25-06-2022, 11:16 AM
By those evil controlling bastards in the USA. Despite it being expected to happen, it has still come as a shock that such blatantly anti women, controlling measures can take place in the 21st century.
I wonder when we can expect similar laws governing men's fertility?? Oh right - never. Despite men being able to start many times more pregnancies than any woman can.
You really have to wonder about the levels of both intelligence & sanity in those who are responsible for this idiocy; they clearly either have little idea or simply do not care, about the consequences from this piece of hatred.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898
"[b]Millions of women in the US will lose the constitutional right to abortion, after the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision.[/b]
The judgement paves the way for individual states to ban the procedure.
Half are expected to introduce new restrictions or bans. Thirteen have already passed so-called trigger laws to automatically outlaw abortion.
President Joe Biden described it as "a tragic error" and urged states to enact laws to allow the procedure.
After the Supreme Court ruling, abortion access is expected to be cut off for about 36 million women of reproductive age, according to research from Planned Parenthood, a healthcare organisation that provides abortions."
So that's potentially 36 million more people, if each potential mother has just one child. Have the fools who did this considered how America, a country which is now struggling to provide for all its people to a reasonable level, can possibly cope with that many more people??
But that isn't what this is about; this is about controlling women - nothing more or less than that. Had it been genuine concern then provision for exceptions in cases of rape, mother's life in danger, foetus no longer viable etc. etc. would have been made.
Some states have 'trigger laws' ready to go into effect - just in case any woman has control over her body once this piece of infamy happens.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/24/polit...index.html
"Going forward, abortion rights will be determined by states, unless Congress acts. Already, nearly half of the states have or will pass laws that ban abortion while others have enacted strict measures regulating the procedure.
The vote was 5-4 in favor of overturning Roe. In a joint dissenting opinion, Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan heavily criticized the majority, closing: "With sorrow -- for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection -- we dissent."
At least 21 states have laws or constitutional amendments already in place that would make them certain to attempt to ban abortion as quickly as possible, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which favors abortion rights. And an additional four states are likely to ban abortions as soon as possible without federal protections."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...ppens-next
"However, anti-abortion laws are not national. The US will have a patchwork of laws, including restrictions and protections, because some Democratic-led states such as California and New York expanded reproductive rights in the run-up to the decision.
Even so, new abortion bans will make the US one of just four nations to roll back abortion rights since 1994, and by far the wealthiest and most influential nation to do so.
More than half (58%) of all US women of reproductive age – or 40 million people – live in states hostile to abortion.
A final group of states intends to ban abortion very early in pregnancy, often before women know they are pregnant. One such state is Georgia, where abortion will be banned at six weeks. Several states, such as Texas, have multiple bans in place.
A majority of members of the House of Representatives support an abortion rights statute, as does the White House.
However, Republicans are almost certain to block abortion rights laws in the Senate, which is evenly split with Democrats. One Democratic senator, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, has repeatedly crossed party lines to vote against abortion rights. That leaves just 49 Democrats, far short of the support needed to pass such a measure.
To overcome the evenly split Senate, Democrats would need to win landslide victories in the upcoming midterm elections. However, despite the fact that popular opinion favors abortion rights, it is unclear how the midterms could be swayed by the issue.
And, regardless of the outcome of the next election, Dobbs will forever change life in the US. The lives of individuals will be irrevocably altered as people are denied reproductive healthcare, face long journeys or are forced to give birth."
I wonder when we can expect similar laws governing men's fertility?? Oh right - never. Despite men being able to start many times more pregnancies than any woman can.
You really have to wonder about the levels of both intelligence & sanity in those who are responsible for this idiocy; they clearly either have little idea or simply do not care, about the consequences from this piece of hatred.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898
"[b]Millions of women in the US will lose the constitutional right to abortion, after the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision.[/b]
The judgement paves the way for individual states to ban the procedure.
Half are expected to introduce new restrictions or bans. Thirteen have already passed so-called trigger laws to automatically outlaw abortion.
President Joe Biden described it as "a tragic error" and urged states to enact laws to allow the procedure.
After the Supreme Court ruling, abortion access is expected to be cut off for about 36 million women of reproductive age, according to research from Planned Parenthood, a healthcare organisation that provides abortions."
So that's potentially 36 million more people, if each potential mother has just one child. Have the fools who did this considered how America, a country which is now struggling to provide for all its people to a reasonable level, can possibly cope with that many more people??
But that isn't what this is about; this is about controlling women - nothing more or less than that. Had it been genuine concern then provision for exceptions in cases of rape, mother's life in danger, foetus no longer viable etc. etc. would have been made.
Some states have 'trigger laws' ready to go into effect - just in case any woman has control over her body once this piece of infamy happens.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/24/polit...index.html
"Going forward, abortion rights will be determined by states, unless Congress acts. Already, nearly half of the states have or will pass laws that ban abortion while others have enacted strict measures regulating the procedure.
The vote was 5-4 in favor of overturning Roe. In a joint dissenting opinion, Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan heavily criticized the majority, closing: "With sorrow -- for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection -- we dissent."
At least 21 states have laws or constitutional amendments already in place that would make them certain to attempt to ban abortion as quickly as possible, according to the Guttmacher Institute, which favors abortion rights. And an additional four states are likely to ban abortions as soon as possible without federal protections."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...ppens-next
"However, anti-abortion laws are not national. The US will have a patchwork of laws, including restrictions and protections, because some Democratic-led states such as California and New York expanded reproductive rights in the run-up to the decision.
Even so, new abortion bans will make the US one of just four nations to roll back abortion rights since 1994, and by far the wealthiest and most influential nation to do so.
More than half (58%) of all US women of reproductive age – or 40 million people – live in states hostile to abortion.
A final group of states intends to ban abortion very early in pregnancy, often before women know they are pregnant. One such state is Georgia, where abortion will be banned at six weeks. Several states, such as Texas, have multiple bans in place.
A majority of members of the House of Representatives support an abortion rights statute, as does the White House.
However, Republicans are almost certain to block abortion rights laws in the Senate, which is evenly split with Democrats. One Democratic senator, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, has repeatedly crossed party lines to vote against abortion rights. That leaves just 49 Democrats, far short of the support needed to pass such a measure.
To overcome the evenly split Senate, Democrats would need to win landslide victories in the upcoming midterm elections. However, despite the fact that popular opinion favors abortion rights, it is unclear how the midterms could be swayed by the issue.
And, regardless of the outcome of the next election, Dobbs will forever change life in the US. The lives of individuals will be irrevocably altered as people are denied reproductive healthcare, face long journeys or are forced to give birth."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)