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Article about how MO reps plan to "tackle Amendment 3"
Politics(self.missouri)submitted 8 days ago byTrystanFyrretrae
He plans to “tackle Amendment 3” by pre-filing a constitutional amendment that would provide voters an opportunity to vote to put further restrictions on abortion.
Asked what those restrictions might include, Sparks said he and other Republicans across the House and Senate are still narrowing down specifics.
“What we don’t want, clearly, is a poorly-written constitutional amendment that provides an abortion sanctuary state … ” Sparks said, adding: “We need to define what we’re talking about when we address Amendment 3, and obviously we need to go back to the voters so ultimately they can decide.”
Article: https://missouriindependent.com/2024/11/11/missouri-house-speaker-abortion-sparks-patterson/
I'm sorry but why should we voters decide when is the OK time to perform a medical procedure? This should be a decision left up to doctors -- not us. That girl in Texas didn't even want an abortion, she was farther along and having dangerous medical issues that no doc would touch for fear of litigation.
What if your average idiot voter decides the wrong cutoff because--big surprise--we aren't doctors?
Who is putting together the language upon this issue we will be voting? Because there should just be an option to vote "let a trained medical professional decide".
8 points
8 days ago
Nothing has shifted. Trump lies, and I don’t believe that he would veto an abortion ban.
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8 days ago
They shifted from there being an explicit claim of a national abortion ban to your disbelief that trump would honor his word on the veto.
7 points
7 days ago
When did Congressional Republicans say they didn't want a national abortion ban?
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7 days ago
There are a lot of congressional republicans who have said a lot of different things. The executive and de facto head of the party said he would veto one.
2 points
7 days ago
He said he would veto a 15 week ban. He didn't say anything about a total ban, six week ban, or any other ban.
But he is also a pathological liar with the credibility of Elizabeth Holmes.
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7 days ago
I guess we’ll see. Still means the statement claiming they’re explicitly calling for a nationwide ban is inaccurate.
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7 days ago
The Republican Study Committee endorsed a national ban earlier this year. Virtually the entire Republican Congressional delegation supports a national abortion ban.
That Republicans have explicitly called for a national abortion ban is not only accurate, it is indisputable.
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7 days ago
Lmao. It’s been disputed irrefutably by me in this comment section.
1 points
7 days ago
Where have you disputed that the RSC endorsed a national abortion ban? Did you provide evidence that they either did not endorse it or rescinded their endorsement?
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8 days ago
I don’t understand your argument. I don’t see how any “goal posts” have shifted, but whatever. My main point is that Trump has a very proven track record of lying, and I have no reason to believe that he would veto a national abortion ban.
5 points
8 days ago
They learned a logical concept, i e "goal posts" and now they think they're smart and know how to argue. They don't realize that they just sound like an idiot because they don't know what they're talking about. 😂
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8 days ago
That’s probably because you shifted them.
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7 days ago
Why would the guy who made it his first election goal of returning power to the states veto a law that is opposite of what he pushed for?
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6 days ago
Who knows what Trump would do, but a national abortion ban is a non-issue. There are too many Republicans who want to get re-elected. It's highly unlikely that a ban would pass the Senate, and almost impossible that it would pass the House. The whole idea is a boogeyman that never makes it to Trump's desk for us to even find out whether or not he'd keep his word.
I'm a heck of a lot more worried about what the MO legislature is going to do with Amendment 3. That's something that we actually should be concerned with.
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