On the first day of its new term, the U.S. Supreme Court in an unsigned opinion upheld a lower court ruling that enforces Texas’ ban on certain emergency abortions. The Biden administration had sought to overturn the ban and enforce its policy requiring hospitals to perform the emergency, potentiall...
  • DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world
    77·
    3 hours ago

    Conservatives did this. Trump was the tool they used, but this would have happened under Jeb! or any other Republican president as well.

    Don’t let the rest of the party off the hook. They all own this.

  • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 hours ago

    Amber Thurmond should still be alive. And there are a lot of people who should still be alive, and I certainly wish that she was. - JD Vance at the debate

    We’ve got to do so much better of a job at earning the American People’s trust back on this issue where they frankly just don’t trust us. - Also JD Vance at the debate

    Not hard to connect these dots JD

    • almar_quigley@lemmy.world
      231·
      3 hours ago

      I agree both major parties had a hand in this directly or indirectly. But only one has any chance of changing this for the better.

    • BajaTacos@lemm.ee
      92·
      2 hours ago

      As if these zealots wouldn’t have ruled it unconstitutional or slowly weakend it with a series of cases anyway. See recent decisions gutting Voting Rights Act, weakening the Clean Water Act, Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Dodd-Frank and other federal laws.

      • crusa187@lemmy.ml
        42·
        1 hour ago

        Look, republicans suck ass, it’s true. But if Dems had codified Roe into law either time they had the supermajority (two chances in the last 20 years), then the corrupt SC wouldn’t have been able to do jack shit. If dems had any integrity, they would shoulder a significant amount of the blame for this issue, because they had their chance and deemed it “not a priority.”

        • BajaTacos@lemm.ee
          21·
          32 minutes ago

          Sure, Dems absolutely should have codified it. However, a federal law protecting abortion rights as health care against the religious freedom of a regional Catholic hospital’s beliefs not to save a mother’s life with an abortion would be the test case and I’m pretty sure I know how 5 of the Justices would vote. This SCOTUS know they have unchecked power and are no longer afraid to wield it.

          • crusa187@lemmy.ml
            21·
            27 minutes ago

            Would be interesting to see that play out fully. Here’s hoping we get the chance to do so in the next few years. Its so heartbreaking that so many women are suffering/dying because of these regressive policy positions.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              4 minutes ago

              I’ll never, ever forget the very first thing Democrats did when Republicans successfully overturned Roe.

              They sent out a mass text asking for $15 donations because of what had just happened.

              They had that shit ready to go immediately. Maybe if they had put a fraction of that preparation into having legislation ready to go, they wouldn’t have wasted their opportunities to protect Americans’ rights.

              But at least they did for the only thing that matters. Fundraising.