Roe v. Wade on the verge of being overturned?

[bmw]

Also, "my body, my choice" makes a return after being on hiatus since March, 2020.

It would have been nice if the media has been even 1 percent as concerned about the loss of personal liberties and freedoms imposed by government over Covid as it is about the loss of the "right" to an abortion. Not only were they not concerned, they were fully onboard with the taking away of those rights. Particularly egregious was the forced shutdown of churches. If that wasn't a First Amendment violation, I don't know what was. But the media either didn't care or outright supported that loss of freedom.

[Honeyman]

Roe v. Wade passed 7-2. I think 5 of the votes came from Republican appointed judges. This is a complete travesty.

[Bryce]

Roe v. Wade passed 7-2. I think 5 of the votes came from Republican appointed judges. This is a complete travesty.

Interestingly, the Dred Scott decision was 7-2 also. The legal reasoning in Roe, claiming a right to privacy under the 14th amendment, was just as bad.

[Honeyman]

Roe v. Wade passed 7-2. I think 5 of the votes came from Republican appointed judges. This is a complete travesty.

Interestingly, the Dred Scott decision was 7-2 also.

You were probably pissed that got overturned, huh?

[Bryce]

You were probably pissed that got overturned, huh?

No, I was a Republican.

[Honeyman]

You were probably pissed that got overturned, huh?

No, I was a Republican.

You're older than I thought!

[bmw]

Roe v. Wade passed 7-2. I think 5 of the votes came from Republican appointed judges. This is a complete travesty.

Why not Congress just codify the protections found within Roe v. Wade? Technically speaking, the overturning of Roe v. Wade wouldn't send the issue to the states; rather, it would simply send the issue to elected representatives.

[Bryce]

You're older than I thought!

I find the term older somewhat offensive, I'm Impressive!

[Honeyman]

You're older than I thought!

I find the term older somewhat offensive, I'm Impressive!

My bad...

[Lester The Nightfly]

Justice Roberts has announced a launch of a probe regarding the leak of the draft opinion.

I agree with Ben Zonia that harsh consequences are appropriate if the leaker was someone on staff.

It was 100% Breyer. Probably did it all himself to keep his clerks out of hot water. He's 83, one foot out the door, his replacement has been confirmed and doesn't owe Roberts one fuck of respect for letting the court turn into a shitshow that it is.

As for the ruling itself, two things. If we are to accept Alito's premise that R v. W should be stuck down because "it is not deeply rooted in the Nation's history" means any civil protections ruled on in the last 50 years is now fair game. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Obergefell, the whole shit-eroo gone *poof*.

The other thing is it's proof positive (like we need further evidence) that conservatives have no moral issue with punching down and standing on the necks of those who are least able to fight back. Does anyone believe some white middle class family whose daughter gets impregnated by the school quarterback or the infamous big black rapist is not going to duck the law and get the issue quietly taken care of? Nope, the privileged will smugly pat themselves on the back congratulating each other about how many lives they've saved and ignoring how many lives they've ruined.

[bmw]

...no moral issue with punching down and standing on the necks of those who are least able to fight back.

If that doesn't perfectly describe the left's view of an unborn child, I don't know what does.

[Lester The Nightfly]

...no moral issue with punching down and standing on the necks of those who are least able to fight back.

If that doesn't perfectly describe the left's view of an unborn child, I don't know what does.

Yet you seem to ignore the two sentences that followed. Since you're big into making wagers, I'll fly out to Grand Rapids and buy you the biggest steak Ruth's Chris has to offer the day a conservative gets tossed in jail for breaking the law they themselves enacted by getting an abortion for their wife or daughter in need for whatever the reason.

[bmw]

Both of your posts reek of speculation. When a state passes a law outright banning all abortions under all circumstances then we'll see what happens. But until then...

And as if leftist elites haven't been caught time and time again violating their own various Covid restrictions that they impose on others. No speculation there. It has been documented. Many times.

[Lester The Nightfly]

Both of your posts reek of speculation. When a state passes a law outright banning all abortions under all circumstances then we'll see what happens. But until then...

And as if leftist elites haven't been caught time and time again violating their own various Covid restrictions that they impose on others. No speculation there. It has been documented. Many times.

Keep up with the news, blanket restrictions are already in place. If you want to find some moral equivalency in not wearing a mask verses the distinct possibility that at Thanksgiving dinner you'll be sharing a meal with the man who raped your daughter (who also, by the way, could be Uncle Frank), go right ahead. I wouldn't expect any different from you.