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a kennedy

(29,662 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2024, 10:38 AM Mar 26

Watching the coverage of the Supreme Court's decision on the abortion pill....... [View all]

and I still just can not believe we are here as a country…….how the hell did this happen. I know Roe vs Wade started it all, but damn, I just can’t even believe it’s been two years since that gawd damn verdict. I just can’t believe we’re here supposedly one of the best and modern and leaders in the world potentially banning an abortion pill. 🤬 🤬 🤬

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Watching the coverage of the Supreme Court's decision on the abortion pill....... [View all] a kennedy Mar 26 OP

Just tuned in... jmbar2 Mar 26 #1

No.....Elizabeth Prelogar. a kennedy Mar 26 #3

Thanks - fast talker! jmbar2 Mar 26 #5

Erin Hawley is talking now..... a kennedy Mar 26 #9

She had a stumble there. Hope22 Mar 26 #13

Dobbs was just the beginning.... spanone Mar 26 #2

That this is before the SC is a travesty. JohnSJ Mar 26 #4

Another travesty is that this court accepts cases based not n the precedent of actual harm but on made-up harm. Lonestarblue Mar 26 #6

They want to take away the authority of the FDA. The extremists judges are JohnSJ Mar 26 #7

You can bet the FDA is beyond pissed! MOMFUDSKI Mar 26 #18

They had to accept the case. The ban was already decided by the judge in Texas. The ban is/was law. 3Hotdogs Mar 26 #30

We will punish them. wryter2000 Mar 26 #8

I so hope you are right....... a kennedy Mar 26 #10

I understand a Democrat won an election Alabama yesterday wryter2000 Mar 27 #33

It's hard to watch this Hope22 Mar 26 #11

Interesting arguments by Ms. Hawley jmbar2 Mar 26 #12

The justices don't seem to be biting Sympthsical Mar 26 #14

The forced-birth lawyer is panicking . The argument is a Dr. might object to doing the procedure lindysalsagal Mar 26 #15

Well, Ralph Nader said it did not matter who nominated mzmolly Mar 26 #16

Cornell west, David Sirota, Nina Turner, and other dumb asses JohnSJ Mar 26 #19

Yes, it's quite a long list of fools. mzmolly Mar 26 #23

US solicitor general Prelogar just eviscerated the forced-birth eejeeit. lindysalsagal Mar 26 #17

Yes, but the way the conservative justices are presenting their hypothetical questions, JohnSJ Mar 26 #22

MSNBC pundits agree: The suit was a flop: No standing. lindysalsagal Mar 26 #20

Just read an AP article. Standing is an issue. LeftInTX Mar 26 #26

Well there was no standing in the Student Loan case underpants Mar 26 #29

How did we get here: "but her emails". That phrase led directly to all of this. Takket Mar 26 #21

The oligarch funded Federalist Society is the root of the illegitimate contemporary SC. rubbersole Mar 26 #24

This MustLoveBeagles Mar 26 #25

The RW Judge shopping has also brought this upon the country and Mitch McConnell says they should continue. Bev54 Mar 26 #27

Sometimes I think repugs do shit like this for one reason KS Toronado Mar 26 #28

They are coming after women's right to vote next. Bluethroughu Mar 26 #31

THEY LITERALLY BROUGHT UP THE COMSTOCK ACT. ETA sorry for yelling... Hekate Mar 26 #32