The Satanic Temple challenges new Texas abortion law citing religious freedom

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

It's perfect - because we need to remind Texans and the Supreme Court OF THE FUCKING NECESSITY OF THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!

(Roe vs Wade should have protected women from "Christian" extremists.)

[–]Noam_Chomsky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Roe vs Wade should have protected women from "Christian" extremists.

Wrong again.

The legalization of abortion was an covert eugenic program.

Abortion clinics are often located in minority neighborhoods.

https://rtl.org/multicultural-outreach/black-abortion-statistics/

33.6% of all abortions in the U.S. in 2016 were performed on Black women, however, only about 13.4% of the total population is Black.

The most dangerous period of a black person's life is in the womb.

Edit:

For every 1,000 live births, non-Hispanic Black women had 335 abortions. Non-Hispanic White women had 110 abortions per 1,000 live births.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

covert eugenic program.

Any evidence of this from reliable sources? (I seriously doubt it.)

Abortion clinics are often located in minority neighborhoods

Poor and middle class people tend to live in these areas, where the clinics are needed most. (Numerous poor and middle-class people are not minorities.) Your reference is to blacks, which is only one of the minority groups.

For every 1,000 live births...

Is 'Right to Life of Michigan' heavily biased and devoted to spreading misinformation and propaganda because Church groups fund them to do just that? (An easy answer to this.)

I personally think abortions should not be permitted after the first trimester, because higher brain structures appear between weeks 12 and 16 (and consciousness by week 24). Texas and the Supreme Court are however playing politics with Roe v Wade (and with women's lives and rights), and there will be more attempts to overturn R v W with Supreme Court decisions that will reduce the rights of women beyond the points previously protected by R v W. It's sickening.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I personally think abortions should not be permitted after the first trimester, because higher brain structures appear between weeks 12 and 16 (and consciousness by week 24).

This is the sensible position that most Americans agree with.

(and with women's lives and rights),

This is the crux of that matter. Horrific punishment of rape victims by forcing them to bring the rapists spawn to term. And breeding more rapists, if there's a genetic component to the propensity to rape.

But Texas republicans' hate is rising against women. Probably related to there being one in the second highest office in the land. Humans have history on this. The witch trials peaked when Elizabeth I was on the English throne.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Indeed - I wish more voters would appreciate the history of religious extremism, and the potential outcomes of state challenges to Roe v Wade, which is a form of class warfare, religious warfare, and male dominance. I think women can be trusted to look after their own bodies, especially in the first trimester, when they should have safe options for themselves. If I remember correctly, getting an abortion - and especially an unsafe coat-hanger abortion - reduces a woman's potential for pregnancies thereafter. So the "Christian" argument that women will be irresponsible because they're so horny won't work. Planned Parenthood - in states that support it - helps women understand the risks of pregnancy. Do churches have a form of Planned Parenthood? Not really.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Roe vs Wade is dead.

The SCOTUS had allowed a law designed to violate it stand.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep - now there's a legal precedent to violate R v W.