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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Wed Dec 1, 2021, 12:48 PM Dec 2021

Prediction: SC does NOT overturn Roe v Wade... [View all]

They uphold limited window for abortion access in Mississippi law.

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Prediction: SC does NOT overturn Roe v Wade... [View all] brooklynite Dec 2021 OP

So the new limit will be that states can ban abortions after 15 weeks? Polybius Dec 2021 #1

As good a result as you could hope for. I read that the only abortion clinic in MS Tomconroy Dec 2021 #2

They won't formally overturn Roe mcar Dec 2021 #3

That is the same as overturning Roe in the real world LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2021 #4

It will be a DE FACTO overturn, as opposed to DE JURE, but bullwinkle428 Dec 2021 #5

They might be able to do so... FBaggins Dec 2021 #6

Yes, I think that's what this looks like. ismnotwasm Dec 2021 #7

That's what all the experts are saying on the TeeVee. beaglelover Dec 2021 #8

How can you have a limit when you don't or can't know you're exceeding the limit? bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #9

A riveting presumption Torchlight Dec 2021 #10

It is the analysis from the Washington Post JohnSJ Dec 2021 #13

And I still have no guess as to the outcome. Torchlight Dec 2021 #16

That limited window is effectively overturning Roe V wade. Even assuming someone only JohnSJ Dec 2021 #11

I'd say... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #14

Thank-you. You are absolutely right. It won't impact the affluent JohnSJ Dec 2021 #15

No problem 👍 electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #17

+1 betsuni Dec 2021 #35

Gary Johnson took more votes from HRC than Stein did IMO. StevieM Dec 2021 #38

Are the fetuses going d_r Dec 2021 #12

Something like that, sorry, not sarcastic, because as science progresses, 'viability' changes, elleng Dec 2021 #20

When I had a amnio 20 years ago...I would not have been permitted to have an abortion Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #25

I believe it will be overturned. Bok_Tukalo Dec 2021 #18

This is settled law. If they tinker with this then they are gldstwmn Dec 2021 #19

No. The loss of Hillary in 2016 was devastating, because some refused to either vote third party or JohnSJ Dec 2021 #21

It seems from your moniker that you are a man and I think you are wrong...women will hand the GOP Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #23

Yes, I am a guy, who is very pro-choice and women's rights, worker's rights, Civil Rights, JohnSJ Dec 2021 #30

Agree. betsuni Dec 2021 #37

Says a man. gldstwmn Dec 2021 #28

What kind of sexist inuendo is that? In 2016 it was pretty obvious what would happen to the SC if JohnSJ Dec 2021 #31

I appreciate your comments but I feel like you (and others) are failing to recognize the dominant StevieM Dec 2021 #39

Comey was the coup de grce so to speak JohnSJ Dec 2021 #40

I think it would be the end of the court if they overturn Roe...as Sotomayor said there is nothing Demsrule86 Dec 2021 #22

Dave Weigel: Very good chance of Roe being overturned in June, and decent chance of ... mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #24

I agree. I don't think Roberts will allow an outright overturn of Roe... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #26

That restricted version is effectively the end of Roe. 15 weeks is an insult, and the fact that the JohnSJ Dec 2021 #32

I don't disagree at all...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #33

I know, I am just blowing off steam, not toward you at all JohnSJ Dec 2021 #34

Roberts is just one vote of nine. former9thward Dec 2021 #36

It means anti-choice wins FakeNoose Dec 2021 #27

I don't see how looking backwards helps this in any way. gldstwmn Dec 2021 #29

Distinction without a difference. Voltaire2 Dec 2021 #41