-wrong-broad-new-right-to-abortion-rested-on-a-shaky-legal-foundation A very, very good article. And they finish with an interesting fact: “The...
Jump to postbpatus297 wrote:the fetus you create become part of that circle whether you like it or not.
I don't agree with someone ducking their paternal responsibility, nor does American society, hence child support laws. Society can't force you to be a "father", but they can force you to financially support your children. I agree that I find the fact that a parent would ghost a child as d...
Jump to postExcept that your need for a kidney or blood transfusion is not connected back to the action of the forced donor. The person getting the abortion (minus the .5% for rape an incest) is in that position due to their actions. Again, you have to deal with the consequences of your actions, if you get pre...
Jump to post"your body your choice", did you say that with Covid vaccines? FYI, I am pro vaccine. Absolutely, everyone has the right to choose of they have the vaccine I know of some people who have chosen not to have the vaccine and that is entirely up to them. I disagree with their choice and becau...
Jump to post"your body your choice", did you say that with Covid vaccines? FYI, I am pro vaccine. So you are saying that i can make other people pregnant by being pregnant? Is Covid a life? Will you ban the vaccines? That is a truly dizzying intellect there. Body autonomy is body autonomy, you are pu...
Jump to postTissue (blood) and organ donation are not even in the same ball park as a fetus. I'm not suggesting they are, I'm suggesting that even if a foetus is a life then the equivalent is the person who needs a blood transfusion or kidney. I cannot be forced to give my kidney to a person no matter how dese...
Jump to postSuppose a fetus is a person (I personally don't think this is true, but let's suppose). What gives that person the right to occupy space inside another person against their own will? Is there some constitutional right to occupy space inside another person prior to birth? Which amendment is that? Su...
Jump to postI know that this is going to get flamed, but if you believe the fetus is a life, what part of that is religion? Granted a lot of people look at this through a lens of religion, but not all. There’s nothing wrong with that - belief, like religion, is an inalienable right. But belief, whether religio...
Jump to postAnd just because something may be a life why should you be forced to give up your resources for it? Who here is in favor of enforced blood donation? Fred Exactly - preserving life can be flipped around to argue that everyone should be levied a percentage of tax according to income to ensure all cit...
Jump to postI know that this is going to get flamed, but if you believe the fetus is a life, what part of that is religion? Granted a lot of people look at this through a lens of religion, but not all. There’s nothing wrong with that - belief, like religion, is an inalienable right. But belief, whether religio...
Jump to postIf one were to believe those polls, then why on earth haven't the Democrats managed to make this law? they can if they wish remove the filibuster just for that. It seems that whatever the poll they may bring, there are still a few Democrats unwilling to support codifying Roe. Its not a popular issu...
Jump to postIs anything much done in the US to reduce the abortion rate, noting that the lowest rates are in countries where abortion is legal? Well you can reduce abortions with comprehensive sexual education, which Republicans hate, Or widespread access to contraceptives, which Republicans hate, Or strong so...
Jump to postThere is precedent to overurn ROE, its DRED SCOTT. Dont know why its so hard to actually legislate and put into words the ‘sacred right’ of abortion. If its so popular it would have been law ages ago. Nakedly illogical statement. The discussion topic was not precedent to overturn a court decision o...
Jump to postIf one were to believe those polls, then why on earth haven't the Democrats managed to make this law? they can if they wish remove the filibuster just for that. It seems that whatever the poll they may bring, there are still a few Democrats unwilling to support codifying Roe. Its not a popular issu...
Jump to postYeah silly me I was under the assumption that if a right was protected it didn’t need to be enumerated. Kinda like the ERA… Right?? It's almost like a lot of Americans were't paying attention in high school civics, yet still have strong opinions, or something... Well we could take the devils advoca...
Jump to postIf one were to believe those polls, then why on earth haven't the Democrats managed to make this law? they can if they wish remove the filibuster just for that. It seems that whatever the poll they may bring, there are still a few Democrats unwilling to support codifying Roe. Its not a popular issu...
Jump to postLadies and gentlemen of the jury, I submit item of evidence A, a post horribly divorced from reality: And the irony of such preposterous claims being made in a thread about the possible overturning of Roe v Wade is too much. Only 1 in 3 Americans support overturning Roe, and despite such marginal p...
Jump to postI beg to differ in regards to the Right. The Right hasn't shifted nor moved to the right. In fact we have moved to the left. We have had to accept gay marriage, back in 2008 not even Barack Obama was in favor of Gay marriage. Now we are forced to accept that our children should be thought gender id...
Jump to postOf course, because McConnell doesn't want his donor pool to have face questions about stuff like this: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35853157/sheldon-whitehouse-brett-kavanaugh-debts/ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/kavanaughs-confirmation-all-the-unanswered-questions.html...
Jump to postAirWorthy99 wrote:They should just release the ruling ASAP. That's it end of story. If anything changes from here to the announcement, its done, the justice system is broken.
However, I don't believe the book ends there - we are simply entering a new era in the culture wars - the post-Roe era, a new battle. And what that new chapter and new battle looks like is yet to be seen but will undoubtedly involve more division, more lawsuits, and more human harm, day to day, as ...
Jump to postWell, its pretty evident the leak was intended to intimidate or forcefully persuade the justices to change opinion. That's a breach of the process. In January 6th, it was said that interfering with a constitutional procedure was an insurrection and anti democratic. Well, if that leak is what it is,...
Jump to postWell, its pretty evident the leak was intended to intimidate or forcefully persuade the justices to change opinion. That's a breach of the process. In January 6th, it was said that interfering with a constitutional procedure was an insurrection and anti democratic. Well, if that leak is what it is,...
Jump to postLCDFlight wrote:Well, hey. At least we will never read anything in the news about Covid or Ukraine again.
Mitch McConnell i more worried about the leak itself. I suspect it is due to the precarious nature this puts the primaries and donors into . https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2022/05/03/mitch-mcconnell-slams-supreme-court-leak-draft-roe-v-wade-ruling/9627051002/ Se...
Jump to postMitch McConnell i more worried about the leak itself. I suspect it is due to the precarious nature this puts the primaries and donors into . https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2022/05/03/mitch-mcconnell-slams-supreme-court-leak-draft-roe-v-wade-ruling/9627051002/ Se...
Jump to postWhat !! No !! These Justices's opinion on Roe v. Wade have obviously "evolved" since taking office... After all, The Clintons "evolved" on their postilion about Gay Marriage, from once supporting DOMA. Nothing to see here... Campaign statements are not the same as statements mad...
Jump to postSusan Collins has released a statement stating that Gosuch and Kavanaugh were apparently not honest in their discussions during confrimation. What !! No !! These Justices's opinion on Roe v. Wade have obviously "evolved" since taking office... After all, The Clintons "evolved" o...
Jump to postGay rights are next. now that may be a bit more difficult, since the supreme court just recently ruled "discrimination based on homosexuality or transgender status necessarily entails discrimination based on sex; the first cannot happen without the second.” https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinion...
Jump to postI think, in some other places usually when a court made some ruling about constitutionality of some rights or so, law would *need* to be rewritten accordingly right after that to reflect the opinion? Or in case it is against public value, be amended so that the ruling no longer apply into the futur...
Jump to postI don’t get it, if you don’t like abortions then don’t have one. Why does someone else get to choose if someone’s body has to play host to a parasite? Are we to expect that it’s reasonable to force someone to give up their blood to help a dieting person? Weird! Fred Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk...
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ContinentalEWR wrote:All of this will pretty much assure the country will never move forward with much, its best days long behind it, and continue its steep decline into a cesspool of gun violence, extremism, poverty, and inequality.
1996, my brother and I were flying LAX-HKG to visit our dad there during summer vacation. We were on CX 881 aboard VR-HOX, and were tagged as unaccompanied minors. Somewhere en route I was getting antsy and went for a walk, and chatted with some flight attendants in one of the midsection galleys. I ...
Jump to postOne thing the COVID era gave us is, yes, working from home. Many just did not want to continue living in a city which prohibited you from going to work, school and going out. And then you had the said investment banks saying you can work from home. Many of the people who worked from home, are still...
Jump to postThe Hit's just keep on coming - Home affordability is nearly the worst on record as mortgage rates spike. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/02/mortgage-rates-surge-as-home-affordability-nears-record-worst.html Excerpt - "The vast majority, 95%, of the 100 largest U.S. housing markets are now less a...
Jump to postI love how the anti gun crowd is making this a gun issue. People are being punched, stabbed pushed in front of trains. NYC is gone. It isn't coming back. It's not the gun laws. Maybe start with not just letting violent criminals back on the street after arrest. The continued presence of the world's...
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