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Rhiannon12866

(204,713 posts)
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 12:34 AM Jul 2022

Meet The DAs Refusing To Enforce Laws Criminalizing Abortion - The Last Word - MSNBC



In many red states with blue cities run by elected Democrats, county prosecutors have vowed not to enforce laws that criminalize abortion. Two of those District Attorneys – Sherry Boston from DeKalb Co. and Jared Williams from Augusta, Georgia – join guest host Jason Johnson on The Last Word. Imani Gandy from Rewire News Group also joins. Aired on 07/01/2022.


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Meet The DAs Refusing To Enforce Laws Criminalizing Abortion - The Last Word - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 OP
I appreciate the thought lapfog_1 Jul 2022 #1
Well said and I could not agree more Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #2
K & R Duppers Jul 2022 #3
Thanks! I also added the link to this video to this thread: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #4

lapfog_1

(29,191 posts)
1. I appreciate the thought
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 12:53 AM
Jul 2022

but very few doctors are going to break the law, whether or not some DA says they will not prosecute.

Certainly almost no hospital will be involved.

We need a federal law and we need a SCOTUS to rule the federal law is constitutional. Not only that, but we may need an amendment to the Constitution that guarantees a right to privacy for the future to prevent other rulings outlawing same sex marriage, sodomy, and contraception.

Rhiannon12866

(204,713 posts)
2. Well said and I could not agree more
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 12:59 AM
Jul 2022

Life in this country could become unbearable for a large percentage of Americans if these unprecedented and undemocratic decisions are allowed to stand...

Rhiannon12866

(204,713 posts)
4. Thanks! I also added the link to this video to this thread:
Sat Jul 2, 2022, 04:03 AM
Jul 2022
A District Attorney on MSNBC just brought up a potential chilling side effect of abortion bans
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216878719
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