🇺🇸 Discussion: Abortion II

[blueharvest]

Jay Ashcroft seeks to pull abortion amendment off Missouri ballot weeks after approving it • Missouri Independent

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is trying to block an abortion-rights amendment from appearing on the November ballot.

missouriindependent.com

 

[blueharvest]

“Abolitionists” Want to Punish Women for Abortion—And They’re Gaining Power in Texas

The procedure is already illegal here. Now extremists entering the Legislature want to make it a felony for patients, punishable by death.

www.texasmonthly.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Jay Ashcroft tried to destroy it.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article292237345.html

 

[mclay18]

Jay Ashcroft tried to destroy it.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article292237345.html

And Rush Limbaugh’s cousin aided in that attempt to take it off the ballot. If he is up for a retention election, he needs to go.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump Hit With An Instant Fact-Check Mid-Debate

“There is no state in this country where it's legal to kill a baby after it's born,” the moderator responded.

www.huffpost.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Indiana judge rejects abortion providers' challenge to near-total ban

An Indiana judge rejected abortion providers' efforts to expand medical exceptions within the state's near-total ban.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

North Dakota judge strikes down the state's abortion ban

A state judge has struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

How a Zombie Law Could Ban Abortion Nationwide If Trump Is Reelected

Using the Comstock Act to nationally ban abortion would defy modern public opinion and the law’s historical interpretation, experts say

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[blueharvest]

Republicans Are Launching Last-Minute Attempts To Keep Abortion Off The Ballot

Conservatives who want to "leave abortion to the states" are doing everything in their power to stop states from voting on pro-choice ballot measures.

www.huffpost.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

I don't even have the words yo describe how ticked off this makes me feel.

 

[blueharvest]

I don't even have the words yo describe how ticked off this makes me feel.

Would this Donald Duck gif work?

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Trump Aide Says 'Bleeding Out' Due to Abortion Bans Is Not Real. She Lived It: 'I'm Right Here, Jerk'

Trump loyalist John McEntee disputed Kamala Harris' debate line about women nearly dying from abortion bans. It happened to Carmen Broesder in Idaho.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[blueharvest]

Florida sued for using taxpayer money on website promoting GOP spin on abortion initiative

A political committee behind the campaign to pass a constitutional right to abortion in Florida has filed a lawsuit against a state health care agency that it alleges is carrying out a taxpayer-funded “misinformation” campaign against the November ballot measure.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Would this Donald Duck gif work?

Very well, lol.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro will headline a reproductive rights rally for Kamala Harris campaign in Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will kick off Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign’s “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus tour at 11 a.m. Sunday morning in Philadelphia. The popular Democratic governor will headline the Old City event alongside Hadley Duvall, a Kentucky reproductive rights...

triblive.com

 

[blueharvest]

Abortion opponents are still trying to block ballot measures — even as voting is about to begin

This week, courts in Missouri and Nebraska shut down last-ditch attempts to keep abortion from the ballot and the ACLU sued a Florida agency over a taxpayer-funded marketing campaign.

19thnews.org

 

[blueharvest]

This guy was a senior Trump aid that went around giving out fake money to homeless people so they would be arrested:

Former Donald Trump aide slammed over TikTok video—"Disgusting and illegal"

Johnny McEntee said he was "helping clean up the community" by giving fake bills to homeless people so they are arrested when they try to use it.

www.newsweek.com

So, all around, just a POS.

 

[blueharvest]

Abortion rights opponents try to derail ballot initiatives • Stateline

Measures that would protect abortion access are on track to appear on the ballot in 10 states in November, but abortion opponents are engaged in last-ditch legal maneuvering to try to prevent voters from weighing in on the proposals. In Republican-dominated Missouri, for example, the state...

stateline.org

 

[squeekness]

Abortion rights opponents try to derail ballot initiatives • Stateline

Measures that would protect abortion access are on track to appear on the ballot in 10 states in November, but abortion opponents are engaged in last-ditch legal maneuvering to try to prevent voters from weighing in on the proposals. In Republican-dominated Missouri, for example, the state...

stateline.org

Because they know if it goes to the voters they will pass in favor of abortion rights.

 

[Teelie]

Abortion rights are overwhelmingly supported but a minority of Republicans want to control the will and rights of everyone else so they will continue to attempt to suppress them.