Roe has ended

@mott-the-hoople said
"But where we are right now as a society, outlawing abortion (in any state) doesn't seem workable or smart. '

false statement...who has "outlawed" abortion?

The saddest part of this whole issue that it is based on (outdated) religious morality.
If this was really about the value of human life, then do something about your gun culture.

@mott-the-hoople said
"But where we are right now as a society, outlawing abortion (in any state) doesn't seem workable or smart. '

false statement...who has "outlawed" abortion?

@earl-of-trumps said
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473


Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
"We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.

@earl-of-trumps said
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473


Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
"We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.

@mghrn55 said
The saddest part of this whole issue that it is based on (outdated) religious morality.
If this was really about the value of human life, then do something about your gun culture.

If the Alito opinion stands and Roe is overturned, there are disastrous effects we won't see until about 25 years from now.

There will be a generation of people whose parents either didn't want them or were unable to adequately care for them. These will be children bounced from home to home or raised in foster care, who will be at much higher risks for abuse and neglect, which can in turn result in higher crime rates.

When that happens, conservatives will find a way to blame everyone but themselves for the inevitable spike in crime.

@vivify
There will also be the loss of women from the work force having to stay home taking care of infants.
But that is what the right wing zombie repubs want, all American women barefoot and pregnant.

@sonhouse said
@vivify
There will also be the loss of women from the work force having to stay home taking care of infants.
But that is what the right wing zombie repubs want, all American women barefoot and pregnant.

@vivify said
It seems they are leaving the decision up to the states. Texas and Florida will be able outright to ban abortion.

Every liberal who patted themselves on the back for being too good to vote for Hillary are now seeing the results of their inaction.

I'm quite surprised that Chief Justice Roberts publicly admitted the leaked draft was authentic. I expected the SCOTUS to not comment at all or complain about the leak without conceding it was an actual draft opinion.

If it becomes the judgment of the Court, it will really throw a lifeline to Democratic electoral chances this year and in 2024.

And I've read excerpts and it's as anti the Framers' Natural Rights philosophy as could be; the idea that persistent legislative trammelling of a right is relevant to the rights existence is a mind blowing repudiation of those basic American beliefs.

@sh76 said
Nobody yet, but many states will do so this summer if the Alito opinion stands.

@vivify said
If the Alito opinion stands and Roe is overturned, there are disastrous effects we won't see until about 25 years from now.

There will be a generation of people whose parents either didn't want them or were unable to adequately care for them. These will be children bounced from home to home or raised in foster care, who will be at much higher risks for abuse and neglect, ...[text shortened]... s, conservatives will find a way to blame everyone but themselves for the inevitable spike in crime.

@AverageJoe1 says -
So the states decide. What has SCOTUS got to do with it? A real head scratcher.
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Exactly. Even a crime like murder is adjudicated by whatever state has jurisdiction. Rare is it the feds.

@sonhouse said
@vivify
There will also be the loss of women from the work force having to stay home taking care of infants.
But that is what the right wing zombie repubs want, all American women barefoot and pregnant.