SCOTUS Thread (News and Discussion) III: Abandoning 90 Years of Precedent

[Roranora]

Having to travel for an abortion – scrambling to get an appointment at an overbooked clinic, securing money for transportation, lodging, childcare anchildcare and the procedure itself, getting time off work and flying or driving for hours – has been proven to take a significant toll on patients’ mental health. For many women, crossing state lines to access care amplifies the stigma surrounding abortion. In a 2017 qualitative study, women variously described the experience of forced abortion travel as “nerve-racking”, “so much extra stress”, “a nightmare” and “making you feel like you’re doing something bad”.

More than half of respondents reported mental health consequences. Some had considered or attempted self-induction. In a 2020 study of patients seeking abortions, women who encountered logistical difficulties, including having to travel, were more likely to report symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression.

Every week, the clinic where Marchin works sees patients enduring unimaginable traumas. In early June, a mother arrived from Texas with her 11-year-old daughter who was more than 20 weeks pregnant as a result of rape. (The Texas abortion ban makes no exceptions for rape or incest.)

“This was a child who maybe just barely got her first period and probably has no idea what’s going on in her body,” Marchin says. On top of helping her daughter cope with the trauma of rape and carrying a pregnancy as a child, the mother, who spoke no English, had to find financial help through an abortion fund, then take time off work and pull her daughter out of school to travel hundreds of miles.

look, an 11-year-old murderer

[Meresgi]

look, an 11-year-old murderer

Dude on a feed said that women should just carry guns and shoot their rapists, would stop rape and then don't need abortions. Single handedly solved this shit he did...we can all go home.

[Spicyryan]

Dude on a feed said that women should just carry guns and shoot their rapists, would stop rape and then don't need abortions. Single handedly solved this shit he did...we can all go home.

I know re-education camps get a bad rap, but they are really just made for people like that dude.

[Krandor]

This dude really out here advocating for internment camps

[Spicyryan]

This dude really out here advocating for internment camps

Well, in the context of how stupid that quote was, yeah sure, why not? Alternatively, if we alter the quote, people could just carry guns to shoot stupid people, and then we wouldn't need re-education camps. Singlehandedly solve the shit!

[Meresgi]

[Yabby]

Just going to shift it to "Dems are going to make Roe law if you don't DONATE TODAY!", They want to kill all babies!

[Spicyryan]

Just going to shift it to "Dems are going to make Roe law if you don't DONATE TODAY!", They want to kill all babies!

"I know we told you its on the ballot for countless years, and you all voted for us because of that for countless years, but you guys just didn't vote and donate hard enough!" The dems are absolutely fucking worthless.

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/BartenderHemry/s...kPs1RHgaQ&s=19

[archibaldcrane]

How is this not an Onion bit?
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/...cbYIjGwkg&s=19

[archibaldcrane]

Kansas ballot initiative in August to ban abortion in the state. Will be interesting to see how that goes.

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/sta...NInwg9d1w&s=19

[kuronosan]

We're desperately trying our hardest to make it fail.

[Spicyryan]

How is this not an Onion bit?
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/...cbYIjGwkg&s=19

Oh, oh no.

Oh my. Little bit of Sarah Palin in there.

[Meresgi]

So they can keep the Boogeyman and just now target their base at wiping away state's rights because they don't agree with what they are doing.

[archibaldcrane]

Pence is calling for all 50 states to ban abortion, not the feds to do it.

[Meresgi]

Pence is calling for all 50 states to ban abortion, not the feds to do it.

Yeah, because this won't translate at all in the future of being a federal push to stop states from doing it. They just passed the ruling for 2A shit in NY to overrule state's authority, and then ruled on this. They will keep their base angry at whatever state is not banning abortion outright and cite that if they can't win the votes in CA/NY and others, due to "Democrats gerrymandering the rights of the voting base" then we should run it back up the flag pole to SC and get a new ruling.

In the meantime they will start passing more and more shit to try to fight any "safe harbor" state from allowing their citizens the ability to flee for an abortion if they actually have the money and means to do so. Gonna see residents of CA/NY and others who might be driving people out of nearby anti-abortion states being detained and having charges filed and a tug of war back and forth between all the states. This shit is going to get worse and worse.

[archibaldcrane]

Stop arguing with me I'm just telling you what he said

[Meresgi]

Stop arguing with me I'm just telling you what he said

No, you fucking burnt the goddamn roast yet again.

[Kaslo]

How is this not an Onion bit?
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/...cbYIjGwkg&s=19

https://twitter.com/ChrisKPolansky/s...FHb7S9sjVMRqmg

[Tymon]

This dude really out here advocating for internment camps

We could abolish prisons and just put all the conservatives in labor camps instead. It'd be a little less efficient because they're all fat and lazy, but would be better for the country overall I think!