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5. Frankly I don't see how banning abortion doesn't violate the 13th already
Tue Apr 9, 2024, 03:29 PM
Apr 2024

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?

absolutely incredible. RKP5637 Apr 2024 #1
Slavery legal for the imprisoned Johonny Apr 2024 #2
Yes, and too many people don't realize this ... n/t wackadoo wabbit Apr 2024 #37
If they get their way, 1/2 of the population will end up in de-facto slavery... Hekate Apr 2024 #3
Whoa...that last line is brutal! keep_left Apr 2024 #4
Nailed it malaise Apr 2024 #17
The selling and buying will the governement contracts.... TheRealNorth Apr 2024 #19
Spot on. It's hillbilly justice. onetexan Apr 2024 #41
Frankly I don't see how banning abortion doesn't violate the 13th already unblock Apr 2024 #5
1) the 13th specifies involuntary servitude in prison for crimes. 2) because women are a special category... Hekate Apr 2024 #7
Yeah, "special category" alright. calimary Apr 2024 #10
No man was born without a woman malaise Apr 2024 #11
But they never bother to bring that point in. calimary Apr 2024 #14
I love to ask "Where did Adam and Eve's sons get their wives?" rubbersole Apr 2024 #23
"Simple: Man came first." Dave Bowman Apr 2024 #18
Everyone remembers Adam's rib intheflow Apr 2024 #24
Genesis 1:27 is already suspect DFW Apr 2024 #42
The same goes for the 19th amendment.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #6
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
+1,000 malaise Apr 2024 #12
Totally. Did you see video from that Maine Republican who stood up at the podium in her state and asked PatrickforB Apr 2024 #9
A n carolina elected official was on camera saying he wants to lindysalsagal Apr 2024 #20
I saw that, too. What a jerk. n/t PatrickforB Apr 2024 #22
Some women would give up the right to vote in order to elect Trump keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #32
Unbelievable lindysalsagal Apr 2024 #38
Scary malaise Apr 2024 #25
K&R spanone Apr 2024 #13
A law of a territory Roy Rolling Apr 2024 #15
We aren't too far away from them moniss Apr 2024 #16
Aw hell BaronChocula Apr 2024 #21
Look at any group photo of republican Senators Bundbuster Apr 2024 #26
Their whole campaign is to completely reconstruct the Constitution.................. Lovie777 Apr 2024 #27
I'm concerned that folks think that someone TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #28
Let me put it this way malaise Apr 2024 #30
I'll probably not see the 2044 solar eclipse TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #31
Note that I wrote they'd try malaise Apr 2024 #36
Fair point TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #39
they got a plan, newdayneeded Apr 2024 #35
It doesn't require a repeal, only an undermining by SCOTUS. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2024 #44
MAGA like 1850! moondust Apr 2024 #29
Respect for women keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #33
Christian right is already talking about denying women the right to vote. 58Sunliner Apr 2024 #34
The 14th is currently safe(ish) Retrograde Apr 2024 #40
The 14th is being gutted. See Dobbs as well as Colorado. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2024 #45
MAGAts have been asked when they felt America was last great IronLionZion Apr 2024 #46
K&R Hiawatha Pete Apr 2024 #47
1967 - 1972 was F'ing Awesome for me. k55f5r Apr 2024 #48
They are working BigMin28 Apr 2024 #49
They can call it and hold it all they want NanaCat Apr 2024 #50
Why, we have seen that nobody has the balls to enforce it. republianmushroom Apr 2024 #51
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