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In reply to the discussion: Finally the cards are on the table. Right there in your face. They cannot be denied. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)63. Far more at stake than abortion. What if they overset
the implied "right to privacy" that limits government's authority over our bodily decisions and far beyond, such as with the internet? There are many abortion and other maternal procedure cases headed to SCOTUS, and one of those decisions may not limit itself to the due process clause of the 14th.
Reuters: On Monday, liberal Justice Stephen Breyer dissented when the court overturned a 1979 precedent in an unrelated case and in doing so cited the 1992 abortion ruling that upheld Roe. Todays decision can only cause one to wonder which cases the court will overrule next, he wrote.
Furthermore, the constitutional foundation for all the federal social programs is actually more like the stacks of concrete blocks -- implications taken from various parts of the constitution but nowhere stated.
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Finally the cards are on the table. Right there in your face. They cannot be denied. [View all]
boston bean
May 2019
OP
I'm pretty sure the government can prosecute you for going to Thailand to have sex with 15 y.o.'s
mr_lebowski
May 2019
#28
The simple way around that for these assholes is to say that the act of TRAVELLING TO ...
mr_lebowski
May 2019
#39
Maybe the rest of us sane people can make it into a big charity operation ...
mr_lebowski
May 2019
#41
If the state forces women to have a child, then the state should be liable for all expenses.
olegramps
May 2019
#32
Which is a riot, because Trump has undoubtedly forced/paid for more abortions...
Dave Starsky
May 2019
#25
Republican indifference to the humanity of female homo sapiens: past and present
CousinIT
May 2019
#3
Is there a link or print attribution for this? I'd really like to read more of it. Thanks.
ancianita
May 2019
#24
this is one aspect; the GOP is unconcerned with any kind of human rights across the board
anarch
May 2019
#10
bologne. There has been complacency by rank and file democrats poo pooing the idea that roe would
boston bean
May 2019
#17
I've posted this fact on DU several times in threads like this one and it bears repeating.
llmart
May 2019
#13
I'm ready to fight, too. The majority must not be subordinate to any man. This was the first war
ancianita
May 2019
#27
We should be in the streets already, but as you said....complacency. Now is no time to stall.
Firestorm49
May 2019
#35
You know the morning after pill and birth control are next on their outlawing list!
kimbutgar
May 2019
#45