(03-05-2022, 07:27 PM)Zurdo Wrote: They don't like Mickey Mouse now either - it's the Sorry States now.Seriously? Whatever has Micky mouse done to annoy the pious ones?
Its interesting that many of those leading anti abortion groups are men, who can never become pregnant themselves. Perhaps women should start lobbying to prevent treatment for prostate cancer - it affects only male bodies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/us/su...ction.html
ÔÇ£WeÔÇÖre fighting a religious movement,ÔÇØ she said, ÔÇ£we have religious ideology being codified into law, and we have to have people of faith rising up and saying, ÔÇÿNot in our name.ÔÇÖÔÇØ
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supr...022-05-03/
"It's a fundamental shift in American jurisprudence," Biden said of Alito's draft, arguing that such a decision would call into question other rights including same-sex marriage, which the court recognized in 2015.
"If it becomes the law, and if what is written is what remains, it goes far beyond the concern of whether or not there is the right to choose," Biden added, referring to abortion rights.
The Roe decision recognized that the right to personal privacy under the U.S. Constitution protects a woman's ability to terminate her pregnancy.
Biden vowed to work toward getting Congress to pass legislation codifying the Roe ruling and urged voters to back candidates in the Nov. 8 congressional elections who support abortion rights."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...orm-scotus
The New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, warned that the court ÔÇ£isnÔÇÖt just coming for abortion ÔÇô theyÔÇÖre coming for the right to privacy Roe rests on, which includes gay marriage and civil rights.ÔÇØ
Biden, speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning, said the draft ruling had ramifications for ÔÇ£all the decisions you make in your private life, who you marry, whether or not you decide to conceive a child, whether or not you can have an abortion and a range of other decisions [including] how you raise your childÔÇØ.
Vice-president Kamala Harris said: ÔÇ£The rights of all Americans are at risk. If the right to privacy is weakened, every person could face a future in which the government can potentially interfere in the personal decisions you make about your life. This is the time to fight for women and for our country with everything we have.ÔÇØ
Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama issued a joint statement that read: ÔÇ£The consequences of this decision would be a blow not just to women, but to all of us who believe that in a free society, there are limits to how much the government can encroach on our personal lives.ÔÇØ
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)