SCOTUS overturned roe vs wade

[constancespry]

Breaking news just now. I am not surprised, but disgusted and horrified. Gilead is quickly becoming reality. 

[tulip]

I have tears in my eyes. Like you said Constance -- not surprised but disgusted and horrified by the reality of it. Whose rights will be demolished next?

This is not OK.

[no]

so they actually did it despite the majority of the country being against that decision. America is officially an authoritarian nation. our voices don't matter. what in the fuck did we ever do to deserve this shit.

[trixie]

Seriously. What the fuck has to happen for people to open their eyes?

[constancespry]

And here we go: Clarence Thomas writes, in a concurring opinion, that the Supreme Court should reconsider Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell — the rulings that now protect contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage

[notoriousmkg]

"President Hillary Clinton" looks pretty good in retrospect. Thanks, Susan Sarandon, Julian Assange, Vladimir Putin, James Comey. and Jill Stein!

[greysfang]

I can't even talk about this right now.

[notoriousmkg]

Get your birth control prescriptions filled.

ETA:  While they are still legal.

[no]

Jun 24, 2022 15:37:52 GMT constancespry said:

And here we go: Clarence Thomas writes, in a concurring opinion, that the Supreme Court should reconsider Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell — the rulings that now protect contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage

oh but the old fuck said nothing about reconsidering interracial marriage, imagine that

[louiswinthorpe111]

I am seriously in tears and feel like I am going to vomit. I'm happy my mom is dead. She would be so distraught. This would have killed her. The past 6 years would have put her over the edge.

[no]

it's already begun.  these mother fuckers have been sitting on their hands waiting for this moment.


Missouri Bans All Abortions Minutes After SCOTUS Ruling Overturning Roe


Minutes after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade Friday morning, Missouri became the first state to invoke a trigger law banning all abortions in the state, except in cases of medical emergency.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued an opinion that would trigger parts of a state House bill that outlaws almost all abortions in the state, with no exceptions for rape or incest.

"With this attorney general opinion, my Office has effectively ended abortion in Missouri, becoming the first state in the country to do so following the court's ruling," Schmitt said in a press release.

He announced the move on Twitter at 10:16 a.m., less than 10 minutes after the Supreme Court's ruling was released.

Schmitt's quick action in Missouri is what abortion rights advocates had feared and warned would happen if Roe, which legalized abortion nationally in 1973, was overturned by the Supreme Court. Twelve other states have similar trigger laws that would place a near-total ban on abortion once the protections under Roe end.

In a statement responding to Friday's court ruling, Planned Parenthood said the decision "opens the floodgates for states across the country to ban abortion."

Quoting Justice Stephen Breyer in his dissent, the nation's largest single provider of reproductive health services responded, "For millions of women, Roe and Casey have been critical in giving them control of their bodies and their lives. Closing our eyes to the suffering today's decision will impose will not make that suffering disappear."

While signing his opinion, Schmitt called Friday "a monumental day for the sanctity of life."

"This opinion immediately restores Missouri's deeply rooted history and proud tradition of respecting, protecting, and promoting the life of the unborn," the attorney general wrote. "Missouri has been a national leader in the pro-life movement, and this leadership is reflected in its laws."

Shortly after Schmitt's announcement, attorneys general in Louisiana and Arizona also signaled they would follow suit.

"My office and I will do everything in our power to ensure the laws of Louisiana that have been passed to protect the unborn are enforceable, even if we have to go back to court," Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said as he announced that the state's trigger law was officially in effect.

"As the chief legal officer for our state, I will continue defending Louisiana's pro-life laws and working to ensure the health and safety of women and their babies," he added.

On Friday morning, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said his state's 15-week ban on abortion would go into effect in about 90 days, while not explicitly saying if the pre-Roe ban in Arizona is now in effect.

[constancespry]

Every American who is not a right wing nutcase must vote the conservatives out in November. If we don’t get rid of them now, everyone except heterosexual white Christian bible thumping male theocrats will be thoroughly fucked.

[louiswinthorpe111]

We all need to go door knocking for Democrats in November. Registering people to vote. Just voting alone isn't going to do it.

[constancespry]

^^ Voter turnout of registered dem voters is very low in red states. I think providing transportation for those who have a hard time getting to the polls would help a lot, as well as canvassing.

[Pixie]

I am so beyond outraged I’m gonna have to scream in a pillow.
I hope those motherfuckers are voted out of office but I have very little hope, people seem to constantly be voting against their own interests. When they vote (though from what I understood voting in the US is complicated, especially if you’re * oh surprise * poor, and black/Hispanic)

I am so so sorry for everyone who will be forced to carry to term an unwanted pregnancy, and for all those who will die getting an abortion in unsafe conditions.
And for all of you guys who have to live in that shitshow of a country wher your voices don’t matter.