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WhiskeyGrinder

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2. This is more about the timing than the procedure -- this is the first time a federal court has

Reply to Passenger (Original post)

Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:59 AM

Aug 2021

upheld a ban on gestational limits. In any case, it's bad news and very similar to the case the SCOTUS is hearing.

And "safe, legal and rare" wasn't about any particular procedure -- it was a move by Bill Clinton (and later HRC) to soften public perception of Democrats and abortion.

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Texas: US court upholds ban of common abortion procedure [View all] Passenger Aug 2021 OP

I hate the fifth circuit, mightily. ananda Aug 2021 #1

This is more about the timing than the procedure -- this is the first time a federal court has WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #2

And "safe, legal and rare" wasn't about any particular procedure ... Passenger Aug 2021 #4

At that time, suction, because most abortions happen within the first eight weeks. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #5

Those that can travel to states re: abortions ... Lovie777 Aug 2021 #3

The American Taliban. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #6

I cannot understand why KentuckyWoman Aug 2021 #7

Some of them truly believe that an embryo has the same moral standing as a three-year-old, and so WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #8

and refuse to help every child actual living and breathing SoonerPride Aug 2021 #9