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Karma13612

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76. Thank you, and
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 12:32 PM
Jun 2022

Last edited Sat Jun 25, 2022, 05:30 PM - Edit history (1)

I agree.

This court is now in Kangaroo territory, and I don’t mean to insult Kangaroos.

I am absolutely devastated by this ruling. Embarrassed, sad, angry, tearful, depressed, scared, and demoralized. At 68, I am pretty sure the last part of my life in this country is going to be extremely sad and distressful.

There is a march today that I could attend. But it’s 40 miles away, gas prices are just shy of $5/gal, and it’s going to feel like 90 degrees F. We are in a MAGA/purple area of a Blue state with concrete abortion rights. The point of marching is to make our voices heard. Unless it makes the news, no one is going to give 2 $hits about the March up here. I can hear passers by saying, what’s all the fuss about? We’ve got ours. ….. Oh look! A sale on bathing suits at WalMart! Let’s go!!

I’ve been to two in the last 6 weeks and had good turn outs. I hope I hear later on that today’s is well attended and received. If it was closer, I would go. But I just don’t have it in me.

Edit at 5:28 PM. I decided to go the the march, and I’m glad I did. I just need to get involved again and commiserate with others. We marched, we chanted, we talked and planned. So so glad I went. It was hot, but I took Iced tea and kept hydrated and ‘sugared’!! Woohoo!!

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
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