Abortion

[calodo2003]

Obviously abortion shouldn’t be banned but here’s another angle on it - I see lots of people saying things like “it should be the woman's choice, no one else’s“. But, what about the poor dad-to-be? Don’t they get a choice either way?

Nah.

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Why should he have? Does he carry the baby - is it his body?
Life just tells you that at the end in most of the cases the poor dad-to-be can be out of it (often without paying child support) and the mom-to-be has all the disadvantages in job, money, life.

Doesn’t the dad normally have to pay child support if they’re not together? Or do you not agree that they should?

 

[Withnail]

I didn't write it, it's a popular idiom, one that was generally accepted up until the line was drawn in the sand and everyone had to chose a side. Now people defend their sides at all costs and no one looks at the bad of their own side.

Don't you have it backwards and a bit sideways?

conservatives think liberals are stupid, and liberals think conservatives are evil

 

[Kearnkoff69]

This is exactly what makes the US constitution and its relationship to the Supreme Court so bad. It's up to the 9 people on the Supreme Court (who were all put there for partisan reasons by whatever party was in power when their predecessor happened to retire or die) to decide what the intent of the founding fathers was with the Constitution. Because obviously it says nothing about abortion, nothing about modern weapons, nothing about internet surveillance, etc. They get to decide. And if you happen to get three picks in your term, like Trump did, suddenly everything changes. Biden and the Dems in Congress can win 70% of the vote next election, and it still wouldn't alter the fact that those three people are going to be there for decades to come, deciding. In a democracy.

It's just a bad system. It might well have made perfect sense in the 18th century, but since then other countries have figured out better and more up-to-date ways of doing things.

Edit: I'm not an American, I'm just upset like one.

The only nitpick I have with your complaints, with which I agree wholeheartedly in principle, is that things are set up such that they aren't supposed to change radically if you get new Justices on the Court. The principle of stare decisis was created to avoid radical shifts in law and interpretation of the Constitution (in short, stare decisis imposed a test for overturning old law that looked to (1) intervening events between the old ruling and the new case; (2) reasonable expectations or reliance on such old law by society; and (3) risk of undermining faith in the law. In large part, the Court has been steadfast in adhering to stare decisis, the problem being that the new Court is full of Justices who don't really give a rat's ass about it and would prefer to see it thrown out when it suits their idealogical leanings. Hence how you get a decision like Dobbs.

 

[calodo2003]

Terrible timing of this, the day after Title IX’s fiftieth anniversary.

 

[nimic]

The only nitpick I have with your complaints, with which I agree wholeheartedly in principle, is that things are set up such that they aren't supposed to change radically if you get new Justices on the Court. The principle of stare decisis was created to avoid radical shifts in law and interpretation of the Constitution (in short, stare decisis imposed a test for overturning old law that looked to (1) intervening events between the old ruling and the new case; (2) reasonable expectations or reliance on such old law by society; and (3) risk of undermining faith in the law. In large part, the Court has been steadfast in adhering to stare decisis, the problem being that the new Court is full of Justices who don't really give a rat's ass about it and would prefer to see it thrown out when it suits their idealogical leanings. Hence how you get a decision like Dobbs.

Good nit picking, you make an important point.

 

[calodo2003]

We’ll see a lot more of this…

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[WI_Red]

Doesn’t the dad normally have to pay child support if they’re not together? Or do you not agree that they should?

He does and he should, but it is not even close to an equivalent situation. If the sex was consensual, they both, by definition, are equally responsible for the child when it is born. If the farther gets custody the mother will pay child support and vice versa. However, if a woman decides to not carry the child the man can't just take over the duties of being pregnant, it is not an equal situation.

 

[WI_Red]

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My company's HR sent out an internal memo saying that in light of the ruling they are looking at ways to ensure continuous access to all medical care we currently have, regardless of whether that requires travel to another state. Seeing as how almost all employees are in WI that is going to be a thing.

 

[calodo2003]

My company's HR sent out an internal memo saying that in light of the ruling they are looking at ways to ensure continuous access to all medical care we currently have, regardless of whether that requires travel to another state. Seeing as how almost all employees are in WI that is going to be a thing.

This ruling will make a difference as to where large companies move.

Completely off topic, but I think I know where this money came from…

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[Fingeredmouse]

Obviously abortion shouldn’t be banned but here’s another angle on it - I see lots of people saying things like “it should be the woman's choice, no one else’s“. But, what about the poor dad-to-be? Don’t they get a choice either way?

Nope.

 

[Withnail]

Doesn’t the dad normally have to pay child support if they’re not together? Or do you not agree that they should?

He doesn't get to decide whether or not she carries the baby for 9 months. Child support isn't exactly relevant to the conversation.

 

[calodo2003]

Interesting…

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[VorZakone]

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[MTF]

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I wish I were this confident, it would be slightly reassuring.

 

[shamans]

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This is what I sort of predicted earlier in the thread and it's good to see.

I tbh thought it would be governments but if private companies can fund some and governments of the other states fund the others there can be a workaround.

 

[Ekkie Thump]

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Good luck finding the end of the coming christofascist utopia.

 

[calodo2003]

This is what I sort of predicted earlier in the thread and it's good to see.

I tbh thought it would be governments but if private companies can fund some and governments of the other states fund the others there can be a workaround.

I think there would be pushback or bureaucratic gridlock from local / state governments, especially in red states. But one can hope. Private companies might have to do the heavy lifting on this, but their impact will be limited numbers-wise unfortunately.

 

[calodo2003]

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Good luck finding the end of the coming christofascist utopia.

We might be about to see a true slippery slope in the near future.

 

[Rado_N]

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[calodo2003]

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[RedTiger]

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Not once new districts are drawn up.

 

[nimic]

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Until they make it a crime to in any way help anyone get an abortion. Pay a taxi that drives someone to the state where they get an abortion? Accessory to murder (or something). I can see that coming in some of the most regressive states.

 

[calodo2003]

Until they make it a crime to in any way help anyone get an abortion. Pay a taxi that drives someone to the state where they get an abortion? Accessory to murder (or something). I can see that coming in some of the most regressive states.

No doubt that’s in the offing. That’s why I posted that ‘Traffic Stop’ clip a few pages ago; it could get that bad.

 

[Bebe]

Obviously abortion shouldn’t be banned but here’s another angle on it - I see lots of people saying things like “it should be the woman's choice, no one else’s“. But, what about the poor dad-to-be? Don’t they get a choice either way?

Chappelle covered this point well I think. She's got the right to abort, but if she keeps it and the guy doesn't want any part of it, he doesn't have to. "If you can abort, I can abandon".

 

[Jericholyte2]

Where can I put money on a full blown Civil War happening in the not-too-distant future?

 

[WI_Red]

Chappelle covered this point well I think. She's got the right to abort, but if she keeps it and the guy doesn't want any part of it, he doesn't have to. "If you can abort, I can abandon".

"Covered it well". Wow.

 

[Fingeredmouse]

Chappelle covered this point well I think. She's got the right to abort, but if she keeps it and the guy doesn't want any part of it, he doesn't have to. "If you can abort, I can abandon".

You know, I'd seen this Chappelle chap hailed as a genius, but reckoned he sounded like a prick and kept clear. Seems I was right.

 

[nimic]

Chappelle covered this point well I think. She's got the right to abort, but if she keeps it and the guy doesn't want any part of it, he doesn't have to. "If you can abort, I can abandon".

The money isn't for her, it's for the kid. This would just punish a whole lot of kids.

 

[sullydnl]

Chappelle covered this point well I think. She's got the right to abort, but if she keeps it and the guy doesn't want any part of it, he doesn't have to. "If you can abort, I can abandon".

Luckily for Chappelle it was comedy. Because if he or anyone else had that attitude in real life, they'd be a scumbag.

 

[Bebe]

Lads, I'm being a bit tongue in cheek (as, presumably, was Chappelle). Maybe not the best day for it in hindsight.

 

[Cloud7]

Obviously abortion shouldn’t be banned but here’s another angle on it - I see lots of people saying things like “it should be the woman's choice, no one else’s“. But, what about the poor dad-to-be? Don’t they get a choice either way?

Poor dad to be isn’t at risk of eclampsia, amniotic fluid emboli (a doctor in my hospital died of this last year) or peripartum cardiomyopathy all of which can kill you. Poor dad to be can quite frankly go feck himself. Men should not have any choice in anything to do with pregnancy whatsoever. Pregnancy is the most risky thing a woman can ever do.

 

[MarylandMUFan]

Most of the interviews I have seen on CNN with pro-life people have all started with something along the lines of "Our prayers were answered". I hate it when we allow religion to dictate public policy.

 

[MarylandMUFan]

Poor dad to be isn’t at risk of eclampsia, amniotic fluid emboli (a doctor in my hospital died of this last year) or peripartum cardiomyopathy all of which can kill you. Poor dad to be can quite frankly go feck himself. Men should not have any choice in anything to do with pregnancy whatsoever. Pregnancy is the most risky thing a woman can ever do.

Exactly. If poor dad had to carry the baby, abortion would have been free and easy centuries ago.

 

[Reiver]

I just can't understand the US. They won't approve gun reform that will help keep actual people, living breathing children safe. But certain people have went to all this effort to preserve the embryonic life of the foetus. It doesn't seem right.

 

[calodo2003]

I just can't understand the US. They won't approve gun reform that will help keep actual people, living breathing children safe. But certain people have went to all this effort to preserve the embryonic life of the foetus. It doesn't seem right.

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[The Purley King]

A classic example of religion sticking its beak where it isn’t welcome.
Not going to affect me ever (unless one of my kids moves to the US against my wishes) but what a sad day……..

 

[maniak]

Until they make it a crime to in any way help anyone get an abortion. Pay a taxi that drives someone to the state where they get an abortion? Accessory to murder (or something). I can see that coming in some of the most regressive states.

What if 50 million people donate a cent each, how would they prosecute that?

 

[Kanu]

I'll probably be labelled a conspiracy theorist, but surely there has to be a bigger agenda behind this. Like, it's not just because "crazy Christians".

Considering that country doesn't seem to be ruled by Christians, but rather by large corporations/rich folk.

 

[calodo2003]

I'll probably be labelled a conspiracy theorist, but surely there has to be a bigger agenda behind this. Like, it's not just because "crazy Christians".

Considering that country doesn't seem to be ruled by Christians, but rather by large corporations/rich folk.

Watch ‘The Family’ on Netflix.

It is also somewhat crazy Christians at the state & local level.