Trump makes clear Roe v. Wade is on the chopping block

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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Source: Washington Post

Anyone promising that Roe v. Wade will be overturned by President Trump's next Supreme Court justice is engaging in guesswork — and, in many cases, political advocacy. Abortion rights supporters are understandably concerned about nullifying one of the court's most prominent and passion-inducing precedents, yes, but we don't even have a nominee yet. This also happens to be a great way to rally the troops.

All of that said, they have clear — and increasing — reason for concern.

In an interview with Fox airing Sunday and Monday, Trump doubled down on his past rhetoric about sending the issue of abortion to the states, which is another way of saying overturning Roe. (Roe legalized abortion nationwide, meaning its repeal would allow states to decide the issue.) Trump said he would “probably not” ask potential nominees directly about Roe — given that such litmus tests are frowned upon — but then he reiterated his past view of how this issue would play out.

“Maybe someday it will be to the states,” he said. “You never know how that’s going to turn out. That’s a very complex question. The Roe v. Wade is probably the one that people are talking about in terms of having an effect, but we’ll see what happens. But it could very well end up with states at some point.”


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-makes-clear-roe-v-wade-is-on-the-chopping-block/ar-AAzuqbR?li=BBnb7Kz

[Initech]

1. The Christian Taliban can go fuck themselves.

[RhodeIslandOne]

2. But as the Jackass Radicals told us, Hillary would have done this as well

Fucking idiots.

[Moostache]

3. I am Jack's total lack of surprise...

Fuck you Trump, and anyone who abides you and your ignorant ways.

I will never stop defending a woman's right to control their own body and their reproductive rights. The back alleys are going to stay empty, even if I have to start setting up interstate taxi services to allow women in Red State hell to exercise their rights. We are NOT going backwards, no matter how many freeze-dried, soulless asshats stack the SCOTUS, ever!

[jmowreader]

4. This could get entertaining if Trump ever gave press conferences

"First question goes to Joe Mama of the Hartford Courant. Joe, your question?"

'Yeah. How many abortions have you paid for, President Scumbag?'

[kimbutgar]

5. Then the women who who had abortions because of him need to come forward now.

[still_one]

6. of course it is. Anyone who thought otherwise was fooling themselves. Susan Collins statement that

she would not vote confirmation for anyway who wanted to over turn Roe was blatantly disingenuous

No SC justice up for nomination would ever admit that, and she knows perfectly well that is the case

[ArizonaLib]

7. She is easily bought off anyway

Tax reductions for the rich, etc. At first she says she is against it, then when they need her vote, she manages to magically reconsider.

[dbackjon]

8. But Collins will still vote YES because the nominee will not state it out loud.

[IronLionZion]

9. More proof that both parties are basically the same

[groundloop]

10. Spanky knows this is a wedge issue that will stir up his base.

Spanky doesn't give a shit about overturning Roe, in fact it's highly likely that he paid for a mistress to have an abortion. All he gives a shit about on this issue is that it stirs up his base and will get them to the voting booth.

[katmondoo]

11. I have faith, the young women will rise up.

They will rise just as the suffragettes did for the right to vote. Enough of these males controlling our lives.

[SFnomad]

12. Hey Jill Stein, you happy now? n/t

[RhodeIslandOne]

15. Ecstatic I'd say

Putin and “recount” money galore.

[RussBLib]

13. if it goes back to the states, women will die

whether conservative or liberal, because they just happen to live in red states where biblical insanity still rules the day. And you know damn well they will cut funds that provide any kind of assistance to mothers in need.

[stuffmatters]

14. What a Repug/MSM farce. You can only be on that Koch/Trump List if you're AntiChoice

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The MSM (and Senators like Collins) are fantasizing that there is even a possibility that Trump (via the Koch generated list) will nominate anyone. But these are all RW zealots/pedants,by definition a Forced Birthers. She doesn't need to rely on nominee testimony in the Senate,these nominees antiwomen ideologigies are already evident. All nominees on The Kochian Federalist/Heritage List had to have already demonstrated a antiwomen, antiunion, antidemocracy profile To Get On The List!

This is the same RW Extremist Koch machine that has produced all the RW federal judges that have been sailing through with the whole Repub Senate riubberstamp. Curious that NOW it's a "mystery" what the politics of its Supreme Court nominee might be?
Same extremist politics just with an Ivy League Law degree to earn the higher throne.

[sofa king]

16. As soon as you can compel a person to have a child....

... That same theory can be flipped on its head, and you can compel a person TO NOT HAVE A CHILD.

So fuck yeah, kill Roe v Wade, wait ten years for the knuckledraggers to OD on all the heroin they're about to get hooked on, and then find a way to make every child born in a hospital reversibly sterile from birth.

[DonViejo]

17. Locking...

The full title of this article, as it appears at The Washington Post, clearly identifies the article as analysis:

The Fix Analysis

Trump makes clear Roe v. Wade is on the chopping block

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/02/trump-makes-clear-roe-v-wade-is-on-the-chopping-block/