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ProudMNDemocrat

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8. What this says is..NO WOMAN IS SAFE IN TEXAS.
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:36 AM
Sep 2025

Are lawmakers in Texas also going to BAN Birth Control methods as well? "We can't have them Texas women preventing pregnancy, now can we?"

Pregnancies can and do go wrong. They would rather women die from a pregnancy gone wrong rather than get care when they do.

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What bullshit.... Lovie777 Sep 2025 #1
I think they JustAnotherGen Sep 2025 #3
FYI - there are a lot of us Texans that feel the same way. walkingman Sep 2025 #4
Rest assured JustAnotherGen Sep 2025 #5
I know. I have a Liberal Texan friend of decades. electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #11
They can go fuck themselves JustAnotherGen Sep 2025 #2
This isn't going to be solved bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #6
That would be awesome! LeftInTX Sep 2025 #28
Idle researchers have idle time bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #30
I thought you had to have legal "standing" to bring a lawsuit. Diamond_Dog Sep 2025 #7
Good point. I am not a lawyer but I have thought about this. Redleg Sep 2025 #10
What this says is..NO WOMAN IS SAFE IN TEXAS. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2025 #8
Dumb as rocks - Nigrum Cattus Sep 2025 #9
In GOP doublespeak, "protecting" means "further endangering"... ananda Sep 2025 #12
No Way This SHOULD Stick. GB_RN Sep 2025 #13
so i guess a state like california can pass a law moonshinegnomie Sep 2025 #14
NY has such laws dubbed "Shield" laws BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #15
id go much further moonshinegnomie Sep 2025 #17
I think the reality of doing that is BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #18
except it wouldnt be the state actually doing it moonshinegnomie Sep 2025 #22
TX has that "Heartbeat" ( "bounty" ) law for individuals to sue providers in other states BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #23
once again those were texas courts moonshinegnomie Sep 2025 #25
I think as analogous situation BumRushDaShow Sep 2025 #26
The judge who threw out the case is a Democrat. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #29
"Papers please" CTyankee Sep 2025 #16
Look out Texas Mail persons. You;re bluestarone Sep 2025 #19
whatever happened to STATES RIGHTS Skittles Sep 2025 #20
Meanwhile GOP blessed JFK Jr. under the tRump administration have basically killed children with measles. ffr Sep 2025 #21
You mean RFK Jr. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 #27
It also allows lawsuits against the web services used to order the pills NickB79 Sep 2025 #24
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