Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade?
May 8th, 2022 at 8:31:01 AM permalink | |
SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4182 |
Not that it is really relevant to the main point we are discussing here, but only a very small minority of women get general anesthesia for abortion procedures. |
May 8th, 2022 at 11:43:13 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Legislators in 13 states have passed so-called "trigger laws," which are bans designed to go into effect if Roe is overturned. In some cases, the law requires an official such as an attorney general to certify that Roe has been struck down before the law can take effect. These are the states with "trigger laws" poised to go into effect almost immediately if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky Missouri Oklahoma Texas Idaho North Dakota South Dakota Utah Wyoming |
May 8th, 2022 at 12:05:39 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11821 | I'm overall pretty shocked by this Generally abortion laws I assume are universal in each country. I wonder what effect this will have on the midterms Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
May 8th, 2022 at 2:57:41 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
My guess is very little impact on the midterms The 13 states with trigger laws have only Republican senators and the minority of representatives are Democrats (67 to 19). 1 Texas 23 Rep 12 Democrat 2 Louisiana 5 Rep 1 Democrat 3 Mississippi 3 Rep 1 Democrat 4 Missouri 6 Rep 2 Democrat 5 Tennessee 7 Rep 2 Democrat 6 Kentucky 5 Rep 1 Democrat 7 Arkansas 4 Rep 8 Idaho 2 Rep 9 North Dakota 1 Rep 10 Oklahoma 5 Rep 11 South Dakota 1 Rep 12 Utah 4 Rep 13 Wyoming 1 Rep Total 67 Rep 19 Democrat |
May 10th, 2022 at 4:24:03 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I wanted to say this in the WoV Wordle thread, but thought it was violate my own rules. So, there was a fair bit of confusion yesterday as to yesterday's Wordle. Some people got FETUS and others, like me, got SHINE. The NYT released a statement saying that fetus was chosen long in advance, before the recent leaked SCOTUS draft statement. Have we become so sensitive and weak that we can't take the sight of that word? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
May 10th, 2022 at 4:39:47 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18222 |
We have been there since the 1980s and "speech codes" on college campuses. We have been there since people were sensitive to "china virus." We are almost in "1984" where words are prohibited so people cannot express themselves and low level office workers strike them from old books. The President is a fink. |
May 10th, 2022 at 6:15:30 AM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12550 |
Yeah, I think it’s silly they changed it. I assume it has more to do with them not wanting to appear to be taking a side in the debate. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
May 10th, 2022 at 7:08:32 AM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4973 |
That sounds about right to me. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
May 10th, 2022 at 7:42:35 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
It isn't often you and AZD agree on something (or is it?). I'm not clear to me which side you're taking by the use of that word. One the one hand, it would seem pro-life to put the focus on the fetus. However, every pro-lifer I've ever met avoided that word, in preference of "unborn" or "child." Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
May 10th, 2022 at 12:46:06 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18222 |
Because that is what it is. I am not old enough to remember, but I doubt pre-Roe anyone outside medical field said "fetus." Calling it a "fetus" allows those in favor of abortion to divorce themselves from the fact that it IS a baby/child. Calling it a "fetus" is making a morality car wash of sorts for them. Remember when Clinton Admin stopped using "rouge nation" and started "states of concern." "Illegal Alien" to "undocumented." Ted Turner banning "foreign" on his channels? Which the professional wrestling announcers had fun with. In the words of the late, great Rush Limbaugh, WORDS MEAN THINGS. It is no accident. The President is a fink. |