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Yesterday’s decision shows that the right are willing, able, and working actively to
dismantle the cornerstones of modern democratic life.Does the Roe vs Wade decision mean that more states will be likely to 'criminalise' miscarriages?
peter_h-
Yes it does.
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https://microcosm.app/out/4D8Ai
This is a good summary, 13 states have trigger bans in place
https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2022/06/13-states-have-abortion-trigger-bans-heres-what-happens-when-roe-overturned -
Just to be technical, the new precedent is ‘Dobbs v. Jackson’, which overturned Roe v Wade.
Yep as Villa_ru said. It’s at a point where women are being advised to delete their period tracking apps in order to avoid potentially incriminating themselves in an alleged abortion. Some states (iirc) have already made it illegal for residents to get abortions outside the state, and good luck to any that tragically have a natural miscarriage out of the country. Anti-abortion activists will find encouragement from this ruling as they bully clinics and patients in states where it’s still legal.
That’s where it’s at right now. Undoing it will take a lot of political capital and legal work, and time. Meanwhile, the republicans will continue down their list of targets.
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Management at some hospitals are very worried about being prosecuted for performing medically necessary abortions.
Many women will die because they will be unable to travel to a safe place for the procedure, and they can’t get one locally.
Remember- the decision to prosecute will not be made by someone qualified as an OB/Gyn, it will be made by a district attorney hoping to exploit the case for political gain.
villa-ru
greentricky
Muc-ed-off
davidual
Oh yeah, however thus far it’s been relatively well defended against in both countries: women can get contraception without their husband’s express permission, gay people can still marry and have sex without being jailed, teens can express non-hetero preferences, trans and inter people are slowly being accepted…
Yesterday’s decision shows that the right are willing, able, and working actively to dismantle the cornerstones of modern democratic life. The way things are going, women will lose access to legal contraception, sodomy laws will come back on the books, and the excessive policing power of the state will grow as individual rights and freedoms shrink. This isn’t doomsaying, this is reading the republican playbook and actually believing them.