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Showing Original Post only (View all)now texas is arguing a fetus isnt a baby and doesnt have rights [View all]
female prison guard 7 month pregnant
has labor pains on the job
prison doesnt let her leave for hours
baby is still born
hospital says if she got there earlier they could have saved the fetus
shes suing and the state is arguing Just because several statutes define an individual to include an unborn child does not mean that the Fourteenth Amendment does the same,
fuck this state. her supervisors should be charged with manslaughter at the least since teh state has spend years claiming a fetus is a person. they contributed to its death.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/11/texas-prison-lawsuit-fetal-rights/
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now texas is arguing a fetus isnt a baby and doesnt have rights [View all]
moonshinegnomie
Aug 2023
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The baby had passed the fetal stage, thus of no interest to the state. Conservative states do not do
LiberalArkie
Aug 2023
#25
Isn't it ironic that now TX is scrambling to change the meaning of when a fetus is a person and vice
SWBTATTReg
Aug 2023
#4
" their definition of human life shifts to cause maximum suffering to women."
Maru Kitteh
Aug 2023
#47
Do the terms "viable outside the womb" and "detectible heartbeat" come to mind?
Scottie Mom
Aug 2023
#12
If they had their way abortion would be forbidden to the ubermensch and mandatory for everyone else.
Marcuse
Aug 2023
#14
Texas Republicans have gone full Taliban faster than I thought they would. All that matters in this
Lonestarblue
Aug 2023
#20
This case is going to attract national attention - rightly so. Have a feeling some heavyweight
NoMoreRepugs
Aug 2023
#21
It's not about the definition of life, it's about controlling women. Their hypocrisy and preference
KPN
Aug 2023
#24
It is and always was about keeping women in their place. I bet they're already blaming her...
Hekate
Aug 2023
#28