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kairos12

(12,852 posts) Thu May 16, 2019, 12:42 AM May 2019

Many states had very strict anti-abortion laws on the books before Roe v. Wade and were

never struck down or suspended.

Arizona, where I live, is one of them.

It is wise to know what is on the books of the states you live in today.

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Many states had very strict anti-abortion laws on the books before Roe v. Wade and were (Original Post) kairos12 May 2019 OP

Yessirree -- Sleeper Laws lying in wait. Hekate May 2019 #1

And Roe v. Wade was based on the previous decision on the right to privacy pnwmom May 2019 #2

I wouldn't be surprised if these dangerous clowns went after all of them. dem4decades May 2019 #3

in illinois, we passed a law mopinko May 2019 #4

Hekate

(90,633 posts)

1. Yessirree -- Sleeper Laws lying in wait.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2019, 01:14 AM

May 2019

pnwmom

(108,973 posts)

2. And Roe v. Wade was based on the previous decision on the right to privacy

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2019, 03:03 AM

May 2019

that allowed people to use contraception -- Griswold v. Connecticut.

That same case later ended laws that made it a crime to engage in gay sex (sodomy).

And all that made the marriage equality ruling possible.

dem4decades

(11,282 posts)

3. I wouldn't be surprised if these dangerous clowns went after all of them.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #2)

Thu May 16, 2019, 05:46 AM

May 2019

And the Brown decision too.

mopinko

(70,074 posts)

4. in illinois, we passed a law

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2019, 08:47 AM

May 2019

that says that even if roe is struck down, it will continue to be legal in illinois.

nobody here wants to go back to the day when cook county hospital had a whole ward for women who had botched abortion. it was called the sepsis ward.

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