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35 Reactions People Posted Online To The Impending US Supreme Court Decision To Overturn Abortion Rights
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. But now the Supreme Court wants to turn the U.S. into a dystopian hellscape by overturning abortion rights.
According to the initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that circulated inside the court, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.” The document also stated that “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
The decision, which is expected to go formal in June, will open up the nation’s 31 Republican-controlled states to pass severe or total abortion restrictions. And this did not sit well with people who went into tears watching Elizabeth Warren fuming with anger on Tuesday when she gave her speech.
So they took to the internet to show rage and despair over the American court system that yet again failed its people, especially those at their most vulnerable.
The senator Elizabeth Warren lambasted the Supreme Court after the draft abortion opinion leak, reflecting the fuming anger people are feeling right now
'I am angry, upset and determined,' Massachusetts Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren said in her powerful speech after joining a protest at the Supreme Court on Tuesday
"This will fall on the poorest women in our country. This will fall on young women who have been abused, who are victims of incest."
Please watch this video. @ewarren is channeling the rage we are all feeling right now. Thank you, @SenWarren.pic.twitter.com/uIlPXeZGzL— Eliza Orlins (@elizaorlins) May 3, 2022
Many people agreed with Warren as they felt rage and despair over the Supreme Court mercilessly failing women and turning the country into a dystopian hellscape
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The news did not sit well with people on the internet either, as many took it to social media to share their rage, experiences and thoughts about the court overturning abortion rights
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Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago (edited)
Because these aren't "pro-lifers", they are pro-religion and pro-control. They don't give two shits what happens to the baby after it's born, and certainly not the mother during pregnancy, nor the nearly two decades afterward. I am livid.
On May 2nd, POLITICO obtained a leaked initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that sent shockwaves around the country. The document revealed that the Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which granted a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction since 1973.
POLITICO notes that no draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending. Moreover, the document, labeled as a first draft of the majority opinion, includes a notation that it was circulated among the justices on Feb. 10.
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NsG 2 years ago
Repeat that last bit louder for the twatwaffles at the back. Some of them would clearly prefer more corpses.
SxS 2 years ago
See, here it is. You can't force me to have a vaccine, bit you can force me to have a baby? Logic error, eh?
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Alicia M 2 years ago (edited)
It's also worth noting and repeating endlessly that banning abortions will not stop women from getting abortions. It will stop a lot of women from getting safe abortions. It won't stop rich women from getting safe abortions. If you're pro-life, you should care about the lives of the mothers as much as you do for her fetus. Instead of talking about ending access to safe abortions, we should be talking about social programs to help people get ahead in life and have better solutions for people who find themselves in bad situations. A society where women do not have control over when they want to become mothers is not going to be a good society. We might as well turn our back on everything we've accomplished.
Nia Loves Art 2 years ago
It’s not a person though, and that matters especially because this is also a human discussion. Someone who refuses to donate blood to their living, breathing child is not someone I want to be in the same room as. I don’t think they should face legal punishment but I would wish them nothing but absolute misery in life. A woman who gets an abortion is not hurting anyone and should not be put in that category.
Nubis Knight 2 years ago (edited)
How about: Abortion is legal till week 22/24. From this point on the chance for the fetus to survive outside the Uterus is over 50 % (if in intense medical care). So instead of an abortion women with unwanted pregnancies get a cost free C-section, the child automatically has to be adopted by the pro-lifers or next church that pays for all medical costs of mother and child. The mother will stay anonymous at all times. I'm sure church and pro-lifers back out?
T h e r e s a 2 years ago
I’m not entirely sure if you’re being sarcastic, but I still wanted to reply. I agree- if pro-lifers really wanted to make a difference, they would offer adequate medical care, costs covered, instead of shouting at the poor women who feel abortion is their only option that they’ll burn in hell. However at 22 weeks, although the baby’s viable, it would be ridiculous to require a c-section because at that point baby would require months in the NICU. That’s thousands of $ along with a ton of probable defects they’ll have for the rest of their lives. I’ve known two: one is partially blind, and one has severe breathing problems. Just pointing out that yessss ^ women should have more options but that’s not the way to go.
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GettingCereal 2 years ago
Lydia Falcón in 1984: we cannot continue giving birth if we want to reach the status of human being.
FName LName 2 years ago
So women have the right to kill another human being simply b/c that life is inside her body?! Why? What about the bodily autonomy of the fetus? Your argument fails a hundred different ways...
T h e r e s a 2 years ago
No one on this site is going to agree with you aside from myself. Take comfort in that our side is the truth 💪
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Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago
So you're saying every woman who gets pregnant, every single one, did so of her own free will and choice, is that right? So, in your world view, there's no rape, no incest, no failed birth control, no women who become seriously ill during that pregnancy? No men who decide to abandon all responsibility to the pregnant woman and fetus? Must be nice living in a world of absolute right and absolute wrong. The rest of us live in reality.
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The document labeled as “Opinion of the Court” reads as follows: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
And it's not about mothers either. They could not give less of a f**k about the actual human being who owns the womb.
While Americans digested the potential horrifying consequences of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade with rage and despair, many people met the news through an emotional and deeply personal lens. Women who had had abortions or given children up for adoption took it to social media to share what challenges they would have faced if the court struck down the Roe v. Wade decision to grant abortion rights.
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Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago
This is the first domino in the disgusting conservative agenda. They'd love nothing more than to bring back the scenario of keeping women in the homes -pregnant, in the kitchen, no voice - religious rule over all, and by god, every gay back into the dark closet! They have become the most extreme political group in this country. The overturning of Roe V. Wade will fuel their fear and hate filled agenda.
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Tonk Terrier 2 years ago
Amen. The party for hypocrisy..."Government can't tell me what's right for my body, no government can force me to get a vaccine" r****d ferals who now want to be involved in someone else's most private medical decisions
Meanwhile, Chief Justice John Roberts says the Supreme Court will investigate the release of a draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade. He called the incident "a singular and egregious breach" of trust. In a statement on Tuesday, Roberts commented: "This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here. I have directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak."
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Nubis Knight 2 years ago (edited)
This should be higher! And please read the rules of every health related app you have. They often sell your datas to other firms!
"To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed," Roberts said. "The work of the Court will not be affected in any way. We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce–permanent employees and law clerks alike–intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law. Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court."
Moreover, the court's public affairs office confirmed the document is indeed "authentic." However, the office added that "it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case."
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Grace Barclay 2 years ago
One of the first Laws that Nelson Mandela rescinded when he was President of South Africa was the ban on abortion. This from a man who was in prison for 27 years. I do not live in an easy country - murder, assault, rape, rioting, etc - that law is still in power. Young girls as young age as, 12/13, can be given an abortion without parental permission, as they fear reprisal from the toxic masculinity and feminine, too sometimes. I am disgusted by THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THIS POSSIBLE OUTCOME AND FOR THE COUNTRY AS THE MOST EDUCATED, GOD-FEARING ENTITIY ON THIS EARTH.
On Tuesday, following POLITICO’s report, President Joe Biden called a woman's right to have an abortion "fundamental.” He urged Congress to pass legislation codifying Roe, which was decided in 1973. Biden stated: “Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned.”
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Pandasanne 2 years ago
Thats probably next.. giving the men the right to refuse payments if they dont want the baby ...
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Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago
The fact that these women *need* escorts is outrageous. The whole Roe V. Wade situation is a snapshot of the larger battle of women who have had to constantly fight for simple, basic rights. We should be more advanced than this!
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Nia Loves Art 2 years ago
Highest infant mortality rate in the developed world. Huge difference, in South Sudan the rate is over 60 times that of the US.
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Mama Penguin 2 years ago
I guess according to the pro life logic, that baby will be brought to trial as soon as he/she is born.
#29
SillyPandaBunny 2 years ago
Religion was created by men to control others. It is the most wicked thing to ever exist. Religion should be outlawed. It has caused more grief, murder and pain than anything else on earth.
#30
NsG 2 years ago
Nope - the combined "f**k off", "Not your concern", and "mind your own business" segments should make up 99% of this graph - with the remaining 1% concerning someone else being the doctor having to help make the decision (for medical reasons where the woman wouldn't realise she'd die without it - I had never heard of a septic uterus, for example, so wouldn't be in a position to "choose" abortion unless the doctor advises that were the case)
#32
Ray Martin 2 years ago
Yes, Biden needs to step up and do the job he was elected for, not still be telling people they need to vote again to make their feelings known. They already did that and that's why Democrats have the White House, the Senate, and the House right now. He needs to do his damned job, and step up to do the right thing. He needs to kill the filibuster, the electoral college needs to be dissolved, ban corporate political donations, remove lifetime judicial appointments, and every living adult U.S citizen needs to have the right to vote, with no exceptions.
#33
Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago
I had a pregnancy terminated because the heart valves were missing on the fetus. It wasn't going to live. I had the nursery all done up and was looking forward to finding out the sex so I could start buying clothes. I was devastated. If I would've carried the baby to term there's a possibility that it could've caused sepsis and I would die. If it didn't I would be giving birth to a dead baby. Now Brett the beer man and Gorsuch seem to think their opinions are more important than women like me and our existence. Fu*k 'em.
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Robert T 2 years ago
We already call the US "Uncivilised", now we're going to have to find a new word. "Barbaric" perhaps?
Mike Crow 2 years ago
Pro lifers are only pro life until the baby is born. After birth pro lifers no longer care if that baby lives or not.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
They're anti-woman. End of story. BTW, we don't have the highest rate of maternal mortality, we just have it among white countries. Quick tip: Don't say "highest" unless you can back that up. In what is considered "the developed world", yes. Overall world, no. Don't overlook the issues of so many others, please.
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Nathaniel 2 years ago
The USA seemingly used to be a beacon of freedom and quality of life. What happened? Unless you are rich, it seems the USA is turning into a third world country and theocracy?
Vera1 2 years ago
They have never been a beacon of freedom or quality of life though. What about slavery? Or segregation? Or the institutional racism that is still rampant?
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Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago
I certainly hope Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski (not sure on that spelling) are fricken happy. They were warned what was going to happen when they voted in Kavanaugh and Gorsuch and they did it anyway. Now they're all up in arms with the whole "We were promised this wouldn't happen". When tf did political judges suddenly not lie for political gain?! 78% of Americans think that abortion should be a choice left up to a woman and her doctor per a politico poll. The conservatives on the supreme court are under the impression they mean more than 78% of Americans.....
Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)
A heartbeat does not mean 'life'. If I culture heart muscle cells in a dish, they will start to contract semi-spontaneously. It's what they do. Also I'm getting serious N*zi vibes from the whole 'nark on women who have abortions so they go to prison and you get money as a reward'. Sorry for saying so.
Jennifer Norton 2 years ago
People need to remember that there are a lot of white, Christian women leading this attack on abortion. They are the ones pushing their husbands to ban abortion and anything else that they "deem" against the Bible. Yes, 100% men should not be making laws for women's bodies. But we also need to call out these women that are supporting these men in this cause!!!!!!!
Christophe Beunens 2 years ago
I really cannot understand why government needs to make laws on things that are private. Forbidding abortions is not going to increase the number of happy children that are loved and fully supported.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago (edited)
While I have allowed my license to practice to expire (I dind't renew it), I hold an MD. Thi sis a medical decision, based on several factors, including patient's quality of life, mental health, financial circumstances, and any given pre-existing conditions such as cysts, IBS, etc., that may affect the patient's health or the fetus's. Research from PEW among otheres shows that the demographics aren't at all what people pretend. And basic OB/GYN shows that yoyu're not aborting a precious itty bitty baby. You're removing what will, I'm sorry, look a lot like a salamander. ________ In short: GET OUT OF OUR MEDICAL DECISIONS.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
All I can say is I'm thankful that my daughters aren't in America - a country that prides itself on all their freedom.....where?
Chris M 2 years ago
California and other blue states are safe... until the Republicans retake the legislature and presidency.
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The interesting thing is that those same "pro-lifers" tend to completely ignore the fact that high air pollution and water pollution rates in the US tend to cause miscarriage, as do unsafe working conditions for pregnant women, or for that matter, the fact that pregnant women get no medical care and maternity leave unless they're rich. All of those things cause fetuses to die. I have not seen a single "pro-lifer" say a word about those innocent fetuses, who were wanted and loved and whose demise could have been prevented.
XSpooky_Mint 2 years ago (edited)
"Pro-lifers": We must protect all children at any cost. 14-Year-old: I'm gay. Also "Pro-lifers": Where's my brick? (Edit: Same if the kid is any other sexuality that isn't straight, gender-queer, non-religious, an addict, a witch, a non-virgin, or anything that isn't far-right)
Micah Chips 🇺🇦 2 years ago
Dude. Not even two minutes after my religious mother made a side comment about how abortion is wrong, i come across this BP post. I have found my people. Hi, fellow abortion supporters :D
Micah Chips 🇺🇦 2 years ago (edited)
Also: I love my older sister but she's...a little bit sheltered imo. Somehow we got into the topic of abortion during a random conversation and I mentioned r@pe/SA (and the scenario that's probably happened before of a pregnant woman in danger cause if her family found out, they would k!ll her for honor or whatever. i know this happens in some places and it sucks.) and she said "those are exceptions". ...what do i say to that-? As far as I know, she's never experienced any of those things, and my other sister who was S.A has conveniently never stated any opinions against abortion. I think that you shouldn't outwardly and negatively judge a woman's decision on whether or not to abort until you've actually experienced for yourself what they've gone through.
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Jerry Mathers 2 years ago
The only plus of this sh*t is that by violating the sanctity of respecting past Supreme Court decisions, we can 1-Have Biden appoint 4 more SCOTUS justices. 2- Undo this decision. 3. Undo the Citizens United. 4- Undo protections for gun manufacturers. 5- Tax church money 6- Break Imminent Domain protections. These dummies just opened the door for total war. No more respect for conservatives. They have been showing they are filth. Time to treat them like it.
The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
Conservatives don’t want to reduce or prevent abortions, they want to control women. The best way to reduce abortions according to studies? Provide access to free long lasting birth control like IUDs with counselling. According to a study, it reduces abortions by 1/3 to 1/2, significantly more than outlawing or punishing abortions. But no conservative espouses this because it doesn’t punish or control women.
kjorn 2 years ago
people still think american is the greatest country of the world. Newsroom is so right. jeffdaniel...c6ea31.jpg 
Tigerpacingthecage 2 years ago
Blah. Everyone should know by now that anti-abortion talk is only about control of women's bodies. Nothing more. It isn't about saving any lives. It's so damn sad that we still have to protest this. Every woman (yes, only women) should be able to make a choice if they want to risk their life to become mothers, if they don't they need access to safe abortions without any judgment. It isn't a baby unless you want it to be, if you don't want it there it's a parasite with the potential to damage her chance of life in many ways.
Jerry Mathers 2 years ago
If you want to protest, do it in a way that hurts. 1-Boycott small businesses owned by conservatives. 2- Waste their time by applying for jobs. When they make you an offer, tell em pass because they are Republicans. 3-Reduce or skip shopping at conservative owned businesses. When Xmas comes, buy nothing from them. 4-Stop buying anything that isn't essential. 5-Promise churches donations of time and $. Skip it. If u want to help people, do it outside of churches. 6- refuse aid and succor to any Trump supporter. 7- Refuse them as customers. 8-Get yourself excommunicated from any church you were born into. F*ck em
NL Stuart 2 years ago
You forgot the biggest one: ALL WOMEN (men too in support) refuse to have sex until this is settled. Just refuse. If you can't refuse, move in with a single friend who will protect you. If every man in the US has to go without sex for a month, they will see the light. Just tell them you won't have sex because you can't take the chance on an unplanned pregnancy. Or just refuse. You have the right. Spread the word.
Load More Replies... Zero 2 years ago
I really hope this will turn out like gay marriage rights where politicians kept pushing against just a little bit, a little more, a bunch, a bunch more, until it backfires so completely it not only undoes the B.S. they tried but rubberbands back to freedom and cements women's rights.
K Wit 2 years ago
Gay rights are being reversed along w womens rights at the same time. It was in the leaked memo
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SAF saf 2 years ago
Let's hope this rage translates to some votes, like it should have in 2016. Seriously Ladies....after 4 years of Trump you barely cracked 50% voter turnout in 2020. Let me remind you ladies that he appointed 3 of those SC Justices. I seriously doubt anything will change on the next election.
Mega Gay 🇺🇦 2 years ago
' Abortion will only be permitted if the mothers life is in danger. ' b***h a 12 year old could get raped, conceive and be able to carry the child without dieing, so you are willing to ruin a little girls childhood just because of a fetus? Arrogant B***h
Mad McQueen 2 years ago
It doesn't matter to anyone but my doctor and I about the state of my body and what I choose to do with it, care for it, maintain it, decorate it, or expunge from it. It's my body.
Rachael Sampson 2 years ago
This makes me sick, as an American I've always known my country's government is a disgrace and this just proves it more.
Terka Červeňáková 2 years ago
I have two kids, And i do not, under any circunstances, plan on having another one. Luckily, i live in a country, where i just walked into my obgyn Office, And asked for tubal ligation, which was provided for me two weeks later. And if the incredibly rare posibility of failing happend, i know i would choose abortion, And i would recieve one, without judgment. I do not have the physical nor mental capacity to raise another child, And i'm glad i live in a country, where i can safely prevented it from happening...
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Overturning Roe would be unconstitutional AND unChristian. 1 USC § 8 defines a human being to include an "infant member of the species homo sapiens *who is born alive*. It does not include an embryo or fetus, neither of which have been "born alive." You cannot take rights away from actual human beings in order to grant rights to non-humans. And Genesis 2:7 defines "human being" for Christians: And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and *breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.* Adam was not a living being and did not have a soul until AFTER the first breath of life.
Thumeka Sebaeng 2 years ago
@Nikki I wasn't making a point in opposition to you, btw, I was asking a question to problematise your assertion that biblically speaking, it is conclusive that human are so only after being born alive. I understand why you'd want to challenge Christians who use the Bible to argue otherwise, but this is a difficult and very nuanced matter that can't be solved through specific verses from the Bible.
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Mainza Munsanje 2 years ago
The day we have dreaded has finally dawned on us! Roe v Wade has been overturned, and it is a sad day for many. I am not American, (infact, in my country abortion has been illegal from time immemorial “unless there’s is a compelling medical reason for one to be carried out”) but I am a human, I am a woman, and I stand by the fact that a woman should have autonomy over her body and all that it can store or expel! This is a hill I am willing to die on. Sadly, my country cannot even dream about legalizing abortions as it is a “Christian nation”, 3rd world country whose citizens have to suffer and toil to put 1 meal a day every couple of days to survive, with more street kids that any orphanage knows what to do with! Tis a sad day today, and going into the future we pray for our sisters in the United States and everywhere in the world where we have to fight men and the system for the autonomy that we deserve over our bodies!
Katelyn Ver Helst 2 years ago
This happened a couple of weeks ago, Northview students had a protest on abortion rights! This is the kind of progress we need https://www.kcrg.com/2022/05/06/iowa-middle-schoolers-protest-supreme-court-draft-abortion/
Random Anon 2 years ago (edited)
These kind of issues really pisses me off. There is only one right decision to make but still there are braindead people protesting using farcical and fictitious arguments. So fictitious and farcical, even uneducated bushmen would find it hard to swallow. Religious fundamentalism is the bane of our civilization. Doesn't matter which religion. It has no place in governance.
Katinka Min 2 years ago
I know too many Americans who didn't vote or voted third partyy because hillary was sooooo unvotable. Sorry, but my pity is limited. I have some for the teenagers and children, but none for anyboody who didn't stop trump when they had the chance. You knew this was coming!
SillyPandaBunny 2 years ago
Boycott every business that contributes to the GOP, it’s the only way they will hear us
NL Stuart 2 years ago
Not the only way. Lysistrata (Aristophanes) had the right idea. Men will hear us if all women (other men, too) deny them sex until a woman's complete control of her own body is Constitutional.
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BAWK BAWK BAKAW 2 years ago
KEEP. ABORTION. LEGAL. WHY IS IT EVEN A DEBATE
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Come back when you're sane. And get some mental health care.
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APL 2 years ago
This sounds worryingly like the arguments the British left had for leaving the EU. The EU is an imperfect system, so we had to leave it. Yes it means the Tories will completely trash the UK, but after that [some nebulous good emerges in a way that isn't clear].
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Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago
It is fairly easy to place a child for adoption, but far too difficult, depending on the state, to adopt that child. The foster care system is notorious for rampant child abuse. When we were looking into adoption, we were told it would take years, not to mention the tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees and court costs. It is a broken system.
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Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
Does my right to life not matter? If I had another child it could kill me - but I'm lucky to be in a country with the nhs so I decided to get sterilised - could still happen though. Why must my life come second so anyone else can have a chance to live? You can't take my blood, marrow, organs from me, even after death, without me agreeing to it even if saying no means someone will certainly die. It's my right as a human being. But not only are you expecting women to let their body be used to prevent someone's death but also expecting them to then change the course of their life forever. In the unlikely event I end up pregnant again I will need to choose abortion to protect not just myself, but the 4 kids I already have from losing their mother, from my husband losing his wife and possibly his job due to having 4 kids to look after, if he can't work they'd not be able to pay the mortgage so would lose their home. This is more complex than "killing is wrong"
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Nathaniel 2 years ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61327082 "If Roe is indeed overturned, individual states will have the discretion to make their own abortion laws. Thirteen states - including Mississippi - have already passed so-called trigger laws, which would automatically ban abortions if Roe is overruled. More states are expected to follow suit."
Load More Replies... Robert T 2 years ago
We already call the US "Uncivilised", now we're going to have to find a new word. "Barbaric" perhaps?
Mike Crow 2 years ago
Pro lifers are only pro life until the baby is born. After birth pro lifers no longer care if that baby lives or not.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
They're anti-woman. End of story. BTW, we don't have the highest rate of maternal mortality, we just have it among white countries. Quick tip: Don't say "highest" unless you can back that up. In what is considered "the developed world", yes. Overall world, no. Don't overlook the issues of so many others, please.
Load More Replies... Nathaniel 2 years ago
The USA seemingly used to be a beacon of freedom and quality of life. What happened? Unless you are rich, it seems the USA is turning into a third world country and theocracy?
Vera1 2 years ago
They have never been a beacon of freedom or quality of life though. What about slavery? Or segregation? Or the institutional racism that is still rampant?
Load More Replies... Kimi Tomminello 2 years ago
I certainly hope Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski (not sure on that spelling) are fricken happy. They were warned what was going to happen when they voted in Kavanaugh and Gorsuch and they did it anyway. Now they're all up in arms with the whole "We were promised this wouldn't happen". When tf did political judges suddenly not lie for political gain?! 78% of Americans think that abortion should be a choice left up to a woman and her doctor per a politico poll. The conservatives on the supreme court are under the impression they mean more than 78% of Americans.....
Susie Elle 2 years ago (edited)
A heartbeat does not mean 'life'. If I culture heart muscle cells in a dish, they will start to contract semi-spontaneously. It's what they do. Also I'm getting serious N*zi vibes from the whole 'nark on women who have abortions so they go to prison and you get money as a reward'. Sorry for saying so.
Jennifer Norton 2 years ago
People need to remember that there are a lot of white, Christian women leading this attack on abortion. They are the ones pushing their husbands to ban abortion and anything else that they "deem" against the Bible. Yes, 100% men should not be making laws for women's bodies. But we also need to call out these women that are supporting these men in this cause!!!!!!!
Christophe Beunens 2 years ago
I really cannot understand why government needs to make laws on things that are private. Forbidding abortions is not going to increase the number of happy children that are loved and fully supported.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago (edited)
While I have allowed my license to practice to expire (I dind't renew it), I hold an MD. Thi sis a medical decision, based on several factors, including patient's quality of life, mental health, financial circumstances, and any given pre-existing conditions such as cysts, IBS, etc., that may affect the patient's health or the fetus's. Research from PEW among otheres shows that the demographics aren't at all what people pretend. And basic OB/GYN shows that yoyu're not aborting a precious itty bitty baby. You're removing what will, I'm sorry, look a lot like a salamander. ________ In short: GET OUT OF OUR MEDICAL DECISIONS.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
All I can say is I'm thankful that my daughters aren't in America - a country that prides itself on all their freedom.....where?
Chris M 2 years ago
California and other blue states are safe... until the Republicans retake the legislature and presidency.
Load More Replies... Lara M 2 years ago
The interesting thing is that those same "pro-lifers" tend to completely ignore the fact that high air pollution and water pollution rates in the US tend to cause miscarriage, as do unsafe working conditions for pregnant women, or for that matter, the fact that pregnant women get no medical care and maternity leave unless they're rich. All of those things cause fetuses to die. I have not seen a single "pro-lifer" say a word about those innocent fetuses, who were wanted and loved and whose demise could have been prevented.
XSpooky_Mint 2 years ago (edited)
"Pro-lifers": We must protect all children at any cost. 14-Year-old: I'm gay. Also "Pro-lifers": Where's my brick? (Edit: Same if the kid is any other sexuality that isn't straight, gender-queer, non-religious, an addict, a witch, a non-virgin, or anything that isn't far-right)
Micah Chips 🇺🇦 2 years ago
Dude. Not even two minutes after my religious mother made a side comment about how abortion is wrong, i come across this BP post. I have found my people. Hi, fellow abortion supporters :D
Micah Chips 🇺🇦 2 years ago (edited)
Also: I love my older sister but she's...a little bit sheltered imo. Somehow we got into the topic of abortion during a random conversation and I mentioned r@pe/SA (and the scenario that's probably happened before of a pregnant woman in danger cause if her family found out, they would k!ll her for honor or whatever. i know this happens in some places and it sucks.) and she said "those are exceptions". ...what do i say to that-? As far as I know, she's never experienced any of those things, and my other sister who was S.A has conveniently never stated any opinions against abortion. I think that you shouldn't outwardly and negatively judge a woman's decision on whether or not to abort until you've actually experienced for yourself what they've gone through.
Load More Replies... Jerry Mathers 2 years ago
The only plus of this sh*t is that by violating the sanctity of respecting past Supreme Court decisions, we can 1-Have Biden appoint 4 more SCOTUS justices. 2- Undo this decision. 3. Undo the Citizens United. 4- Undo protections for gun manufacturers. 5- Tax church money 6- Break Imminent Domain protections. These dummies just opened the door for total war. No more respect for conservatives. They have been showing they are filth. Time to treat them like it.
The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
Conservatives don’t want to reduce or prevent abortions, they want to control women. The best way to reduce abortions according to studies? Provide access to free long lasting birth control like IUDs with counselling. According to a study, it reduces abortions by 1/3 to 1/2, significantly more than outlawing or punishing abortions. But no conservative espouses this because it doesn’t punish or control women.
kjorn 2 years ago
people still think american is the greatest country of the world. Newsroom is so right. jeffdaniel...c6ea31.jpg
Tigerpacingthecage 2 years ago
Blah. Everyone should know by now that anti-abortion talk is only about control of women's bodies. Nothing more. It isn't about saving any lives. It's so damn sad that we still have to protest this. Every woman (yes, only women) should be able to make a choice if they want to risk their life to become mothers, if they don't they need access to safe abortions without any judgment. It isn't a baby unless you want it to be, if you don't want it there it's a parasite with the potential to damage her chance of life in many ways.
Jerry Mathers 2 years ago
If you want to protest, do it in a way that hurts. 1-Boycott small businesses owned by conservatives. 2- Waste their time by applying for jobs. When they make you an offer, tell em pass because they are Republicans. 3-Reduce or skip shopping at conservative owned businesses. When Xmas comes, buy nothing from them. 4-Stop buying anything that isn't essential. 5-Promise churches donations of time and $. Skip it. If u want to help people, do it outside of churches. 6- refuse aid and succor to any Trump supporter. 7- Refuse them as customers. 8-Get yourself excommunicated from any church you were born into. F*ck em
NL Stuart 2 years ago
You forgot the biggest one: ALL WOMEN (men too in support) refuse to have sex until this is settled. Just refuse. If you can't refuse, move in with a single friend who will protect you. If every man in the US has to go without sex for a month, they will see the light. Just tell them you won't have sex because you can't take the chance on an unplanned pregnancy. Or just refuse. You have the right. Spread the word.
Load More Replies... Zero 2 years ago
I really hope this will turn out like gay marriage rights where politicians kept pushing against just a little bit, a little more, a bunch, a bunch more, until it backfires so completely it not only undoes the B.S. they tried but rubberbands back to freedom and cements women's rights.
K Wit 2 years ago
Gay rights are being reversed along w womens rights at the same time. It was in the leaked memo
Load More Replies... SAF saf 2 years ago
Let's hope this rage translates to some votes, like it should have in 2016. Seriously Ladies....after 4 years of Trump you barely cracked 50% voter turnout in 2020. Let me remind you ladies that he appointed 3 of those SC Justices. I seriously doubt anything will change on the next election.
Mega Gay 🇺🇦 2 years ago
' Abortion will only be permitted if the mothers life is in danger. ' b***h a 12 year old could get raped, conceive and be able to carry the child without dieing, so you are willing to ruin a little girls childhood just because of a fetus? Arrogant B***h
Mad McQueen 2 years ago
It doesn't matter to anyone but my doctor and I about the state of my body and what I choose to do with it, care for it, maintain it, decorate it, or expunge from it. It's my body.
Rachael Sampson 2 years ago
This makes me sick, as an American I've always known my country's government is a disgrace and this just proves it more.
Terka Červeňáková 2 years ago
I have two kids, And i do not, under any circunstances, plan on having another one. Luckily, i live in a country, where i just walked into my obgyn Office, And asked for tubal ligation, which was provided for me two weeks later. And if the incredibly rare posibility of failing happend, i know i would choose abortion, And i would recieve one, without judgment. I do not have the physical nor mental capacity to raise another child, And i'm glad i live in a country, where i can safely prevented it from happening...
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Overturning Roe would be unconstitutional AND unChristian. 1 USC § 8 defines a human being to include an "infant member of the species homo sapiens *who is born alive*. It does not include an embryo or fetus, neither of which have been "born alive." You cannot take rights away from actual human beings in order to grant rights to non-humans. And Genesis 2:7 defines "human being" for Christians: And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and *breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.* Adam was not a living being and did not have a soul until AFTER the first breath of life.
Thumeka Sebaeng 2 years ago
@Nikki I wasn't making a point in opposition to you, btw, I was asking a question to problematise your assertion that biblically speaking, it is conclusive that human are so only after being born alive. I understand why you'd want to challenge Christians who use the Bible to argue otherwise, but this is a difficult and very nuanced matter that can't be solved through specific verses from the Bible.
Load More Replies... Mainza Munsanje 2 years ago
The day we have dreaded has finally dawned on us! Roe v Wade has been overturned, and it is a sad day for many. I am not American, (infact, in my country abortion has been illegal from time immemorial “unless there’s is a compelling medical reason for one to be carried out”) but I am a human, I am a woman, and I stand by the fact that a woman should have autonomy over her body and all that it can store or expel! This is a hill I am willing to die on. Sadly, my country cannot even dream about legalizing abortions as it is a “Christian nation”, 3rd world country whose citizens have to suffer and toil to put 1 meal a day every couple of days to survive, with more street kids that any orphanage knows what to do with! Tis a sad day today, and going into the future we pray for our sisters in the United States and everywhere in the world where we have to fight men and the system for the autonomy that we deserve over our bodies!
Katelyn Ver Helst 2 years ago
This happened a couple of weeks ago, Northview students had a protest on abortion rights! This is the kind of progress we need https://www.kcrg.com/2022/05/06/iowa-middle-schoolers-protest-supreme-court-draft-abortion/
Random Anon 2 years ago (edited)
These kind of issues really pisses me off. There is only one right decision to make but still there are braindead people protesting using farcical and fictitious arguments. So fictitious and farcical, even uneducated bushmen would find it hard to swallow. Religious fundamentalism is the bane of our civilization. Doesn't matter which religion. It has no place in governance.
Katinka Min 2 years ago
I know too many Americans who didn't vote or voted third partyy because hillary was sooooo unvotable. Sorry, but my pity is limited. I have some for the teenagers and children, but none for anyboody who didn't stop trump when they had the chance. You knew this was coming!
SillyPandaBunny 2 years ago
Boycott every business that contributes to the GOP, it’s the only way they will hear us
NL Stuart 2 years ago
Not the only way. Lysistrata (Aristophanes) had the right idea. Men will hear us if all women (other men, too) deny them sex until a woman's complete control of her own body is Constitutional.
Load More Replies... BAWK BAWK BAKAW 2 years ago
KEEP. ABORTION. LEGAL. WHY IS IT EVEN A DEBATE
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Come back when you're sane. And get some mental health care.
Load More Replies... APL 2 years ago
This sounds worryingly like the arguments the British left had for leaving the EU. The EU is an imperfect system, so we had to leave it. Yes it means the Tories will completely trash the UK, but after that [some nebulous good emerges in a way that isn't clear].
Load More Replies... Tamra Stiffler 2 years ago
It is fairly easy to place a child for adoption, but far too difficult, depending on the state, to adopt that child. The foster care system is notorious for rampant child abuse. When we were looking into adoption, we were told it would take years, not to mention the tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees and court costs. It is a broken system.
Load More Replies... Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
Does my right to life not matter? If I had another child it could kill me - but I'm lucky to be in a country with the nhs so I decided to get sterilised - could still happen though. Why must my life come second so anyone else can have a chance to live? You can't take my blood, marrow, organs from me, even after death, without me agreeing to it even if saying no means someone will certainly die. It's my right as a human being. But not only are you expecting women to let their body be used to prevent someone's death but also expecting them to then change the course of their life forever. In the unlikely event I end up pregnant again I will need to choose abortion to protect not just myself, but the 4 kids I already have from losing their mother, from my husband losing his wife and possibly his job due to having 4 kids to look after, if he can't work they'd not be able to pay the mortgage so would lose their home. This is more complex than "killing is wrong"
Load More Replies... Nathaniel 2 years ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61327082 "If Roe is indeed overturned, individual states will have the discretion to make their own abortion laws. Thirteen states - including Mississippi - have already passed so-called trigger laws, which would automatically ban abortions if Roe is overruled. More states are expected to follow suit."
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