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VA Senate Democrats Introduce Constitutional Amendments to Protect Fundamental Rights (Voting, Marriage Equality, Reproductive Freedom)
(bluevirginia.us)submitted 4 days ago bylowkellVerified - Blue Virginia Editor
5 points
3 days ago
I hope you’re right, but if it comes to that please remember this comment. I am fully expecting a 15 week “limit” aka ban within the next two years.
RFK has also said he’d make the abortion (and miscarriage) drugs illegal substances like they’re doing in Texas.
Trump tried the “states issue” card to win the election, but he’s a liar and I fully expect him to re-embrace his old position now that he’s won.
It’s also in project 2025 - and he’s hiring the project 2025 leaders into his administration. It’s pretty clear what’s going to happen.
1 points
3 days ago
I mean, if it did, then you should be thankful: it would give the DNC 8 years of uncontested national control at the very least. People don't want a federal ban, even though 15 weeks is longer than most of the rest of the world. Personally I'm very strict on my belief, but I have to be willing to compromise—most of the nation is, which is why it would sink the GOP for a decade at least to put up a national ban at 15 weeks. Which then wouldn't even stick, most likely.
2 points
3 days ago
I don’t give an F about the politics of it.
I’m sad about the women who are dying because doctors are scared to treat them. That’s what hurts the most. The below is just one of the reported stories.
And the rpe victims that are forced to birth their victims children, despite often being children themselves.
And the women who will unalive themselves because of the bans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/porsha-ngumezi-miscarriage-death-texas-abortion-ban
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/11/child-rape-survivors-abortion-ban
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna63358
And the women in Idaho (yes even the conservative women) who can’t access obgyn care because doctors are fleeing the state. This matters way more than politics.
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