Majority opposes Supreme Court allowing Texas' 6-week abortion ban to take effect

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Source: The Hill

Fifty-four percent of Americans said they disagree with a recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed a six-week abortion ban in Texas to take effect while legal challenges play out in lower courts, according to a poll released Monday.

The survey by Monmouth University also found that broad majorities of Americans oppose key components of the Texas law, with seven in 10 saying they disapprove of a mechanism that empowers private citizens to enforce the abortion ban through civil lawsuits.

An even larger number, roughly eight in 10, expressed disapproval that the law provides $10,000 when those lawsuits succeed against someone who performs an abortion or aids a woman receiving one in violation of the six-week ban — an award critics have likened to a bounty.

“The American public is largely pro-choice, although many would accept some limitations on abortion access. This Texas law goes way too far for most people,” Patrick Murray, Monmouth’s polling director, said in a statement. “The ‘bounty’ aspect in particular seems objectionable.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/573024-majority-opposes-supreme-court-allowing-texas-6-week-abortion-ban-to

[yardwork]

1. Then they should have voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Control of the Supreme Court by right-wing extremists was a certain consequence of Trump winning the election. Absolute certainty. Too many people didn't care. Well, it's too late now.

Hell yes I'm still mad.

[rpannier]

6. Chances are that most of the 46% are clustered heavily in red states

The 54% are probably mostly blue states
Curious about states like MI, WI and PA

[calguy]

2. Since when did SCOTUS become concerned about any damn 'majority' interests?

[rpannier]

7. Actually, they're not supposed to be

Good chance that Brown v. Board of Education was not wildly popular with the masses
Nor was Engel v. Vitale or Miranda

Their decision to allow Texas to enforce that law is unconscionable, but that doesn't remove that the Court is not supposed to concern itself with popular opinion

[Tumbulu]

3. That is all? Bizarro!

So in my opinion, the culture wars have won. If indeed it is suddenly this very close.

What changed in my lifetime?

Why is the conversation not more about the state imposing a risk to life on a woman should she be unable or unwilling to produce a child?

Why aren’t we aggressively pushing for the state to pay compensation to the mother should the state require her to produce a child?

Why have we allowed all this “unborn” nonsense to be used in the media?

A few cells are not “unborn” they are undeveloped. And who transforms those cells into a human life? The mother. And why no talk of protection of her life and liberty and health?

We cannot assume any decency from these miscreants.

This is a very scary poll result.

[Jon King]

4. Agree, that poll result is scary as heck.

So its within the margin of error that bounties can be collected by anyone and women have no choice as of 6 weeks?

Wow, just wow, this country is regressing at warp speed.

[Tumbulu]

5. It really is

and it feels like a wipe out is coming quickly.

I have this sense that they are Carterizing Biden. The press and the forces of power are going to do their best to marginalize his every success and amplify any mistakes to the 1000 th power.

I really feel gloomy.

That nobody is calling this mass on purpose die off a manslaughter by ignorance promoted……I am just left feeling utterly unable to grasp it all.

[rpannier]

8. Go through the history of legislation and it's not that surprising

Laws have been slowly changed over time that got Democratic support:
Shooting a pregnant woman and killing the infant became a felony for murdering the fetus
"Partial-Birth Abortion" restrictions
and so on

It's something that supporters of Gay Marriage should be concerned with
In the 70s abortion was considered settled by many
By the mid-90s it was changing, and they were winning