SCOTUS overturns Roe megathread (pg 53 - confirmed)

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Jesus Christ, just say "people". "Birthing bodies" appeals to no one.

Agreed, but no idea why anyone who's ostensibly trans-inclusive would be offended by the sentiment of including trans people who can get pregnant.

No idea? I would have though the objectification would be self evident.

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Mccaskill rides to the defence of her friend.

https://twitter.com/rjw411/status/1540371401370124289?s=20&t=b0tiRtnqF-Aa2fH...

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I can see this drastically altering the midterms.

There may well be a red wave but it will be extremely blunted now. If we don’t go into recession…if inflation is no longer a big issue…we could actually see a blue wave.

It's a big legal decision sure, but in most states not much will acdually change for most people. Solidly democratic states will keep abortion legal, while Republican states will go from being de facto illegal to de jure illegal. It might have an impact in North Carolina and Florida if the legislatures pass abortion bans, and strengthen Democratic governors in the midwest, but I am uncertain it will matter in the rest of the country.

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Lastly, a lot of progressives salty about Cisneros losing have been eagerly using this ruling to attack Democrats, as though we're only just now realizing that Cuellar being pro-life is bad.  Like just stop.  Cisneros was a terrible candidate, and as her post-loss bitching and conspiracy-mongering temper tantrum have shown, we absolutely dodged a bullet.  She was so bad that she lost in a primary to a pro-life Dem three times but we're supposed to be confident that she could win a D+5 district in a red wave year?  Democrats don't like that Cuellar is pro-life, but he's a representative so it doesn't really matter, and they didn't want to lose the seat.  This is the obvious reason why the party turned out for Cuellar but progressives refuse to accept it and instead insist it was some grand conspiracy where the party is secretly pro-life.  Grow up.
 Because they understand that just voting consistently is enough to get most of that they want.

Did you tell people to grow up when they attacked Bernie for backing a pro life mayoral candidate in Omaha?

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wElL AcTuAlLy gAs pRiCeS ArE MoRe iMpOrTaNt tHaN YoUr rIgHtS is a hell of a pickup line.

The issue of inflation is more important than the issue of abortion

But voting for Republicans over inflation is merely a protest vote - they have no plan to fix it and can’t, anyway - while voting for Republicans or Democrats over abortion has a direct line to policy.

I liked your post because I agree with it, but you can't expect people to behave so reasonably.

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Could the Arizona abortion ban flip the state legislature?