If Florida and North Carolina are no longer able to provide abortion care—something that Cotham’s party defection makes all the more likely—the closest clinics for people residing in southern states are in Virginia, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas, and Illinois—though Republicans are now starting to come after interstate abortion travel as well, so having a health care oasis nearby by may soon become irrelevant for much of the population, anyway.
There was a point that I, young dumb and liberal, wondered why we didn't just cede abortion to the states rights people. Stop spending so much money and time trying to make it a national thing, redirect that to relief efforts to get people the time off and travel funds they needed to go somewhere where abortion was actually legal.
Of course these fucking Christo-fascists aren't content to police their own borders. Of course they're going to reconstitute modern day equivalents of "slave catchers" to persecute and emmiserate their poor/control women's bodies in every corner of this country. You can't compromise with fascists. I realize that now.
I'll leave this tweet thread here. It can be shared with libs so there's a greater chance they can grok what's coming and that Voting! won't work to stop the GOP justices on the supreme court. Biden and the democrats should have moved heaven and earth to pack the court. But of course they didn't. The thread is about the right to privacy. For brevity and clarity I edited it. If you want links - they are in the thread.
Roe v. Wade is based on the "right to privacy." If the majority opinion by SCOTUS suggests that the constitution does not protect the right to privacy... that affects a WHOLE lot of other decisions. Buckle up - this is the beginning of a lot of potential ugliness.
Lawrence v. Texas: Decided in 2003, the court used the Right to Privacy to determine that it's unconstitutional to punish people for committing sodomy. The Roe ruling could open the door for criminalizing homosexuality.
Griswold v. Connecticut: Decided in 1965, this case protects the ability of married couples to buy contraceptives without government restriction. This isn't just about abortion. Next up, contraceptives.
Loving v. Virginia: This 1968 case, which threw out laws banning interracial marriages, was decided based on the right to privacy. If a state wanted to prohibit who people could marry - there is no protection from that without a right to privacy.
Stanley v Georgia: This 1969 case found that there was a right to privacy around possession pornography. If a state wants to outlaw pornography or certain forms of adult pornography, it could do that without the right to privacy.
Obergefell v. Hodges: The 2015 opinion that legalized same sex marriage used the right to privacy and the equal protection clause to do so. This could open the door for a state to try to test same sex marriage laws.
Meyer v. Nebraska: This 1923 ruling allows families to decide for themselves if they want their children to learn a language other than English. This could open the door for racist states to try to outlaw learning their family's languages.
Skinner v Oklahoma: This 1942 ruling found that it's unconstitutional to forcibly sterilize people. The Roe ruling could open the door for criminals, disabled people or BIPOC folks to be forcibly sterilized.
Okay. That's a quick overview of the judicial chaos that could occur in the aftermath of striking down Roe v Wade. All of these decisions might no longer be settled law and states could try to test them by creating laws designed to test the courts.
There was a point that I, young dumb and liberal, wondered why we didn't just cede abortion to the states rights people. Stop spending so much money and time trying to make it a national thing, redirect that to relief efforts to get people the time off and travel funds they needed to go somewhere where abortion was actually legal.
Of course these fucking Christo-fascists aren't content to police their own borders. Of course they're going to reconstitute modern day equivalents of "slave catchers" to persecute and emmiserate their poor/control women's bodies in every corner of this country. You can't compromise with fascists. I realize that now.
:compromise: but it's actually just another guillotine emoji
I would also accept shinzo abe bleeding out.
:nazi-punching: or this lmao
It should be Bernie
I'll leave this tweet thread here. It can be shared with libs so there's a greater chance they can grok what's coming and that Voting! won't work to stop the GOP justices on the supreme court. Biden and the democrats should have moved heaven and earth to pack the court. But of course they didn't. The thread is about the right to privacy. For brevity and clarity I edited it. If you want links - they are in the thread.
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