[Brazelton] Roe v. Wade

If you're sub-human, you don't deserve "universal" human rights, duh!

See also: the Jews in 1939 Germany who were vermin, the Roma who were pests, people with mental disabilities who were half-human, etc.

Dehumanization is the first step towards (attempted) mass-destruction. Always.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
Texas man sues ex-wife's friends for allegedly helping her get abortion pills

"A Texas man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against three women for allegedly helping his then-wife obtain pills used to induce an abortion last year. The lawsuit by Marcus A. Silva of Galveston County, Texas, seeks more than $1 million from each of the three defendants and an injunction prohibiting them from 'distributing abortion pills.' "
Welp, here we go - the legal battle that we all knew was coming when the dumb "bounty" law went into effect is now here. Surprised it took this long, tbh. Would not be surprised if this one went all the way to the USSC and caused a constitutional crisis.
 
I find this very interesting due to the following:
In the Texas Penal Code, capital murder occurs when someone causes the intentional death of an individual under the age of 10. The prosecutors also describe how Texas law defines an “individual” as “a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.”
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...so Texas Man may be punitively suing these three women for $1mil for wrongful death, but if they are subsequently found guilty, doesn't that mean the State of Texas MUST then step in and charge these women with capital murder and insist they be executed? If so, Texas Man will get no money from dead people. Talk about a legal quagmire.

--Patrick
 
I find this very interesting due to the following:

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...so Texas Man may be punitively suing these three women for $1mil for wrongful death, but if they are subsequently found guilty, doesn't that mean the State of Texas MUST then step in and charge these women with capital murder and insist they be executed? If so, Texas Man will get no money from dead people. Talk about a legal quagmire.

--Patrick
Bold of you to assume they won't charge dead people.
 
Texas woman forced to give birth to baby with anencephaly now can't even afford funeral

There was zero chance of this baby surviving, yet the mother was forced to go through the pregnancy, even though it drove her into depression requiring medication, and is now putting a financial hardship on the family.

As always, the cruelty is intentional. Republican lawmakers are disgusting.
Hey man, we're pro life, but life just really really sucks sometimes, but that's not our fault, okay?

... Yeah, I dunno. Indefensible.
 
Michigan at least took a step in the right direction yesterday.
“Oh we are fighting over whether this old law will go back into effect? How about if we just delete it?”

Conservatives are whining that the most recent elections (which swung more heavily blue) were rigged, but as many of these articles explain, what actually happened is that districting is now done by committee instead of by gerrymander, and so the votes are more accurately reflecting the will of the population instead of the folks who draw up the districts.

—Patrick
 
Texas woman forced to give birth to baby with anencephaly now can't even afford funeral

There was zero chance of this baby surviving, yet the mother was forced to go through the pregnancy, even though it drove her into depression requiring medication, and is now putting a financial hardship on the family.

As always, the cruelty is intentional. Republican lawmakers are disgusting.
Look, what's important is that she got the chance to be born... everything that happens after is the baby's personal responsibility... why didn't she just get a job to make money to pay for the funeral? It's not like she didn't know it was coming...

Foetuses are precious, but not employees babies are just lazy leeches...
 
Look, what's important is that she got the chance to be born... everything that happens after is the baby's personal responsibility... why didn't she just get a job to make money to pay for the funeral? It's not like she didn't know it was coming...

Foetuses are precious, but not employees babies are just lazy leeches...
This is some of the best sarcasm I’ve seen all week. Thank you.

—Patrick
 
Wait, what? WHO said this? Really? Uhhh... that seems... like... not the worst idea?

#AbortionsForSomeMiniatureAmericanFlagsForOthers?

Maybe you could simplify it so people don't have to carry their party card on them all the time. Maybe just ban them only for people who dont want them at that time.
 
Wait, what? WHO said this? Really? Uhhh... that seems... like... not the worst idea?

#AbortionsForSomeMiniatureAmericanFlagsForOthers?

I wonder if this is some convoluted solution to the idea that conservatives are dying off so they need to have more conservative babies.
 
The actual answer is that every once in awhile Ann Coulter says something "out of character" to get attention. Usually its an anti-trump thing, but a bit ago she was talking about how they need to chill out over abortion in order to stop losing elections.
 
If you ban home pregnancy tests, it will drive people to doctors. Which creates a record, that can be used against the person. Surprised this isn't being done yet. Maybe the test makers are rich GQP donors.
 
28 weeks is either a viable fetus well beyond almost anyone's willingness for abortion to be allowed without medical reason, or unviable/dead in the womb/dangerous to the mother, in which case an abortion should be allowed because what's the point of cruelly making her carry something that will never be able to become a human for 2 more months?
This is sorely lacking in details to make any sort of judgement.
 
28 weeks is either a viable fetus well beyond almost anyone's willingness for abortion to be allowed without medical reason, or unviable/dead in the womb/dangerous to the mother, in which case an abortion should be allowed because what's the point of cruelly making her carry something that will never be able to become a human for 2 more months?
This is sorely lacking in details to make any sort of judgement.
Omg wow it’s like conservatives are inhuman monsters devoid of empathy for anyone who want people to suffer because they’re unambiguously evil. That’s something that hasn’t been noticed before.
 
28 weeks is either a viable fetus well beyond almost anyone's willingness for abortion to be allowed without medical reason, or unviable/dead in the womb/dangerous to the mother, in which case an abortion should be allowed because what's the point of cruelly making her carry something that will never be able to become a human for 2 more months?
This is sorely lacking in details to make any sort of judgement.
Yeah, this took place before Roe v Wade was overturned, and 28 weeks was illegal even under Roe v Wade. (I can't find any Western country that allows elective abortion after 24 weeks). At that time, abortion was legal to 20 weeks in Nebraska (it was very recently changed to 12 weeks for elective abortions). 28-weeks is a premature infant.
 
28 weeks is either a viable fetus well beyond almost anyone's willingness for abortion to be allowed without medical reason, or unviable/dead in the womb/dangerous to the mother, in which case an abortion should be allowed because what's the point of cruelly making her carry something that will never be able to become a human for 2 more months?
This is sorely lacking in details to make any sort of judgement.
I don’t think that the government should be in the business of forcing people to go through childbirth when they don’t want to. I also think that two years is a fucking ridiculous sentence for once again helping her daughter exercise a civil right.
 

figmentPez

Staff member
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower

"In March 2021, sheriffs in Etowah county, Alabama, arrested Ashley Caswell on accusations that she’d tested positive for methamphetamine while pregnant and was 'endangering' her fetus."
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"Caswell was denied regular access to prenatal visits, even as officials were aware her pregnancy was high-risk due to her hypertension and abnormal pap smears, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday against the county and the sheriff’s department. She was also denied her prescribed psychiatric medication and slept on a thin mat on the concrete floor of the detention center for her entire pregnancy.

"In October, when her water broke and she pleaded to be taken to a hospital, her lawyer says, officials told her to 'sleep it off' and 'wait until Monday' to deliver – two days away.

"During nearly 12 hours of labor, staff gave her only Tylenol for her pain, the suit says, allegedly telling her to 'stop screaming', to 'deal with the pain' and that she was 'not in full labor'. Caswell lost amniotic fluid and blood and was alone and standing up in a jail shower when she ultimately delivered her child, according to the complaint and her medical records. She nearly bled to death, her lawyers say."
 
Ohio passed the amendment.
Republicans remained defiant in the wake of Tuesday’s vote. Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens said Issue 1’s approval “is not the end of the conversation.”
“As a 100% pro-life conservative, I remain steadfastly committed to protecting life, and that commitment is unwavering,” Stephens said. “The Legislature has multiple paths that we will explore to continue to protect innocent life.”
--Patrick
 
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