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cali

(114,904 posts) Tue Jul 2, 2013, 08:35 AM Jul 2013

Despite Wendy's heroic filibuster, we are losing the abortion war. [View all]

badly.

The anti-choicers found a helluva winning strategy: TRAP laws.

How we can turn this around is beyond me.

For more and more women in this country, Roe is a hollow right.

For millions of women having an abortion now is a humiliating and degrading experience.

For many providers, new laws mean having to give women misleading and dishonest information.

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Despite Wendy's heroic filibuster, we are losing the abortion war. [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

It appears to me that red state leaders are trying to practice medicine. ananda Jul 2013 #1

There are injunctions on quite a few laws cali Jul 2013 #2

The laws passed in Arkansas earlier this year, over the governor's veto, Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #5

I don't know - while these laws are terrible el_bryanto Jul 2013 #3

How are demographics on our side? cali Jul 2013 #6

I just saw a poll of Catholics ellie Jul 2013 #8

.... cali Jul 2013 #12

Thanks, but that Gallup poll is from 2010 ellie Jul 2013 #16

It is not about abortion. kentuck Jul 2013 #4

of course it's about abortion cali Jul 2013 #7

It is simplistic to claim that it's only about abortion Orrex Jul 2013 #13

sure, it's about other things, but cali Jul 2013 #15

I think that you and I are ultimately arguing in the same direction Orrex Jul 2013 #18

Perry: "I asked you to play Doctor, not to doctor public records." Coyotl Jul 2013 #9

The Answer Is At The Ballot Box... KharmaTrain Jul 2013 #10

exactly n2doc Jul 2013 #11

I disagree. Appearances are deceiving in this case. Yes, it appears the anti-choicers are winning, still_one Jul 2013 #14

It's not appearance. It's the reality for millions and millions of women cali Jul 2013 #17