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MineralMan

(146,262 posts)

2. Use economic pressure. It works.

Reply to NewJeffCT (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 11:39 AM

May 2019

Take away the money from places that do business in those backward states. Let those companies and organizations carry that message to their state governments.

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Anti-Abortion states and new laws scaring off top women already [View all] NewJeffCT May 2019 OP

Wash U is Jesuit, I think. xmas74 May 2019 #1

Wash U has no religious affiliation NewJeffCT May 2019 #3

SLU is Jesuit. xmas74 May 2019 #10

Use economic pressure. It works. MineralMan May 2019 #2

Emory and WashU are big economic engines NewJeffCT May 2019 #4

This is what they want anyway... Lars39 May 2019 #5

WashU is 53% female overall NewJeffCT May 2019 #6

Good numbers, but doesn't mean they couldn't Lars39 May 2019 #7

If she's really wedded to Washington University, there's an abortion clinic literally across the WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #8

It won't help if it's similar to Georgia NewJeffCT May 2019 #9

She's moving to the state? My kids keep their home state residence, even when schooling abroad. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #11

I don't know how it works NewJeffCT May 2019 #14

Have her check out KCL in London or Univ. of Edinburgh or Glasgow. $25K a year and top schools. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #12

She has some interest in going to school in the UK NewJeffCT May 2019 #13