#woman’s right to choose abortion

[aci25]

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#gun control now #gun violence #gun control #woman’s right to choose abortion #abortion rights #roe vs wade #abortion #usa politics #us politics #republican party #powerful message #stop violence

[tomorrowusa]

Donald Trump wants voters to forget that he killed Roe v. Wade. Don't let people forget what he did.

Trump’s fundamental disinterest in the truth value of his words is the only context that matters for his comments on abortion Monday morning. In a direct-to-camera statement on Truth Social, the former president told his audience that he does not support a national ban on abortion. “My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint,” Trump said. “The states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state.” [ ... ] Compared with the mounting push from anti-abortion activists to ban the procedure nationwide, however, Trump’s stance is designed to look almost moderate. And if you were born yesterday, you could even say that Trump was beginning his pivot to the center, to blur the difference on abortion between himself and other Republicans. [ ... ] The truth of the matter is that given a second term in office, Trump and his allies will do everything in their power to ban abortion nationwide, with or without a Republican majority in Congress. Recall that in his 2016 campaign, Trump said that there had to be “some form” of punishment for women who had abortions. Later, as president, he backed a House bill that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks. Anti-abortion strategists have not been shy about their plan to use the 1873 Comstock Act, an anti-obscenity law, as legal authority for executive actions to limit abortions throughout the country, in blue states as well as red ones. [ ... ] We already know what he wants, what he’ll do and what he’ll sign. Trump landed a major blow against legal abortion during his first term. If given a second, he will land another.

In his own words, Trump brags about killing Roe v. Wade to an adoring Fox News audience this year.

#donald trump #trump killed roe v. wade #maga #republicans #abortion #us supreme court #trump scotus appointments #reproductive freedom #a woman's right to choose #comstock act #dobbs v. jackson women's health organization #anti-abortion fanatics #jamelle bouie #election 2024 #vote blue no matter who #Youtube

[justdickingabout]

Enough said.

#abortion #abortion rights #choose choice #it’s a woman’s right to choose #roe vs. wade #female empowerment #the future is female #pregnancy #health #healthy living #supreme court #justice #human rights #humanity #empathy #her body her choice #bans off my body #constitutional #unconstitutional #pro choice #enough said #just stfu #privacy #private #personal #personal choice #mind your own buisness #mind your own damn business #straight talk #say it like you mean it

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

November 7, 2023

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

NOV 8, 2023

Today was Election Day across the country. In a number of key state elections, voters rejected the extremism of MAGA Republicans and backed Democrats and Democratic policies. 

Four of the most closely watched races were in Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.

In Ohio, voters enshrined the right of individuals to make their own healthcare decisions, including the right to abortion, into the state constitution. Opponents of abortion rights have worked hard since the summer to stop the measure from passing, trying first to make it more difficult to amend the constitution—voters overwhelmingly rejected that measure in an August special election—then by blanketing the state with disinformation about the measure, including through official state websites and with ads by former Fox News Channel personality Tucker Carlson, and finally by dropping 26,000 voters from the rolls. 

None of it worked. Voters protected the right to abortion. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision recognizing the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, voters in all seven state elections where the issue was on the ballot have fought back to protect abortion rights. 

Today’s vote in Ohio, where the end of Roe v. Wade resurrected an extreme antiabortion bill, makes it eight.

Abortion was also on the ballot In Virginia, where the entire state legislature was up for grabs today. Republican governor Glenn Youngkin made it clear he wanted control of the legislature in order to push through a measure banning abortion after 15 weeks. This ploy was one Republicans were using to seem to soften their antiabortion stance, which has proven terribly unpopular. Youngkin was taking the idea out for a spin to see how it might play in a presidential election, perhaps with a hope of entering the Republican race for the presidential nomination as someone who could claim to have turned a blue state red. 

It didn’t work. Voters recognized that it was disingenuous to call a 15-week limit a compromise on the abortion issue, since most serious birth defects are not detected until 20 weeks into a pregnancy.

Going into the election, Democrats held the state senate. But rather than giving Youngkin control over both houses of the state legislature, voters left Democrats in charge of the Senate and flipped the House of Delegates over to the Democrats. The Democrats are expected to elevate House minority leader Don Scott of Portsmouth to the speakership, making him the first Black House speaker in Virginia history.  

Virginia voters also elevated Delegate Danica Roem, the first known transgender delegate, to the state senate. At the same time, voters in Loudoun County, which had become a hot spot in the culture wars with attacks on LGBTQ+ individuals and with activists insisting the schools must not teach critical race theory, rejected that extremism and turned control of the school board over to those who championed diversity and equity.

In Kentucky, voters reelected Democratic governor Andy Beshear, who was running against Republican state attorney general Daniel Cameron. A defender of Kentucky’s abortion ban, Cameron was also the attorney general who declined to bring charges against the law enforcement officers who killed Breonna Taylor in her bed in 2020 after breaking into her apartment in a mistaken search for drugs. 

In Pennsylvania, Democrat Daniel McCaffery won a supreme court seat, enabling the Democrats to increase their majority there. McCaffery positioned himself as a defender of abortion rights. 

There will be more news about election results and what they tell us in the coming days. Tonight, though, political analyst Tom Bonier wrote: “My biggest takeaway from tonight: in '22 abortion rights had the biggest impact where it was literally on the ballot, less so when trying to draw the connection in candidate races. That has changed. Voters clearly made the connection that voting for GOP candidates=abortion bans.”

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#midterms #election day #abortion #reproductive freedom #a woman's right to choose #human rights #women's rights #civil rights #education #election #red states blue states #Letters From An American #Heather Cox Richardson

[countess-of-edessa]

there’s a specific catholic woman instagram influencer who keeps getting shown to me who i just want to take by the shoulders and shake. soulmates aren’t real and it’s stupid for catholics to think that, sorry

#does God have a plan for your life and might He send you a spouse? yes #but for a Catholic to believe that God made one person to be our life partner and he did it for everyone who is called to marriage and we #ARE going to meet that person and marry them is both irresponsible and also dumb as hell #like. did God just come up with this idea in the 19th century when people started considering love as something to prioritize in a marriage #all the women before then just didn’t get soulmates? #do people's soulmates get aborted? is that why so many women don’t have husbands when they want them? #she also is like GIRLS. don’t worry about waiting and worrying that you’re never going to find someone. i didn’t meet my husband who was #also my first kiss and my first date until i was 23!?!?!?! so trust in God #and like im happy for her and that doesn’t really matter to me that much but like #do you think that plays well for women in their thirties lol #i know it doesn’t cause they’re in her comments haha #how is the idea that God made one person out there for you and will allegedly put him in your path whenever He decides is right #more of a comforting idea than “there are multiple people out there I can be compatible with and eventually love #and choose to be in a relationship of commitment and mutual respect and goals and we can get to heaven together.” #especially when you’re an unmarried woman who is like thirty five #our souls do not mate there is no marriage in heaven

[myname-isnia]

If there’s one thing I hope for in UtOS, despite the fact I doubt I’ll be the one who ends up writing it, it’s that once Suiren and Midori start considering Zhi their grandmother, she will be as different from my actual maternal grandmother as possible

#that woman is infuriating and I no longer have any questions as to why I’m the only family member who sees her on a weekly basis #she’s overbearing and micromanaging and always on my ass about the slightest of things #she turned off a documentary about the fauna of Madagascar that I was watching be #*because she felt grossed out watching some kind of rodent eating earth worms #and instead switched the channel to the news. because she’s not grossed out watching coverage of our invasion of ukraine #she tells me the most obvious things and acts like I’m a stupid child #like yes baba I know I need to wash my hair before Monday. I’m not completely blind yet I can see that I need a shower thank you very much #my biggest transgression is that I have callouses on my feet. she keeps saying how a girl shouldn’t have feet like a soldier #it’s called having spent almost two decades walking every day. shocking I know #and since I’m ranting about her already #she once said. to my mom’s face. that she wishes she has aborted her #and while a) I’m very much pro abortion rights and a person’s right to choose. and b) I have a difficult relationship with my mom #you can’t fucking say that to your own daughter #and then wonder why she doesn’t want to talk to you #ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #at least I’m home now and don’t have to see her for a week at least

[anastywoman]

the thing is, if there is a single reason that you can accept as a valid reason to have an abortion, then abortion needs to be legal. Because that shows that we agree on something- that there ARE valid reasons to have an abortion. being pro-choice just means that no one else gets to make that call. Not the government, not the public, and not you- only the woman who is pregnant should get to decide that her reason is valid.

#Like I was thinking about how most people agree that rape is a valid ‘exception’ #But where do you draw that line? #Is marital rape included? #what If the woman didn’t say no? Didn’t feel safe to? Couldn’t prove that it had been rape? #Does that mean she doesn’t get to choose? #Pro choice #pro-choice #Supreme court #aboetion #My body my choice #Roe v wade #abortion #Reproductive rights #bodily autonomy

[aemondtragaryen-archived]

I actually hate every woman I have seen since roe v wade was overturned saying they are reluctantly pro choice (due to their faith or whatever reason) because it’s always with an air of superiority. yeah they’re supporting pro choice but not without making it known that they are better than women who do get abortions. actually women getting abortions for whatever reason they want instead of the extremes are not lesser women. so shut the fuck up

#lmao yeah I’m so angry #why can’t you just say you’re pro choice??? you aren’t better for it becuase you reuctantly support a woman’s right to choose #you’re faith will never make you a better person lmfao #lanie.txt #ask to tag #tw abortion #just bc I mentioned the word lmao

[freebooter4ever]

This is 1000% random but came to mind regarding the duck movie. I sometimies watch movies without sound if I think they might ~suck~ like that... so just a tip if you want to see it but not sort of experience it :D hahahha

heh, well. ive already seen it fully so the damage has been done. i bought it even, thinking i would want to rewatch it, but i really REALLY dont think i will. ever. i have watched a LOT of bad movies for my stupid infatuations over the years so honestly im used to it.

#Im not gonna pretend like it doesnt hurt a little seeing the kind of movie joe is ok with attaching his name to #I was vaguely aware he was conservative but i will admit i didnt really have it shoved in my face until this #It reminds me of one of my closest friends here who just...we meshed in a that natural immediate connection way #And one day we were sitting in the getty villa just chatting and i was talking about the amazing documentary the Janes on h * b *o #And he just casually threw out there that he was pro life and anti abortion and he kind of wished he could force a woman #To carry his child against her wishes #He insinuated that when he was younger he got someone pregnant on accident and she refused to have the baby and got an abortion #And he felt it was a violation of his rights not to be able to force her to have a baby #And let me tell you i was like a slap in the face #Like that is...it is so discounting a womans right to her own body #It was chilling to hear a guy who i vibed with so well talk about a woman as if she's just a body and nothing else #I personally have been lucky or ugly enough that its never been an issue i have no idea how i feel about it #I mean my grandma WAS catholic and that seeps down no matter how lapsed i am #So i dont think i would have an abortion? But like i said i really genuinely like kids and in an ideal world would want that #But god im in my thirties now and still not financially stable enough to support a child i have no idea what i would have done #Had i gotten pregnant on accident #I spent most of my twenties recovering from an abusive relationship and not letting men touch me so it was never a question #Im just saying its a womans body its her life pregnancy is simple for some but for others its a life altering experience #It should be her right to choose :( and i wish men respected women enough considered them human enough to recognize that #If the shoe were on the other foot what man would let a woman decide that he must be pregant for 9 months #ALSO for fucks sake women shouldnt have to be practically celibate like i was just to prevent any accident from happening #Also also it is so fucked up that the same people who are pro life are also the bob types - skeptical of adoption #Like this is how you get unwanted kids in the world and take it from me that kids childhood is really really weird #Like knowing from a young age that you are what ruined your mothers life????? Fucking weird man i dont think i will ever process it #Especially being a woman now and recognizing that yeah i kinda did ruin my mothers life but it was neither of our fault #It was the pressure of society and people Trying To Do What They Are Supposed To #Meanwhile my dad was the I Could Never Love Other Peoples Kids and I Hate All Children That Arent My Own type #So yeah i guess i have a lot of negative feelings about this movie after all #Anyway it might have completely killed the joe infatuation LOL probably for the best #Dont even get me started on the blink or you miss it homophobia with bonus weird almost racism in the therapy scenes

[dk-thrive]

I will choose what enters me, what becomes of my flesh.

A woman is not a basket you place your buns in to keep them warm. Not a brood hen you can slip duck eggs under. Not the purse holding the coins of your descendants till you spend them in wars. Not a bank where your genes gather interest and interesting mutations in the tainted rain, any more than you are... At this moment at nine o’clock a partera is performing a table top abortion on an unwed mother in Texas who can’t get Medicaid any longer. In five days she will die of tetanus and her little daughter will cry and be taken away. Next door a husband and wife are sticking pins in the son they did not want. They will explain for hours how wicked he is, how he wants discipline. We are all born of woman, in the rose of the womb we suckled our mother’s blood and every baby born has a right to love like a seedling to sun. Every baby born unloved, unwanted, is a bill that will come due in twenty years with interest, an anger that must find a target, a pain that will beget pain. A decade downstream a child screams, a woman falls, a synagogue is torched, a firing squad is summoned, a button is pushed and the world burns. I will choose what enters me, what becomes of my flesh. Without choice, no politics, no ethics lives. I am not your cornfield, not your uranium mine, not your calf for fattening, not your cow for milking. You may not use me as your factory. Priests and legislators do not hold shares in my womb or my mind. This is my body. If I give it to you I want it back. My life is a non-negotiable demand.

— Marge Piercy, from “Right To Life” in “The Moon is Always Female” (Knopf, March 12, 1980) (via Alive on All Channels)

#Marge Piercy #right to life #abortion #woman #women #roe v wade #roe overturned #right to choose

[halogalopaghost]

Yeah, I'm gonna regret this later, but here's my 2 cents.

Abortion is murder.

Science agrees that life begins when the egg attaches to the cell wall. The ten weeks, twelve weeks, twenty weeks arguments, those are arbitrary lines. We aren't drawing lines at where life does or does not begin. You either think that life begins in the womb in early pregnancy, or you believe it begins when the baby takes its first few breaths of air. It's very simple but nobody likes it. I don't even like it.

Of COURSE termination needs to be legal when there is medical cause. That shouldn't even be a question. If there's an ectopic pregnancy or a dead infant in a live womb, something has to be done. This is obvious and undebatable.

But abortion is just killing a person. It just is. And yes I know; rape babies, underdeveloped or disabled babies, etc etc etc. but I think they still deserve to live. It sucks. It hurts. But there are ugly realities to life and sometimes all we can do is hope that they don't happen to us and offer support when it does happen to others. But killing a person isn't an option.

Do some reading into the medical experts who testified and advised during Roe v Wade. Look at their opinions and when they think life begins. I'm not citing this stuff because I'm tired and it makes me sad and you should be doing your own reading anyway. And let me remind you that if you're only reading things you agree with, you're just as bad as those ultra conservative pro lifers who get comfy in their who chamber. If you're not uncomfortable you aren't doing it right.

There isn't an easy answer or one that will make anyone happy. Sometimes this fucked up world is like that. But last I checked murder is still illegal.

#okay attack away #I'll probably delete this later because I damnbwell know I'm gonna regret it and get hate mail #fuck maybe I'll lose some friends #I sure hope not but I hate staying silent and pretending I don't believe differently #I have medical education; I'm a reasonable person who isn't basing these opinions on religion. this is the science #It's just not right #if you kill a pregnant woman you can be charged with two counts of manslaughter #but if a woman chooses to terminate her own pregnancy well that's just fine #please just consider that I'm not attacking anyone here #I'm just sharing my beliefs and product of my research. we don't need to fight about this #and you won't be changing my mind. I understand I probably won't change yours either #but I have to speak up anyway. for my own peace of mind #discourse #abortion #roe vs. wade #tw abortion #tw rape #rape

[aci25]

Since SCOTUS is going to overturn #RoeVWade I think this one from George Carlin is appropriate.

“They’re anti-women”

On Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft document written by Justice Samuel Alito suggesting that the US Supreme Court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made abortion legal nationwide. Roberts added that, while it is legitimate, it is not yet a final decision and directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the leak. POLITICO was the first to report the leaked document on Monday, which is dated February 10.

Source: Leak: Justices poised to overturn Roe v. Wade

What you need to know

Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of the leaked document on Tuesday

In the document, Justice Alito says “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start”

The decision is not final until it’s published, likely in the next two months, and justices can and sometimes do change their votes, according to POLITICO

President Joe Biden said the "stability of our law" requires that the Supreme Court doesn't overrule Roe v. Wade and that he'll work to codify the right to abortion

#scotus #us supreme court #US Supreme Court Chief Justice #usa news #breaking news #women's rights #john roberts #Chief Justice John Roberts #politics #woman’s right to choose abortion #united states policies #george carlin #know the truth

[tomorrowusa]

Arizona Republicans who had been calling for the most extreme abortion restrictions possible are abruptly flip-flopping now that the 100% Republican-appointed Arizona Supreme Court has given them exactly what they had been working for. 😳

Most Republicans had been calling for the repeal of Roe v. Wade since the US Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. When the GOP-majority SCOTUS overturned Roe in 2022, Republicans began to realize that most Americans didn't want Christian fundamentalist overseers in every bedroom and doctor's office in the US.

These sudden changes of opinion on abortion by Republicans are more fake than Trump's face color.

CNN anchor rolls tape on Arizona politician's abortion stance before the state Supreme Court ruling

Don't believe Republicans pretending to be moderate on abortion. They had been striving to make abortion illegal since 1973 and when they succeeded, they absolutely gloated about it.

#arizona #republicans #abortion #kari lake #arizona supreme court #republican hypocrisy #republican flip-flop on abortion #roe v. wade #donald trump #trump killed roe v. wade #us supreme court #reproductive freedom #restore roe #a woman's right to choose #election 2024 #vote blue no matter who #Youtube

[streetcar-visions]

abortion should be safe, free, and legal at any time during a pregnancy, for any reason

#this isn’t a radical position #can’t stand to see ppl saying it’s fine to have limits at certain gestational ages #find me one instance of a woman waiting eight months before getting an abortion on a whim and maybe I’ll reconsider #but actually even in that hypothetical I’d still say it should be allowed #you don’t get to pick and choose which women get to access a medically necessary right #fuck Lindsey graham

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Steve Brodner

#Steve Brodner #anti-abortion law #abortion bans #a woman's right to choose #North Carolina #Tricia Cotham #turncoats

[b0bthebuilder35]

#roe v wade #roe vs. wade #abortion #my body my choice #abortion rights #a woman’s right to choose #pro choice #pro life #logic #politics #politicians #political #democrats #republicans #conservative #liberal #argument #supreme court #women’s rights #rights #hypocrisy #hypocrite #united states supreme court #United States #USA #in reality #reality #straight facts #fact #facts