@ Roe is officially dead

[Patsy Baloney]

Jun 24, 2022 12:56:38 GMT -5 somersault72 said:

Y'all I'm going to say something I've never said before. I never wish people dead, ever. Not even Trump. But.... SCOTUS is a lifetime appointment. And there's a few that need to go before 2024. I mean if there's a way for them to leave the court without dying, whatever, but BYE.

I’m assuming I’m on a federal watch list for some of the things I’ve said/posted today.

[notreal]

All of the surprised Pikachu face responses are just rage inducing. Fuck off Joe Manchin.

[cattledogkisses]

Jun 24, 2022 12:56:38 GMT -5 somersault72 said:

Y'all I'm going to say something I've never said before. I never wish people dead, ever. Not even Trump. But.... SCOTUS is a lifetime appointment. And there's a few that need to go before 2024. I mean if there's a way for them to leave the court without dying, whatever, but BYE.

I was thinking about this recently and getting depressed.  Gorsuch is 54.  Kavanaugh is 57.  Coney Barrett is 50.  Trump's terrible SCOTUS legacy is going to be around for a long time unfortunately.  At least the next several decades.

[suzyp]

Jun 24, 2022 12:04:31 GMT -5 momof2ms said:

NYS is expecting a humanitarian crisis to come from over the state border, and are preparing for that. I’m guessing they’d eventually petition congress about it in some way?

I will be interested to see how much it changes. I grew up 20-30 minutes from PA border in NY.  In the late 80s people from PA traveled to NY to get an abortion because the laws were better.   I assume that has been happening for the last 30 years. I wonder if it will increase and people will come from other, more far away places. I am in TX, so if you want an abortion, it's probably a flight someone to do it or a really long drive.

[Patsy Baloney]

Jun 24, 2022 12:59:33 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

Jun 24, 2022 12:56:38 GMT -5 somersault72 said:

Y'all I'm going to say something I've never said before. I never wish people dead, ever. Not even Trump. But.... SCOTUS is a lifetime appointment. And there's a few that need to go before 2024. I mean if there's a way for them to leave the court without dying, whatever, but BYE.

I was thinking about this recently and getting depressed.  Gorsuch is 54.  Kavanaugh is 57.  Coney Barrett is 50.  Trump's terrible SCOTUS legacy is going to be around for a long time unfortunately.  At least the next several decades.

I’ve been willing a fatal carpool accident for a long, long time.

[plutosmoon]

Even though i knew it was coming this is such a gut punch. I live in deep blue MA, but for some inexplicable reason we keep electing republican governor's. Right now my state has protections in place, elect the wrong person and it could all go away. Health care belongs between me and my doctor.

My sister lives in a blue city in a red state, her husbands industry is a very liberal one and has threatened to pull out if the state implements restrictions. So while many of our liberal friends in red states may want to stay and fight, they may soon find themselves forced to relocate when their company pulls out.


@@@ my heart breaks for my DD and any young woman who will need to carefully consider where she can live to access health care when she gets older. DD also holds Canadian citizenship through my ex, so she has options, but so many don't.

[Deleted]

Jun 24, 2022 13:00:00 GMT -5 suzyp said:

Jun 24, 2022 12:04:31 GMT -5 momof2ms said:

NYS is expecting a humanitarian crisis to come from over the state border, and are preparing for that. I’m guessing they’d eventually petition congress about it in some way?

I will be interested to see how much it changes. I grew up 20-30 minutes from PA border in NY.  In the late 80s people from PA traveled to NY to get an abortion because the laws were better.   I assume that has been happening for the last 30 years. I wonder if it will increase and people will come from other, more far away places. I am in TX, so if you want an abortion, it's probably a flight someone to do it or a really long drive.

Unfortunately many people who are a plane ride away from a legal abortion will likely result to dangerous illegal abortions closer to home.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Jun 24, 2022 11:23:55 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Jun 24, 2022 11:16:57 GMT -5 tacokick said:

So this leaves Minnesota to provide abortions to a massive chunk of the US? Are there places we can help there?

I know the Baltimore Abortion Fund helps provide transport and other financial aid here, what’s the equivalent in the uppermidwest/other areas in need? If there is one.

Per the new maps, MN and IL are going to be slammed.

Per the report I heard on the radio from someone who I don't remember the name of credentials of, we already are in MN.

We only have like 4 abortion clinics in the entire state. Maybe 5 now that the Fargo PP is moving across the border to Moorhead.

[audette]

Jun 24, 2022 11:25:47 GMT -5 wildrice said:

Jun 24, 2022 11:16:57 GMT -5 tacokick said:

So this leaves Minnesota to provide abortions to a massive chunk of the US? Are there places we can help there?

I know the Baltimore Abortion Fund helps provide transport and other financial aid here, what’s the equivalent in the uppermidwest/other areas in need? If there is one.

I am pretty sure IL is not planning to ban abortion - they were pretty outspoken about it when this news first came out last month. Thankfully IL is pretty close to many of the midwestern states that will be banning, but of course they are going to have a hard time supporting EVERYONE.

There is probably a Chicago fund, and the Quad Cities might be another to look into. I just set up a recurring donation with the Baltimore fund, but you bring up a good point that I should also look into the midwest (my homeland!). 

I should probably read the rest of the posts, but, yes, IL has already eliminated an old trigger law, and the governor is asking for a special session to specifically protect women's right to an abortion.

[sofamonkey]

Both the Governor and the AG for WA maxes statements about it. Both that we continue to be a choice State, and that h the way will work hard to provide access of care to anyone in need, from anywhere. Goddamn. This is a shitty day to be a woman.

[redheadbaker]

Jun 24, 2022 12:51:58 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jun 24, 2022 12:48:15 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Corporate America is reacting, expanding travel benefits to those that need an abortion - www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/24/abortion-supreme-court-corporate-reaction/

Thinking about this, I bet states try to take this away from companies. Which will be fucking rich considering the Rs gave companies the right to regulate healthcare to their employees.

I think they're already trying, by removing tax cuts for offering travel benefits for abortion purposes. 

[StrawberryBlondie]

Jun 24, 2022 12:03:56 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jun 24, 2022 11:42:25 GMT -5 abs said:

It won't.  They will be shocked, horrified, and then bend themselves into pretzels to justify voting Republican again.

I can see this. However, I don't think a majority of people have really looked at what this impacts other than, "those sluts can't use abortion as birth control" anymore. Even with all the women out there sharing their trauma of wanted pregnancies that ended in an abortion for medical reasons.

I would bet one million dollars that these chucklefucks haven't thought about ART and all the implications. I was reading an article about OK and how none of the asswipes thought about how their "life begins at fertilization" was going to impact IVF. (similar article about impacts: abc11.com/roe-wade-overturned-how-does-v-affect-ivf-and-abortion-laws-in-vitro-fertilization/11992850/ )

Things are going to get horrifically bad, but I think the end result is that the Rs are going to lose voters. They shat where they eat, and it's gonna get real hairy for them.

I'm pretty sure this is where I'm at.

[MixedBerryJam]

Jun 24, 2022 12:56:38 GMT -5 somersault72 said:

Y'all I'm going to say something I've never said before. I never wish people dead, ever. Not even Trump. But.... SCOTUS is a lifetime appointment. And there's a few that need to go before 2024. I mean if there's a way for them to leave the court without dying, whatever, but BYE.

Mitch McConnell it’s the first and only person I’ve wished dead. It’s significant that I don’t actually remember why I wished it but I have and I will continue. It’s been a couple of years at least so maybe it was Merrick Garland, except that I don’t think I fully appreciated the enormity of that action at the time, so I honestly don’t recall why. This :flails helpessly: is ALLLL on Mitch McConnell

[bronxgirl]

I was born in 1973 so Roe has been in effect my whole life. Although growing up and earlier in adulthood I knew that abortion used to be illegal, I definitely took my rights for granted. For so much of my (earlier) life I just never thought this right would ever be taken away. It's hard to reconcile where we are now vs how I felt 20/30/40 years ago when reproductive rights felt like a given.

@@@@@@@@@


My 12 yr old daughter finishes school today and she invited her friends over afterschool to celebrate the last day. I was so excited for them and now when they come over I feel like I might cry. I can't believe how much their country has failed them. And I'm so scared for what lies ahead for them.

[ECB]

Jun 24, 2022 12:51:58 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jun 24, 2022 12:48:15 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Corporate America is reacting, expanding travel benefits to those that need an abortion - www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/24/abortion-supreme-court-corporate-reaction/

Thinking about this, I bet states try to take this away from companies. Which will be fucking rich considering the Rs gave companies the right to regulate healthcare to their employees.

For as much as the GOP has catered to corporations, it would be great to see a rebellion from corporations and donations to the GOP dry up.  Pipe dreams, I know.... 

[Michelle]

For those of you several hours from the border of a state that allows abortion and/or healthcare access for transgender youth, be aware of elevatedaccess.org/

And if you have any $ to spare, throw it their way. They're doing great things for trans kids and women in Texas and other states.

[pixy0stix]

Jun 24, 2022 13:27:07 GMT -5 ECB said:

Jun 24, 2022 12:51:58 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Thinking about this, I bet states try to take this away from companies. Which will be fucking rich considering the Rs gave companies the right to regulate healthcare to their employees.

For as much as the GOP has catered to corporations, it would be great to see a rebellion from corporations and donations to the GOP dry up.  Pipe dreams, I know.... 

I believe this goes along with my other post saying that they've managed to shit where they eat.

[fernweh]

My niece who was not old enough vote in 2016 but very vocally supported Trump in 2020 just posted something about ‘Not go quietly back to 1950’. It is never everything in my power not to go off in her.

[redheadbaker]

Just saw this on Twitter and it's depressingly true.

"Women trying to withhold sex to avoid pregnancy will just be met with more violence and thats a scary thought."

[meganew]

Jun 24, 2022 13:41:15 GMT -5 fernweh said:

My niece who was not old enough vote in 2016 but very vocally supported Trump in 2020 just posted something about ‘Not go quietly back to 1950’. It is never everything in my power not to go off in her.

Engage. Educate. Point out that this is what she wanted, that votes matter.

[fernweh]

Jun 24, 2022 13:49:26 GMT -5 meganew said:

Jun 24, 2022 13:41:15 GMT -5 fernweh said:

My niece who was not old enough vote in 2016 but very vocally supported Trump in 2020 just posted something about ‘Not go quietly back to 1950’. It is never everything in my power not to go off in her.

Engage. Educate. Point out that this is what she wanted, that votes matter.

Thank you. I will. I just need some to take some time to gather my thoughts and be angry. I am in no state to calmly educate at this moment.

[wise_rita]

Jun 24, 2022 13:13:05 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Jun 24, 2022 11:23:55 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Per the new maps, MN and IL are going to be slammed.

Per the report I heard on the radio from someone who I don't remember the name of credentials of, we already are in MN.

We only have like 4 abortion clinics in the entire state. Maybe 5 now that the Fargo PP is moving across the border to Moorhead.

Minute details but Fargo isn't PP it's independent.

Fuuuuuuuck NoDak and half the USA.

[bimbi284]

Many of us are feeling lots of the things all at once, and lots of us are numb. Gentle reminder to breathe and hold compassion for yourself, if only for a few moments today, as you do whatever it is you need to do to move through the day.

www.instagram.com/reel/CfMjUIQFtxi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[just]

Jun 24, 2022 13:56:33 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Jun 24, 2022 13:49:26 GMT -5 meganew said:

Engage. Educate. Point out that this is what she wanted, that votes matter.

Thank you. I will. I just need some to take some time to gather my thoughts and be angry. I am in no state to calmly educate at this moment.

As much as it's hard to breath through it, remember we were all idiots when we were 16/17. I know I was - I wasn't a racist misogynist but I thought too simply, emotionally, was overly influenced by my peers and those closest to me. As I got older my opinions matured (I hope). So yeah, meganew, is wise.

[jene]

For whoever asked about MN, yes, we are already slammed.

For orgs that help:
www.hotdishmilitia.org/

linktr.ee/OurJusticeRJ

UnrestrictMN does a lot of advocacy work

unrestrictmn.org/

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 24, 2022 12:59:33 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

Jun 24, 2022 12:56:38 GMT -5 somersault72 said:

Y'all I'm going to say something I've never said before. I never wish people dead, ever. Not even Trump. But.... SCOTUS is a lifetime appointment. And there's a few that need to go before 2024. I mean if there's a way for them to leave the court without dying, whatever, but BYE.

I was thinking about this recently and getting depressed.  Gorsuch is 54.  Kavanaugh is 57.  Coney Barrett is 50.  Trump's terrible SCOTUS legacy is going to be around for a long time unfortunately.  At least the next several decades.

We need term limits for eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeverything.

For many, many years I was like "Well, we benefit from people who are in government for a long time and understand how it works." Except now...no, no we don't. They have staffers and other non-elected officials working in the legislatures and the judiciaries and the executive branches that can maintain that knowledge and continuity while we rotate in new electeds and nominees. Sure, Iowa and Kentucky might think Grassley and McConnell get so much done for them because they've been in Congress for a couple of millennia, and they're probably right, but this sucks at the federal level. 

Also, this isn't 1857 where life expectancy wasn't that great. You get confirmed to the SCOTUS at age 50 and you could spend another 50 years on that bench. Fuck that noise. 

[pooh8402]

I'm so upset. I'm a fertility NP. The physician I work with and I are both horrified and so worried about what is going to happen with our patients and their embryos.

And as an infertile who currently has embryos frozen, right next door to my office, I'm worried about the implications for me personally too.

This sucks!

[bronxgirl]

Jun 24, 2022 14:55:43 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

I'm so upset. I'm a fertility NP. The physician I work with and I are both horrified and so worried about what is going to happen with our patients and their embryos.

And as an infertile who currently has embryos frozen, right next door to my office, I'm worried about the implications for me personally too.

This sucks!

It's terrifying. I saw a FB post that was thinly veiled anti choice screed disguised as asking for compassion and made some point about people with unwanted pregnancy should "have compassion" for infertile women and carry PG to term and place baby for adoption. As someone who struggled for years with IF (and does not have the family size I wanted b/c of IF)I am so fucking outraged that someone is so cavalier about using the suffering of others to make her ignorant anti abortion message. so ignorant and so gross. 

[biscoffcookies]

Senator Josh Hawley is out there crowing that the Dobbs decision is a two-fold victory -- it overrules Roe and will drive liberals out of purple states to blue ones, so that the purple states turn red, strengthening GOP control over the Senate and making the likelihood of GOP presidents winning in the Electoral College go up (even as they continue losing the popular vote).

Neat.

[biscoffcookies]

Jun 24, 2022 15:45:35 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

Jun 24, 2022 14:55:43 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

I'm so upset. I'm a fertility NP. The physician I work with and I are both horrified and so worried about what is going to happen with our patients and their embryos.

And as an infertile who currently has embryos frozen, right next door to my office, I'm worried about the implications for me personally too.

This sucks!

It's terrifying. I saw a FB post that was thinly veiled anti choice screed disguised as asking for compassion and made some point about people with unwanted pregnancy should "have compassion" for infertile women and carry PG to term and place baby for adoption. As someone who struggled for years with IF (and does not have the family size I wanted b/c of IF)I am so fucking outraged that someone is so cavalier about using the suffering of others to make her ignorant anti abortion message. so ignorant and so gross. 

EW.  She acts like carrying the pregnancy to term to help infertile women is no bigger deal than picking up a gallon of milk for your sick neighbor.  

"Have compassion for me by putting your health and life at risk, and possibly damaging your job, your mental health, your relationships, your ability to adequately parent and provide for any other children, among other things, by carrying this unwanted pregnancy to term."  Bye, Felicia.