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27. This was before SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 12:17 PM

Jul 2023

From the article:

"Police opened the investigation into the mother and daughter in June 2022, before the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion and left it to states to determine whether or how to allow the procedure."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66271537

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I'm livid! Pissed is an understatement! [View all] AntivaxHunters Jul 2023 OP

Pictured: Our future. Same as our past. Aristus Jul 2023 #1

You realize that's a Court Officer and not the arresting police officer? brooklynite Jul 2023 #9

Still: White authority figure and terrified woman. Aristus Jul 2023 #10

Plus the SOB has a smirk on his face! sheshe2 Jul 2023 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn Jul 2023 #24

Yes, we realize that. What's your point? yardwork Jul 2023 #65

WTF MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #84

Did you think anyone DIDN'T realize that? Because it would be pretty dumb not to, wouldn't it? Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #100

LIKE THAT MATTERS?????!!!!! pnwmom Jul 2023 #104

So, a Court Officer should be able to choose which defendants he/she brings into Court? brooklynite Jul 2023 #145

You decided to quibble over whether this representative of white male supremacy pnwmom Jul 2023 #146

For the ForgedCrank Jul 2023 #147

He's not being attacked PERSONALLY. The photo is symbolic of the patriarchy that is pnwmom Jul 2023 #149

But that ForgedCrank Jul 2023 #158

It's symbolic . Symbols aren't literal. nt pnwmom Jul 2023 #165

If that ForgedCrank Jul 2023 #166

I clearly can't explain it to you, but many women with empathy pnwmom Jul 2023 #174

Don't assume ForgedCrank Jul 2023 #175

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2023 #148

This message was self-deleted by its author krkaufman Jul 2023 #142

As were all of... alimbalt Jul 2023 #150

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #168

Court officers takes woman into custody for cremating her stillborn fetus AZSkiffyGeek Jul 2023 #14

Much better. Except she was already in custody. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #37

I don't want to seem like I approve of this AZSkiffyGeek Jul 2023 #43

Agree. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #126

A woman in America today is MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #112

Let me fix it for you AntivaxHunters Jul 2023 #58

Except inthewind21 Jul 2023 #119

+1. maybe 2. the snark kinda' loses something stopdiggin Jul 2023 #130

What an insensitive remark. True Blue American Jul 2023 #151

no fixing necessary markie Jul 2023 #60

I've been livid since this in Indiana markie Jul 2023 #68

being a man is enough treestar Jul 2023 #115

Great job on the Fat Shaming! Jose Garcia Jul 2023 #139

He's just the bailiff doing his job. SYFROYH Jul 2023 #141

But he's fat. Dr. Strange Jul 2023 #180

This s..t is disgusting! madashelltoo Jul 2023 #2

Poeple inthewind21 Jul 2023 #105

Wow Chi67 Jul 2023 #3

This is legalized abuse and psychological torture bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #4

It is all about control. Chainfire Jul 2023 #11

With mouths closed and legs wide open. calimary Jul 2023 #36

Yep and it will worsen in RepubliCon Taliban controlled States. sarcasmo Jul 2023 #91

The picture says it all. Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #5

This happened before Dobbs. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #39

I read the details. Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #55

... markie Jul 2023 #62

29 weeks. 3rd Trimester. maxsolomon Jul 2023 #95

No need for details/facts inthewind21 Jul 2023 #108

Uh oh treestar Jul 2023 #117

Yep inthewind21 Jul 2023 #120

nope. we're going to do our outrage, regardless of inconvenient facts. stopdiggin Jul 2023 #131

I'm through using the term GOP - these people are Nazi's. Reprehensible. walkingman Jul 2023 #6

These news stories are just getting started. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2023 #7

"Private" Facebook messages. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #8

Right? Ligyron Jul 2023 #81

Even when Abortion was illegal I don't remember any woman being arrested for having an abortion. The Wielding Truth Jul 2023 #12

From what I read in the story, it also concerns colorado_ufo Jul 2023 #17

There's a lot more to the story than simply "government arrests girl for abortion" AZSkiffyGeek Jul 2023 #21

Thank you. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #35

I was born a seven month fetus. And I still support women's rights to choose. Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #57

Looks like she was charged with illegally disposing of and concealing Kaleva Jul 2023 #20

Women have been hiding dead fetuses since time began. Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #47

How is it that MuseRider Jul 2023 #77

"How is it that people do not know this?" MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #87

I gotta say MuseRider Jul 2023 #89

very true, in prior centuries treestar Jul 2023 #118

K&R for visibility Blue Owl Jul 2023 #13

Another K & R for visibility. 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2023 #15

The GOP plan for the woman of America bronxiteforever Jul 2023 #16

SCOTUS has opened Pandora's box vapor2 Jul 2023 #18

This predated Dobbs AZSkiffyGeek Jul 2023 #19

This was before SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade Kaleva Jul 2023 #27

i have had to put a speed bump between my mouth and brain too. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #22

Fuckin' fuck. twodogsbarking Jul 2023 #23

This was illegal before Roe v. Wade was overturned Kaleva Jul 2023 #29

I fell for the headline. Still more to the story I would guess. twodogsbarking Jul 2023 #122

Good one. On the beat, and it rhymes. calimary Jul 2023 #80

Just some republican law and order. republianmushroom Jul 2023 #25

There it is -- patriarchal terrorism against women. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #26

You're not the only one! leanforward Jul 2023 #28

next time she will use pills to end her own life samnsara Jul 2023 #30

There's yer campaign picture right there. Elect Democrats. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #31

+1 NJCher Jul 2023 #99

Sure inthewind21 Jul 2023 #109

Your beef is with the OP. My apologies if I did not read every post in the thread before posting. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #127

example of creeping fascism llashram Jul 2023 #32

Old enough to vote but Retrograde Jul 2023 #33

90 days is just for disposing the miscarriage. She faces five years in prison for the other charges WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2023 #34

Her mother is facing the additional charges according to the article AZSkiffyGeek Jul 2023 #38

Whoever impregnated her should serve time too Submariner Jul 2023 #40

Awesome inthewind21 Jul 2023 #123

Copulation is a bit more than association or a casual friend. JanMichael Jul 2023 #144

because 'if he had been around - or supportive .." stopdiggin Jul 2023 #162

Huh? I didn't say that. JanMichael Jul 2023 #163

then I really blew it stopdiggin Jul 2023 #164

because he was involved in the late abortion stopdiggin Jul 2023 #132

We need to be careful about articles like this. The headline is a bit misleading. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2023 #42

+1 Kaleva Jul 2023 #46

It makes the point that the patriarchy will jail women over pregnancy issues. Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #51

Of course they will. But the details are important. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2023 #53

What is there to be careful about? What it shows is how easy it was to lose bodily autonomy WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2023 #59

"we need to do better than Roe" markie Jul 2023 #63

I don't disagree. But I also don't want to see us lose the ability to process nuance. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2023 #66

. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2023 #82

correct Effete Snob Jul 2023 #94

just FUCK THESE REPUBLICANS YoshidaYui Jul 2023 #44

American f*cking Taliban. CousinIT Jul 2023 #45

How did LE get the PM's? Snackshack Jul 2023 #48

I concur wholeheartedly MayReasonRule Jul 2023 #49

By Using The Fourth Amendment Effete Snob Jul 2023 #76

So inthewind21 Jul 2023 #124

"this poor girl probably did not even know there were other options" inthewind21 Jul 2023 #125

God did! dchill Jul 2023 #50

she was in the 28th week of pregnancy; third trimester orleans Jul 2023 #52

For god's sake, women have been hiding dead fetuses since caveman times. Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #67

There are a lot of things done since caveman times that aren't morally or ethically acceptable now. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2023 #70

There are not enough jails in the world to jail every woman who has Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #73

A bit inthewind21 Jul 2023 #113

If it is such an earth shattering moral issue why aren't males being jailed? Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #74

I never said it was. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2023 #86

Pretty sure inthewind21 Jul 2023 #121

oh thanks for sharing orleans Jul 2023 #79

Disgusting and doubling disgusting with the office smiling. This has to stop. iluvtennis Jul 2023 #54

K and R Quixote1818 Jul 2023 #61

Please read facts snowybirdie Jul 2023 #64

Men are half the pregnancy equation. Why aren't they going to jail too? Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #69

This case has been discussed multiple times on DU Effete Snob Jul 2023 #71

So they wanted her to hold a funeral or what? Warpy Jul 2023 #72

"a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment unless those cops had a warrant" Effete Snob Jul 2023 #75

Actually, it did violate Roe Warpy Jul 2023 #83

"unless it wasn't" Effete Snob Jul 2023 #93

This is just the beginning of the Riech wing oppression of women! Bluethroughu Jul 2023 #78

EXACTLY B.See Jul 2023 #90

Her actions were illegal when Roe v. Wade was in effect Kaleva Jul 2023 #128

She aborted an apparently healthy fetus in the 3rd trimester NickB79 Jul 2023 #85

Simply amazing the knee-jerk reactions to this story. maxsolomon Jul 2023 #96

Pregnancy is 40+ weeks... Bluethroughu Jul 2023 #153

It was illegal in the state prior to Dobbs being overturned. It's illegal in most states. maxsolomon Jul 2023 #177

Abortion being illegal gives the State ownership of the woman's uterus. Bluethroughu Jul 2023 #178

You want abortion legal until the day of birth? maxsolomon Jul 2023 #179

I did not say I want... if abortion was legal and not stigmatized women wouldn't act desperately. Bluethroughu Jul 2023 #181

As asked above, a very straightforward question, Abolishinist Jul 2023 #182

I will tell you this... Bluethroughu Jul 2023 #183

First of all, she was not having any health problems, nor did Abolishinist Jul 2023 #184

Thanks for supporting great causes. Bluethroughu Jul 2023 #185

Yeah, I didn't know the details of this story Sympthsical Jul 2023 #98

I agree. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2023 #101

Anyone inthewind21 Jul 2023 #114

+1. people hate it when I point to the 'mirror image' stopdiggin Jul 2023 #133

My favorite this week by far Sympthsical Jul 2023 #159

it's absolute knee-jerk tribalism stopdiggin Jul 2023 #161

I notice that most who disagree with the outcome, Abolishinist Jul 2023 #173

Scared Phoenix1960 Jul 2023 #88

May inthewind21 Jul 2023 #116

My god mzmolly Jul 2023 #92

This is beyond words wendyb-NC Jul 2023 #97

She illegally aborted in the THIRD trimester when her baby was viable. THEN Hortensis Jul 2023 #106

I was drawn in by the headline wendyb-NC Jul 2023 #135

Me too, and agree. Then realized we'd seen this story before. Hortensis Jul 2023 #137

For many people in this country Glaisne Jul 2023 #102

Hmm, the rigid, inflexible damnation of all abortion Farmer-Rick Jul 2023 #103

privacy violation ??????? RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2023 #107

Next up Ohio yankee87 Jul 2023 #110

Fascists have no shame! Emile Jul 2023 #111

Her actions weren't legal when Roe v. Wade was in effect Kaleva Jul 2023 #129

"private FB messages" Skittles Jul 2023 #134

No Such Thing NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #136

well certainly FACEBOOK knows what they're typing Skittles Jul 2023 #140

May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad Jul 2023 #138

Fascists. JanMichael Jul 2023 #143

This gut-punch should be our national women's wake up call. Timeflyer Jul 2023 #152

Where are the "Libertarians"? 617Blue Jul 2023 #154

Libertarians don't care until KarenS Jul 2023 #155

They care about "political correctness" 617Blue Jul 2023 #156

Apparently the cops read the messages orangecrush Jul 2023 #157

This image should be used in campaigns across the country against all Republicans. GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #160

A (likely Unionized) Court Officer? Of which you know nothing about his political leanings? brooklynite Jul 2023 #167

It has nothing to do with the court officer. He's just doing his job. GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #169

Yes MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #172

Our homegrown Taliban Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 #170

They want to decide who you Women have sex with and many of them want you dead if Eliot Rosewater Jul 2023 #171

This is so sad. Look at the terror on that child's face. What the eff is going on in the US? akbacchus_BC Jul 2023 #176