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In reply to the discussion: If you think these fascists and white supremacists won't try to get rid of the 13th Amendment [View all]unblock
(53,917 posts)5. Frankly I don't see how banning abortion doesn't violate the 13th already
If a woman body is being used against her will in service of the government, the fetus, and perhaps the father, and they the have eliminated or criminalized any alternative, how is this not 40 weeks of slavery, at least involuntary servitude?
The 13th amendment didn't narrowly ban commercial of lifelong slavery. It banned all slavery and involuntary servitude. How does forcing a woman to carry a fetus to term not fall until this definition?
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If you think these fascists and white supremacists won't try to get rid of the 13th Amendment [View all]
malaise
Apr 2024
OP
1) the 13th specifies involuntary servitude in prison for crimes. 2) because women are a special category...
Hekate
Apr 2024
#7
The current, Subversive Court doesn't care about logic, law, precedent, or the Constitution.
Hermit-The-Prog
Apr 2024
#43
They'll probably try to do away with the whole Constitution, de facto or otherwise.
malthaussen
Apr 2024
#8
Totally. Did you see video from that Maine Republican who stood up at the podium in her state and asked
PatrickforB
Apr 2024
#9
Their whole campaign is to completely reconstruct the Constitution..................
Lovie777
Apr 2024
#27