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Funtatlaguy

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6. The thing that the anti abortion people never face is the punishment question.

Tue May 18, 2021, 11:02 PM

May 2021

If Roe is overturned, then what?
The Doctor that performs the abortion is only doing a medical procedure that the woman is paying him to do.
So, using their logic, both the doctor and the mother are “murderers”.
You can not only “punish” the person that performed the abortion but not “punish” the person that sought out and paid the doctor.

This argument ALWAYS stumps the anti choice crowd when I use it.
They usually don’t know what to say other than they don’t want to punish the “Mother” but only the Doctor.

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Roe v. Wade's survival just got a little more unlikely [View all] Celerity May 2021 OP

Depressing, but unsurprising. The woman-hating gestational slavers have been trying for this niyad May 2021 #1

What will they fundraise off of after outlawing Roe??? AZ8theist May 2021 #2

Denying POC life? CrackityJones75 May 2021 #3

Outlawing birth control. smirkymonkey May 2021 #14

Yup. Griswold v. Connecticut. Decided in 1965 AZ8theist May 2021 #28

Putting women in jail for their bodily choices. joshcryer May 2021 #15

Outlawing birth control. smirkymonkey May 2021 #16

This... Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #17

Wait..WHAT?? AZ8theist May 2021 #29

Fundajelicals is my new favorite word... Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #30

Can't take credit....heard it somewhere... AZ8theist May 2021 #31

it's entirely possible they again go to this level of brazenness sometime down the road: Celerity May 2021 #21

Overriding the laws of more permissive states. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #23

Fertilized egg personhood constitutional amendment Buckeyeblue May 2021 #26

Abortion will still be legal under some states' laws. Mariana May 2021 #39

My thoughts exactly. Will they be like the dog that finally caught the car? 11 Bravo May 2021 #41

My Big Question Is This ChoppinBroccoli May 2021 #4

When daughters of the Sotuh Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #32

you must be under the delusion that rich white southerners will dsc May 2021 #33

Uh, no... Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #35

abortions laws were restrictive all over back then dsc May 2021 #37

RIght. Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #38

guns, guns, and more guns LeftInTX May 2021 #36

"Abortion should be safe,legal, and rare." DemocratSinceBirth May 2021 #5

The "safe, legal, rare" framing is outdated because it actually stigmatizes abortion. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #7

Abortions should be safe and legal. roamer65 May 2021 #10

Women's reproductive health shouldn't be up for a vote. Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #19

Bingo. roamer65 May 2021 #24

The thing that the anti abortion people never face is the punishment question. Funtatlaguy May 2021 #6

Women of means and mistresses of men of means will ALWAYS have access to safe abortions. tenderfoot May 2021 #8

Heard a different perspective at a symposium on the Supreme Court today... brooklynite May 2021 #9

They will likely come back to "viability." joshcryer May 2021 #13

If they uphold the MS law, then that means there will be a 15 week "window" in MS. roamer65 May 2021 #11

6 of 9 SCOTUS justices are Catholic. Country is 20-22% NoMoreRepugs May 2021 #12

They said the same about a Catholic POTUS in 1960 WarGamer May 2021 #20

Isn't it 7 of 9? Sotomayor is, however, reliably "Democratic". nt JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #25

I just have a feeling that SCOTUS will uphold the lower court. WarGamer May 2021 #18

I agree Johnny2X2X May 2021 #27

I just have a feeling that Barf, Handmaiden and GoodHair will all uphold it. WarGamer May 2021 #40

This whole thing puts my stomach in knots. bamagal62 May 2021 #22

So the law will allow "babies" to be murdered if they have any abnormalities. marie999 May 2021 #34