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briearesea · 2 years

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wow. just....wow.

Quite possibly the dumbest commentary on abortion rights so far.

#roe v wade #dobbs vs. jackson #abortion #sarah huckabee sanders

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samwisethewitch · 2 years

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Are you tired of anti-choice people telling you that your views on abortion have no historical/religious support?

Me too.

So I wrote a book proving them wrong.

"An exploration of the history of contraception and abortion in witchcraft and paganism.

This celebration of the history and spirituality of reproductive freedom combines thorough research, reflection, and magical practice with an easy-to-understand writing style. Learn about birth control in the ancient world, which gods and goddesses were historically called on to prevent pregnancy, how to cast a spell to find an abortion provider, and more!

Written with an intersectional, trans-inclusive approach, Sacred Choice acknowledges the nuance of reproductive justice and the ways abortion and contraception access is affected by race, gender, ability, and social class."

Release Date: September 22nd, 2022 (Fall Equinox!)

Available for preorder now!

You can preorder the ePUB for $1 USD on Etsy. You will receive a bonus PDF to ensure file compatibility on all devices. Your digital files will be sent to you on the release date.

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You can also preorder the paperback for $6.99 + shipping on Etsy! Physical copies will be shipped on the book's release date, so you will receive them a few days after the 22nd.

Please note that paperback preorders are hard-capped at 100 copies. This is because I am a one-woman distribution team and want to make sure I'm able to fill orders on time. If having a physical copy is very important to you, I recommend ordering as soon as possible to make sure you get one.

I'm really excited about this project, so please do message me with any questions you have about the content, my research, or the release!

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ladymazzy · 9 months

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She Just Had a Baby. Soon She'll Start 7th Grade. | Time

CW for everything in this story

As ever, marginalised people - Black, indigenous, immigrant, poor, gender non-conforming, minors and disabled - are disproportionately affected by unjust reproductive legislation

Trauma upon trauma

#us abortion rights #roe v wade #dobbs vs. jackson #reproductive justice #SA cw #child welfare #demythologise pregnancy

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kdero · 11 months

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After last summer's Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization allowed states to ban abortion, urologists across the United States saw a dramatic surge in the demand for vasectomies.

Normally, vasectomy procedures peak towards the end of the year, but the mid-year Court decision led to an unexpected increase in demand in 46 states.

The greatest increases in patients undergoing this elective procedure were in states that implemented "trigger bans" severely limiting abortion access. These states experienced an average increase of 41% in vasectomy rates between July and September, compared to 26% in other states. States such as Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah saw rates rise by more than 40%.

The post-Dobbs patients opting for vasectomies tended to be younger than the typical candidates. Data from Komodo revealed a small but consistent drop in the average age of patients undergoing vasectomies in the latter half of 2022.

Motivations behind this trend varied among patients. Some men expressed concerns about the lack of a reliable backup if their primary contraception method failed in the absence of abortion access, as vasectomy has a success rate of over 99%. Others were motivated by the fear that vasectomy itself could be outlawed next. Among this younger demographic of patients seeking to take control of their reproductive responsibilities were men who saw their decision as an act of solidarity with women.

Due to longstanding patriarchal constructs, vasectomy is viewed as a sacrifice for many men, involving recovery time and potential risks, along with misconceptions and concerns about its impact on masculinity. In reality, recovery time for this simple 30-minute outpatient procedure is 2-3 days, and there is no clinical evidence to support the notion that a vasectomy leads to a decreased sense of masculinity. The procedure does not have any direct physiological or hormonal effects on masculinity, sexual function, or masculinity-related characteristics.

In fact, by opting for vasectomy, men share the responsibility of contraception and alleviate the burden on women. By doing so, these men further embody the traditionally masculine traits of responsibility, self-reliance, decisiveness, and courage through taking an active role in family planning.

While the overturning of Roe v Wade has decimated women's rights in America, the increase in vasectomies following the ruling may be seen as a small consolation, a small step toward the long aggrieved concept of gender equity. As more men take proactive measures to dismantle the patriarchal idea that both conception and contraception are solely "women's issues," they act as leaders showing others the intrinsic value in the dignity and selflessness of their decision.

While our nation's leaders continue to restrict the rights afforded to pregnancy carriers, we are fortunate to have a younger generation of the impregnator class recognizing the devastating, often deadly effects of these laws and mastering the art of doing something about it.

For more information on vasectomies and providers in your area, visit plannedparenthood.org

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crybabyddl · 10 months

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God forbid, I wanna suck whatever the fuck I wanna

God forbid, I wanna fuck whoever the fuck I want

And if he cums, I guess I gotta be a mother

Fuck what I think, I don't know a thing

The government knows my body

No, it's okay, it's better this way, I'm only a carbon copy

Even if I'm dying, they'll still try to stop me

Do we even hear ourselves?

My life, my voice

My rights, my choice

It's mine, or I'm just swine

My blood, my loins

My lungs, my noise

It's mine, or I'm just swine (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Picture your faith, imagine your God and even your Holy Bible

Is suddenly bannеd, do you understand?

Now doesn't that sound entitlеd?

It's your book, but it's my survival

We gotta grow 'em, we gotta raise 'em, we gotta feed and bathe 'em

And if you won't, they call you a witch to burn at the stake in Salem

Thought by now they'd change, but we're still waiting

Give these motherfuckers hell

My life, my voice

My rights, my choice

It's mine, or I'm just swine

My blood, my loins

My lungs, my noise

It's mine, or I'm just swine (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Under-compensated, too domesticated (The fuck?)

Underestimated, overregulated (The fuck?)

Under-celebrated, hate-dominated (The fuck?)

We're infuriated, got us activated (Get up)

Ever-dedicated, newly-motivated (Get up)

And if you're awake, then I'm so glad you made it

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

My life, my voice

My rights, my choice

It's mine (It's mine)

Or I'm just swine (Or I'm just swine)

My blood, my loins

My lungs, my noise

It's mine, or I'm just swine

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batboyblog · 1 year

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Abortion in America Right Now

Last night Ron DeSantis signed a law that would ban abortion after six weeks

Which is before many people even know they are pregnant. There's an on-going fight over medication Mifepristone which is used for abortions

but I wanted to show you two maps, this first map was where we stood the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe V Wade on June 24th 2022

and here's where we are today, if Florida's law takes effect

as we can see people in the Deep South have to travel 500 miles to reach a clinic, with Texas fighting to ban safe medical abortion by pharmacy or mail would in effect lock people in many states out of abortion access even past what the laws of these states say. What does it matter if abortion is legal at however many weeks if you can not get an appointment or a prescription in their state?

I don't have a point really, other than to pay attention, some people live in states like California or New York where this doesn't feel like its on the line, and I hope you see how it's already happened to millions of people.

#abortion #health care #Florida #Republicans #roe v wade #dobbs vs. jackson

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thenib · 2 years

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Jen Sorensen.

#jen sorensen #democrats #roe v wade #dobbs vs. jackson

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sbrown82 · 2 years

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Yeah! No shit, Sherlock. He fucking lied to get the job. He also lied under oath during his confirmation–that’s perjury!!! 🤬

#dobbs vs. jackson #roe vs. wade #supreme court ruling #republicans #conservative #abortion #abortion rights #women's health #brett kavanaugh #susan collins #they should all be impeached #ny times #article #sbrown82

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rehumanizeintl · 10 months

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It's been one year since the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision overturned Roe v. Wade. Thousands of lives have already been spared from the violence of abortion. Today is certainly a day to celebrate — but it is also a day to reflect on how far we still have to go.

rehumanizeintl.org/justice-after-roe

#prolife #consistent life ethic #dobbs vs. jackson #roe vs. wade #dobbs #anti abortion

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a-queer-burrito · 2 years

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The overturning of Roe v. Wade through Dobbs v. Jackson isn't just a political or policy issue, it is a legal issue that effects more rights than just abortion. To explain: Roe v. Wade was applied to states through the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and fell under the Equal Protection Clause.

As the 14th amendment states: "no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

The Court historically has used this Equal Protection Clause to say that states can not implement laws that restrict rights, including the right to privacy. The 14th has been used to strike down discriminatory laws, which is where disability rights comes in. Despite this, it is mostly legislation (e.g. ADA, Fair Housing Act) that protected our rights, as opposed to the 14th.

There are still state laws that allow for disability related discrimination, including but not limited to: limiting rights for voting, marriage, family relations, and other vital areas of personal autonomy. With the opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson placing the authority of regulating abortion up to the states, it weakens the reach of the 14th's Equal Protection Clause since the Due Process Clause has come into question.

Although we have federal legislation protecting our rights, this opinion means that the courts could possibly not strike down discriminatory laws in the future. As so, it is our responsibility to fight against Dobbs v. Jackson, not just for our sake, but for everyone- women, LGBTQ+, POC, and every disabled individual in the United States.

#roe vs. wade #roe v wade #dobbs v. jackson women’s health organization #dobbs vs. jackson #14th amendment #due process #due process clause #equal protection clause #equal rights #women's reproductive health #womens rights #lgbt rights #disability rights

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heywoodsays · 2 years

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Overturning Roe Is McConnell’s Legacy as Much as It Is Trump’s

With yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade and 50 years of legal precedent has left a majority of Americans feeling troubled, upset, and angry. Many are rightfully channeling their anger toward SCOTUS, whose slate of decisions this session represents an alarmingly extremist, backward-looking, and divisive slant. Many are channeling their anger at the former President, who appointed three of the five judges in the majority decision in Dobbs v. Jackson.

But let’s not forget the man who perhaps bears the lion’s share of credit for this – to use Justice Alito’s own term – egregious turn in American judicial history.

Mitch McConnell’s ruthless leadership of Senate Republicans since 2007 is the key element of the series of events that allowed Friday’s decision to transpire. His time as senate leader has been characterized by overreaching abuse of the filibuster and a propensity for changing procedural rules to achieve his objectives.

McConnell is the longest serving Senate Republican leader by far, surpassing Bob Dole by almost 4 years. Although he started out as a pro-choice moderate in the 60s, McConnell shifted strategies after a close election call in 1984 and embraced a more far-right agenda. In this respect, he perhaps embodies the dramatic shift in the Republican party over the last several decades.

McConnell stated in a 2010 interview with the National Journal, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” In that moment, he admitted, publicly, what we all already knew. Republicans have no interest in working with Democrats to enact policies that help the American people. They make no attempt to find middle ground and work together. They seek only to obstruct, so voters become frustrated with the inaction and inefficacy of Dems, and vote them out.

Two-thirds of Americans did not want Roe v. Wade overturned. Yet the former Senate majority leader, overseeing a GOP that represented a minority of Americans, has been able to dictate policy and assert an extremist agenda on an unwilling nation. Let’s look at how he accomplished this.

Step 1: Obstruct Obama Appointees

Americans saw firsthand, in constant media coverage, McConnell’s often successful attempts to block President Barack Obama’s legislative agenda. The 44th President boldly proclaimed the importance of seeking middle ground on a host of issues, including abortion, in his 2008 nomination speech. This sentiment was widely supported by Americans at the time, but data also showed the issue becoming more and more polarizing. McConnell capitalized on this division, painting the centrist Obama as an extremist socialist.

It worked. The right always viewed Obama as a radical leftist. And then there were Dems who wanted him to be a champion of the left, a task at which he often failed. Repeated attempts to find middle ground were met with rejection. Obama could achieve little in partnership with the other side, especially after Republicans regained control of the Senate in January 2015.

But what Americans didn’t see on their front pages or the nightly news were McConnell’s successful efforts to block Obama’s appointments of federal judges. McConnell held votes on just two Obama appointees during the then-president’s last two years in office.

Trump was able to fill all 54 vacancies, with mostly white men.

Step 2: Merrick Garland

There was one judicial blockade that the public got to see unfold. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on February 13, 2016, 270 days before election day. Just 10 days later, McConnell announced that there would be no hearing, and no vote on any appointee Obama may have.

This was shocking and had never been done before, but McConnell held firm, invoking the so-called “Biden Rule.” This rule supposedly suggested that the senate should not confirm a presidential nominee to the Supreme Court in an election year, and should instead wait to “give [voters] a voice.”

To be clear, no such rule exists. McConnell was referencing a comment made by Joe Biden in June 1992, an election year in which there was no Supreme Court vacancy. His comments were made in light of the recent contentious Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991. It’s worth noting that Biden only advocated postponing any hearing until after Election Day and never proposed not considering a nominee at all.

It ended up being a non-issue. There was never an opening, or an appointee, and the Senate never voted on any such rule. Nonetheless, McConnell was able to use the decades-old words of Obama’s own vice president against him. Thomas’ nomination process, the longest for any confirmed justice in modern history, took 99 days from nomination to confirmation. Joe Biden made his senate remarks 132 days before Election Day 1992. Merrick Garland was nominated on March 16, 2016, 238 days before the 2016 election.

Step 3: Neil Gorsuch

McConnell’s gamble paid off. In a result that most could not predict, Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. Merrick Garland would never get his day before the Senate, and Trump would get to appoint a justice for the open Supreme Court position.

Democrats (rightfully) cried foul. McConnell abused his power to subvert the will of the American people who had elected Barack Obama and given him the right to appoint Supreme Court justices for the duration of his term. Garland wasn’t even the biggest threat to McConnell’s agenda. Garland was a moderate. A theoretical President Hillary Clinton could have selected a much more progressive option.

Just 11 days after taking office, President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a staunch pro-life conservative, to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch’s nomination process was not without controversy. Though in the majority, McConnell lacked the 60 votes needed to approve a Supreme Court justice.

So, he changed the rules. Invoking the “nuclear” option, McConnell lowered the threshold for approving an appointee from 60 votes to 50. After 20 hours of public testimony, Gorsuch was approved to SCOTUS with 54 votes. Three Democratic senators joined the majority – Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

Step 4: Brett Kavanaugh

At the end of the SCOTUS session in June 2018, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement. Kennedy had been the swing vote on the court for years. He penned the majority opinion in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case that essentially made gay marriage the law of the land.

This was a gift to Trump and McConnell. Obama needed to pick a moderate like Garland to have any hope of a Republican-controlled Senate approving his nominee, should they even bother to consider him. Trump faced no such hurdle, and could appoint a stalwart conservative to fill the spot of the moderate Kennedy.

Trump nominated DC Appellate Court judge Brett Kavanaugh on July 9, 2018. Despite a history of advocating for pro-life causes, and passing Trump’s litmus test for only appointing pro-life judges, Kavanaugh insisted to senators like Maine’s Susan Collins that he was not going to overturn Roe. Kavanaugh proclaimed at his confirmation hearings, “Roe v. Wade is an important precedent of the Supreme Court. It has been reaffirmed many times.”

Kavanaugh’s abortion stance took backseat to the larger controversy – whether he had committed sexual assault against Christine Blasey Ford back in 1982. In the end, Kavanaugh was confirmed 50-48. Collins voted in favor.

Step 5: Amy Coney Barrett

Liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsberg passed away on September 18, 2020, just 47 days before the 2020 election. More than a year earlier, McConnell had been very glib in his insistence that he would proceed with confirming any Trump appointee in 2020, even though it broke the rule he had invented in the previous election cycle. And he did.

With their hypocrisy on full display, Trump announced that he would nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on September 26, 2020. With a mere 39 days before the election, Trump and McConnell though it appropriate to proceed with confirmation hearings. The previous five confirmation hearings took an average of 77.6 days. Recall from earlier that Merrick Garland was denied a hearing with 238 days before the election. There was no possible justification for proceeding with the nomination, but Trump and McConnell did anyway.

Naturally, Democrats bemoaned the Republicans’ haste. Coney Barrett was confirmed within 30 days of the announcement, the quickest since Chief Justice Roberts’ confirmation in 2005. When Democratic senators questioned both the rush attempt and her lack of experience, Coney Barrett responded that she had turned over 1,800 pages of documents addressing her 30-year record. By contrast, her immediate predecessors presented much more – Kagan, 170,000 pages; Gorsuch, 180,000; Kavanaugh, more than a million.

Not a single senate Democrat voted for Coney Barrett’s confirmation. She’s the first Supreme Court justice since 1869 not to receive a single vote from the minority party.

A Lasting Legacy

The conservative supermajority on the current Supreme Court has been assembled through flagrant disregard for tradition, bipartisanship, and even the Constitution. Each of the three was put in place under dubious circumstances that required rejection of precedent and abandonment of reason. For as much credit as Trump gets for flooding the court with his judges, none of it would have been possible without McConnell’s shameless distortion of procedural norms. Like a petulant child who’s about to lose a game, he changed the rules to secure his desired outcome.

This is not to say that a Democrat in the same position wouldn’t do the same thing. But we haven’t seen that, so speculation is irrelevant. All we know is that McConnell did.

The January 6 hearings are showing us how close we came to having our democracy overthrown by a seditious megalomaniac. Millions of Americans believe an otherwise preposterous fabrication, that our election was stolen. It is a lie concocted by the old guard, terrified of losing the semblance of power they once held. Their backwards, racist, anti-feminist ideology seeks to return us to a time when people of color and women knew their place. Their big lie embodies their bigotry, seeking to subvert the will of a diverse electorate. In their minds, the will of people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and non-Christians is illegitimate. Theirs is the only true morality and the only valid vision.

Overturning Roe v. Wade is not the endgame. It is one landmark on a path of destruction of the principles of liberty and freedom, and restoration of the systems that oppress “the other.” As Justice Thomas openly admits, Friday’s decision paves the way for turning back the clock on contraception and gay marriage. (Interestingly, Thomas has been silent on Loving v. Virginia, which also uses the right to privacy to secure a right to interracial marriage.)

But even those are small pickings compared to the big picture. Filling the courts with judges to do their bidding was only the first phase of McConnell’s devious agenda. We are seeing the second phase unfold before our eyes, as Republic legislators across the country work to upend election laws, further marginalizing voters unlikely to agree with their policies. When the majority don’t agree with you, your best course of action is to silence the majority – to take away their voice.

The proposed changes to voting laws will undoubtedly favor Republic outcomes. This not only seeks to ensure the continued influence of a party that represents an increasingly minority viewpoint, but also floats the possibility of a re-emergent Trump or any of his successors that will move America closer to fascism.

These restrictive voter laws will inevitably find themselves before the courts. The next Presidential election might end up before the courts as well. McConnell has done everything to ensure he has the edge when that happens.

Image: Senator Mitch McConnell at Conservative Political Action Conference in 2011. Photo by Gage Skidmore. Used under CC BY-SA 2.0 / Cropped from original.

#Roe vs. Wade #Mitch McConnell #Neil Gorsuch #Brett Kavanaugh #Amy Coney Barrett #Donald Trump #Dobbs vs. Jackson #SCOTUS #abortion #abortion rights #reproductive rights #opinion

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