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J_William_Ryan

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16. The battle will move from the courtroom to the ballot box.

Sun Sep 27, 2020, 09:36 AM

Sep 2020

We will need to use the political process – rather than the judicial – to oppose or repeal restrictions on privacy and reproductive rights, same-sex marriage bans, measures suppressing voting rights, and measures seeking to conjoin church and state.

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I thought if Roe v Wade is overturned ..what is left for Republicans [View all] Le Roi de Pot Sep 2020 OP

Methods of Birth control. mercuryblues Sep 2020 #1

that will be next for sure HAB911 Sep 2020 #28

Yep uponit7771 Sep 2020 #29

They will no longer need Rincewind Sep 2020 #2

Yup. After the Senate confirms Barett and Trump is crowned king, they might as well go home. Girard442 Sep 2020 #7

Obergefell, vouchers for religious education, plenty others. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #3

They will try to outlaw democrats having sex with and then eating children Cicada Sep 2020 #4

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) Klaralven Sep 2020 #5

Unions TEB Sep 2020 #6

Oh, lots of goodies: no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 #8

If they do items 1 and 2 on your list... Yavin4 Sep 2020 #42

They are more about Racism than Roe V Wade. Roe v Wade is more about wanting to control women JI7 Sep 2020 #9

Old-fashioned Republicans knew how to use wedge issues. betsuni Sep 2020 #10

Guns krispos42 Sep 2020 #11

Are you kidding? Marriage equality... out the window. CurtEastPoint Sep 2020 #12

At the moment I am more worried MuseRider Sep 2020 #18

A safe bet. They are salivating at the prospect. CurtEastPoint Sep 2020 #20

pre-Roe v. Wade, it was up to the states. Roe v. Wade got rid of state bans progree Sep 2020 #13

That would take a Constitutional Amendment Mz Pip Sep 2020 #25

The Supreme Court decides what's constitutional progree Sep 2020 #26

I have a relative snowybirdie Sep 2020 #14

They will then demand a nationwide ban, overriding state laws Bettie Sep 2020 #15

Medieval treestar Sep 2020 #34

And that is why we have to expand the court Bettie Sep 2020 #36

That is just sick. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #38

They aren't "pro-life" they are Bettie Sep 2020 #41

The battle will move from the courtroom to the ballot box. J_William_Ryan Sep 2020 #16

Voting has been brought up from time to time MuseRider Sep 2020 #17

An interesting question I hope we never get an answer to Takket Sep 2020 #19

You're not looking at the big picture. PTWB Sep 2020 #21

Birth control - they will say overturning RvW overturns all contraceptive rights. lark Sep 2020 #22

"serfs" how fitting. Because we will be under Russia's thumb. CTyankee Sep 2020 #23

I don't think that is going to happen Zing Zing Zingbah Sep 2020 #33

Sure women want contraception.... SlogginThroughIt Sep 2020 #43

Crazy rw fascists want it, they want women to have zero control of their bodies. lark Sep 2020 #51

This would not work out so well for them either. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #39

why do you think they don't want to rais min wage? SlogginThroughIt Sep 2020 #44

You think they give a shit about them, ha, no. lark Sep 2020 #50

Um, no. It would be "Vote for us to PROTECT..." insert the rest. themaguffin Sep 2020 #24

Without a doubt, birth control HAB911 Sep 2020 #27

Brown v. Board of Education* BlueNProud Sep 2020 #30

What does the asterisk mean? mercuryblues Sep 2020 #49

Contraception, Health Care, Voting Rights, and so much more. MineralMan Sep 2020 #31

Creeping "Christianity" Retrograde Sep 2020 #32

Are you kidding? God in schools, marriage equality, guns, Dreamers, SMC22307 Sep 2020 #35

They don't give a fuck about abortion. Codeine Sep 2020 #37

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #40

Voting rights, health care, marriage equality, the environment, kairos12 Sep 2020 #45

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2020 #46

A lot is still left Jspur Sep 2020 #47

The next step is to make abortion illegal nationally. That is sufficient to keep them galvanized. Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #48

Enforcing womb control, Handmaids Tale style sarcasmo Sep 2020 #52