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39. There will be no facilities offering abortion in many states.

Reply to fightforfreedom (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2022, 08:21 AM

Jun 2022

Affluent women will not be affected. They will travel to states that allow abortions. But poor women, teens (and younger), and women under the control of abusive partners won't be able to travel out of state. They won't be able to access care.

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Don't panic, the abortion ban is going to fail miserable just like prohibition did. [View all] fightforfreedom Jun 2022 OP

True but US population has grown so if proportionally the stories are the same we'll here more of uponit7771 Jun 2022 #1

Nailed it! PortTack Jun 2022 #2

There is always money for the GOP to foist their diabolical plans on the American people. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #3

They may have exceeded their well this time. Hugin Jun 2022 #14

The end goal is to install white christian male minority rule. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #17

Again though... Hugin Jun 2022 #22

Putin and the GOP want chaos, division, confusion. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #29

Exactly! n/t Hugin Jun 2022 #40

Yes, repeal the right of women to vote. Minorities too. Only landed white males can vote. Geesh! machoneman Jun 2022 #51

"Slightly half the population"? intheflow Jun 2022 #69

In my haste to post I left out the word "over"... Hugin Jun 2022 #72

Ah, I've been there, Friend. intheflow Jun 2022 #73

Stochastic terrorism is the enforcement. The vigilante lawsuits and threats of felony charges hlthe2b Jun 2022 #4

The apathy party is almost wholly responsible for this decay of civility. Hugin Jun 2022 #16

This 👆🏽deserves a thread of its own. we can do it Jun 2022 #35

+1 hwmnbn Jun 2022 #38

And how many lives will be destroyed during this little experiment ??? SamKnause Jun 2022 #5

Believe me, I understand what you are saying. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #12

As far as I know, at the clinic you could choose either(2014). There are dewsgirl Jun 2022 #24

Arresting women and putting them into baby factories while eager religious adopting agencies . . . Lovie777 Jun 2022 #6

Good God it's more like Gilead every single day. dewsgirl Jun 2022 #28

I kept on bdamomma Jun 2022 #32

Just sadly terrifying.😢 dewsgirl Jun 2022 #34

We will get bdamomma Jun 2022 #41

he was strangely silent on HAB911 Jun 2022 #52

hmm..... bdamomma Jun 2022 #53

You might have a point. no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #7

I think that's the whole point. They get to prosecute the people they don't like Walleye Jun 2022 #9

They will prioritize and I don't believe abortions have the same resonance as no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #13

sorry lapfog_1 Jun 2022 #8

there were docs who did it pre-roe. there will be again. mopinko Jun 2022 #31

And risk prison? No, they won't. yardwork Jun 2022 #43

a lot of them are already being threatened and killed. mopinko Jun 2022 #47

They won't call it that BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #58

I'm afraid that simply isn't true FBaggins Jun 2022 #10

Also, many of these loony right wing activists may volunteer to monitor girls and women. onlyadream Jun 2022 #15

There's always money for cops and prisons superpatriotman Jun 2022 #11

I don't think there will be much effort to enforce Buckeyeblue Jun 2022 #18

It will create an underground blackmarket for abortions. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #21

Agreed. Buckeyeblue Jun 2022 #33

You do know that women who miscarry are already being charged under the fetal assault laws, right? Solly Mack Jun 2022 #19

Right, I am on your side. What you are talking about is going to grow in size. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #23

They always find a way to make life worse for people they don't approve of. Solly Mack Jun 2022 #37

But Prohibition fuelled the growth of organized crime. LisaM Jun 2022 #20

Exactly, that's my point. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #25

actually Prohibition did succeed in cutting alcohol consumption dsc Jun 2022 #26

I don't think so. Lol. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #27

history disagrees dsc Jun 2022 #30

Alcoholism dropped quite a bit during Prohibition. yardwork Jun 2022 #42

People were making booze in their bathtubs. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #62

Agree. The collateral damage before is the cost of electoral fecklessness. Hortensis Jun 2022 #36

There will be no facilities offering abortion in many states. yardwork Jun 2022 #39

Yes exactly. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #44

The well-off Republicans make sure they aren't inconvenienced. yardwork Jun 2022 #46

Also private boutique physicians who do routine D and Cs. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #48

Yep. yardwork Jun 2022 #50

we should bring back prohibition too anarch Jun 2022 #45

Oh, god lawd. demmiblue Jun 2022 #49

I agree it will fail. It will be unenforceable. Model35mech Jun 2022 #54

Once again another, "everything is OK" thread. gab13by13 Jun 2022 #55

It's not ok but we haven't lost. The fight is just getting leftyladyfrommo Jun 2022 #57

But wasn't the ruling 6-3? Karma13612 Jun 2022 #65

He didn't vote to overturn Wade but he did agree leftyladyfrommo Jun 2022 #66

Thank you, and Karma13612 Jun 2022 #76

I'm of two minds TlalocW Jun 2022 #56

Disagree, unfortunately! lark Jun 2022 #59

Yes, it's going to fail all right. ShazzieB Jun 2022 #60

I understand what you are saying. Karma13612 Jun 2022 #61

We did it during the "60s and '70s. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2022 #67

I agree, but . . . ChicagoRonin Jun 2022 #63

Said one lobster to the other in the pot of warming water. jalan48 Jun 2022 #64

It is working very well: dalton99a Jun 2022 #68

Why would they need to create an "anti-abortion police force"? The cops already exist, and neither WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #70

Sure, but many women will die during this "social experiment"... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #71

Look at the devastation that prohibition caused. niyad Jun 2022 #74

That'll come as little consolation to the women who will die because of this. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2022 #75

I do agree but how long with it take and how many will die meanwhile? Lettuce Be Jun 2022 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jun 2022 #78

uhg. you miss the point Orangepeel Jun 2022 #79

In the years Prohibition was law, a lot of people died though NickB79 Jun 2022 #80

Women in Texas have been living under that for 10 months now ecstatic Jun 2022 #81