Watching the coverage of the Supreme Court's decision on the abortion pill.......

[a kennedy]

and I still just can not believe we are here as a country…….how the hell did this happen. I know Roe vs Wade started it all, but damn, I just can’t even believe it’s been two years since that gawd damn verdict. I just can’t believe we’re here supposedly one of the best and modern and leaders in the world potentially banning an abortion pill. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[jmbar2]

1. Just tuned in...

Is the woman speaking to the court Ms. Hawley?

[a kennedy]

3. No.....Elizabeth Prelogar.

[jmbar2]

5. Thanks - fast talker!

[a kennedy]

9. Erin Hawley is talking now.....

[Hope22]

13. She had a stumble there.

Was it million or dozens effected here! Hmmmmm…..

[spanone]

2. Dobbs was just the beginning....

[JohnSJ]

4. That this is before the SC is a travesty.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Another travesty is that this court accepts cases based not n the precedent of actual harm but on made-up harm.

The SC has upended the notion of redress for actual harm suffered by a plaintiff and instead now considers cases where no actual harm exists, cases especially manufactured to get to the SC on appeal to push a religious agenda that this court is all too eager to alliw.

[JohnSJ]

7. They want to take away the authority of the FDA. The extremists judges are

basing THEIR arguments are based entirely on hypotheticals.

They are overstepping their authority

Who do these draconian judges think they are

[MOMFUDSKI]

18. You can bet the FDA is beyond pissed!

A yes verdict can affect every drug out there. But not Viagra. No, not Viagra.

[3Hotdogs]

30. They had to accept the case. The ban was already decided by the judge in Texas. The ban is/was law.

The only way to overturn it, if that is what happens, is to hear the case. If they did not, the r/w judge's decision would remain law.

[wryter2000]

8. We will punish them.

In every single election. They will be sorry.

[a kennedy]

10. I so hope you are right.......

[wryter2000]

33. I understand a Democrat won an election Alabama yesterday

If they have to worry about Alabama, they are in a whole heap of trouble.

[Hope22]

11. It's hard to watch this

And not cry for every woman who has needed or may need this treatment. Why the hell males have the right to preside over an issue that does not affect them is beyond my understanding. At no point do they consider the danger pregnancy presents.

[jmbar2]

12. Interesting arguments by Ms. Hawley

If the drug "injures" doctors in hospitals forced to treat adverse events, could that also be used with gun shot injuries?

And if they can refuse to help, based on moral objections, would that also not apply to gunshots?

Opens a can of worms!

[Sympthsical]

14. The justices don't seem to be biting

Outside of Thomas, of course.

Was listening in the shower, and kept rolling my eyes. A lot of the topics they're discussing aren't something judges are equipped to make decisions about. Coney Barrett got into FDA approval processes and it sounded like she googled half an article right before the hearing.

I really do enjoy Justice Jackson. No matter what's going on, she punches right to the point. It felt like she was thisclose to saying, "You know this is all bullshit" when she was discussing the retracted studies.

[lindysalsagal]

15. The forced-birth lawyer is panicking . The argument is a Dr. might object to doing the procedure

if the drug fails.

BooHoo. So get the hell out of medicine and work at burger king.

[mzmolly]

16. Well, Ralph Nader said it did not matter who nominated

the SCOTUS. Susan Sarandon said the same. .... Here we are.

[JohnSJ]

19. Cornell west, David Sirota, Nina Turner, and other dumb asses

[mzmolly]

23. Yes, it's quite a long list of fools.

And the same will complain that Democrats should 'fight harder' while taking our power to do so.

[lindysalsagal]

17. US solicitor general Prelogar just eviscerated the forced-birth eejeeit.

Whew!

The forced-birth doc who might not like abortion doesn't balance with the de-stabilizing effect internationally. She got the final word and it was clear and solid and forceful.

[JohnSJ]

22. Yes, but the way the conservative justices are presenting their hypothetical questions,

I am not confident about this at all

The courts have no business in the approval of drugs over the FDA

[lindysalsagal]

20. MSNBC pundits agree: The suit was a flop: No standing.

They never even got past the question of standing, and never discussed the function of FDA approvals.

[LeftInTX]

26. Just read an AP article. Standing is an issue.

I guess another case will come along.

However, surprised there wasn't over reach, but pretty sure Roberts and another one would have tossed the case if standing was an issue. I'm sure Alito and Thomas wouldn't give a s_____

[underpants]

29. Well there was no standing in the Student Loan case

and we know how that went.

[Takket]

21. How did we get here: "but her emails". That phrase led directly to all of this.

[rubbersole]

24. The oligarch funded Federalist Society is the root of the illegitimate contemporary SC.

The 30+ year effort is paying off. Just getting started in their minds. Voters will stop this. Decades of work/vigilance ahead.

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. This

[Bev54]

27. The RW Judge shopping has also brought this upon the country and Mitch McConnell says they should continue.

[KS Toronado]

28. Sometimes I think repugs do shit like this for one reason

Keep the population as high as possible so there's more people than jobs keeping wages low, thus their
overhead.

[Bluethroughu]

31. They are coming after women's right to vote next.

We need to have a massive Democratic Tsunami to add more Justices to the Supreme Court with term limits and criminal liability for bribery, overturn Citizens United, pass one vote right of all American citizens, and dump the electoral college.

Now, let's get it done at home and the Federal level.

[Hekate]

32. THEY LITERALLY BROUGHT UP THE COMSTOCK ACT. ETA sorry for yelling...

Goddamit

On edit:
Sorry I yelled. Suddenly I miss my friend Leona so much. All during the Trump years (and beyond) she’d periodically phone me to fume: “Do you know what they just did?! “ and then we could have a good mutual rant for an hour. She died one year ago, and damn, I could use one of those phone calls right now.