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Matata said:
I wonder if a majority of women in Texas are against the law. If so, they should do what the women in Iceland did but for longer than a day. Perhaps bringing the entire state to a standstill would motivate a rethink of the law.

www.bbc.com

The day Iceland's women went on strike

In 1975, the women of Iceland took a "day off" from their usual jobs - and relations between Icelandic men and women were never quite the same again.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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It would be interesting to know how many Texas women support this law as written. Not just how many are "pro-life" as that can mean different things to different people. I have no idea what the answer would be, but I'd love to know as it could impact elections in the future if the majority of them don't support it.
 
Matata said:
I wonder if a majority of women in Texas are against the law. If so, they should do what the women in Iceland did but for longer than a day. Perhaps bringing the entire state to a standstill would motivate a rethink of the law.

www.bbc.com

The day Iceland's women went on strike

In 1975, the women of Iceland took a "day off" from their usual jobs - and relations between Icelandic men and women were never quite the same again.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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I wondered the same thing about what is the percentage of women against this in Texas. If this happened in the state I live in there would be large protests this weekend with both women and men protesting this BS.
 
I am wondering about the future ramifications of this law.
Have the lawmakers in Texas not thought of the adoption agencies who will be slammed? And all the children who will be flooding into foster care in the next few years?
All the toddlers who will be removed from abusive homes because they were unwanted in the first place?
The Children and Youth services who respond to abuse calls will be inundated.
Hasn't anyone thought of this?
 
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I'm sorry, Texas. I'm sorry, women. I'm sorry that we still don't have an equal rights amendment. I'm sorry that non-male citizens aren't granted the same protection of human rights.
 
stracci2000 said:
I am wondering about the future ramifications of this law.
Have the lawmakers in Texas not thought of the adoption agencies who will be slammed? And all the children who will be flooding into foster care in the next few years?
All the toddlers who will end up taken from abusive homes because they were unwanted in the first place?
Hasn't anyone thought of this?
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I'm afraid they don't care.
I also think a woman who truly wants to end an unwanted pregnancy will still go forward with it. Just under very unhygienic, more traumatising and unsafe conditions.

www.scidev.net

Abortion rates highest where legally restricted: study

Women in developing world three times more likely to experience unplanned pregnancy than women in global North.
www.scidev.net www.scidev.net


So, I guess no prob for the lawmaker guys, just for the women, as intended :angryfire:
 
stracci2000 said:
I am wondering about the future ramifications of this law.
Have the lawmakers in Texas not thought of the adoption agencies who will be slammed? And all the children who will be flooding into foster care in the next few years?
All the toddlers who will be removed from abusive homes because they were unwanted in the first place?
The Children and Youth services who respond to abuse calls will be inundated.
Hasn't anyone thought of this?
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The same people who support these laws are often the same who want to cut funding to social services so to answer your question about if they’ve thought about it, I don’t think they care. They don’t feel the social responsibility to help care for these kids that they have forced the mother to bring into the world.
 
oceanblue said:
People are not walking around everywhere brandishing guns!
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Also live in TX. Agree that in general, most people aren’t openly carrying weapons. The problem is that open carry is routinely being used as a way to intimidate others. When peaceful protests are planned there is a counter movement to show up heavily armed as a way to intimidate others. In my community a peaceful protest was planned regarding the removal of a confederate statue. Maybe 35-45 people showed up with signs wanting the statue to be removed. The opposing group showed up with 15-18 people with weapons. Many were carrying rifles, with handguns on each hip, and an additional gun in a leg holster. How can this possibly be safe and for the best in our community?
 
kgizo said:
Also live in TX. Agree that in general, most people aren’t openly carrying weapons. The problem is that open carry is routinely being used as a way to intimidate others. When peaceful protests are planned there is a counter movement to show up heavily armed as a way to intimidate others. In my community a peaceful protest was planned regarding the removal of a confederate statue. Maybe 35-45 people showed up with signs wanting the statue to be removed. The opposing group showed up with 15-18 people with weapons. Many were carrying rifles, with handguns on each hip, and an additional gun in a leg holster. How can this possibly be safe and for the best in our community?
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That is very scary. Seeing all those guns on random people would definitely make me very nervous
 
kgizo said:
Also live in TX. Agree that in general, most people aren’t openly carrying weapons. The problem is that open carry is routinely being used as a way to intimidate others. When peaceful protests are planned there is a counter movement to show up heavily armed as a way to intimidate others. In my community a peaceful protest was planned regarding the removal of a confederate statue. Maybe 35-45 people showed up with signs wanting the statue to be removed. The opposing group showed up with 15-18 people with weapons. Many were carrying rifles, with handguns on each hip, and an additional gun in a leg holster. How can this possibly be safe and for the best in our community?
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Really, where was this, did it make the news? Would love to see a picture because that is crazy.
 
joycearthur.com

“The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion”

When the Anti-Choice Choose By Joyce Arthur Copyright © September, 2000 Available in a German translation Available in a Russian translation Abortion is a highly personal decision that many women a…
joycearthur.com joycearthur.com

This piece is still relevant. Anti-choice women will very much choose abortion when they find themselves in a tight spot because they're "not like those other women".

Lots of people vote against their own interests. I don't get it but it happens with alarming regularity.
 
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Did their Supreme Court just thumb their noses at our Supreme Court, lol.

www.reuters.com

Mexico's top court decriminalizes abortion in 'watershed moment'

Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women's health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the practice.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
 
oceanblue said:
What a mess, sorry that this was in your town.
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Unfortunately this occurs in nearly all protests where ever they occur. Nearly every protest in my state has armed protestors in attendance.
 
Calliecake said:
How is anyone supposed to know if these are sane people holding these guns?
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They wear bullet-proof vests, carry personal weapons of mass destruction (not just one weapon, several weapons), favor cammo, and show up to peaceful protests with the intent of wagging their dicks around (stiff guns as a substitute for their flaccid dicks) in an attempted show of enriched testosterone bent on intimidating while strutting around like incel peacocks -- that to me is a sign of cray cray.
 
So will the Texas lynch mob be mad that people will be sneaking TO Mexico now? :confused:
 
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stracci2000 said:
I am wondering about the future ramifications of this law.
Have the lawmakers in Texas not thought of the adoption agencies who will be slammed? And all the children who will be flooding into foster care in the next few years?
All the toddlers who will be removed from abusive homes because they were unwanted in the first place?
The Children and Youth services who respond to abuse calls will be inundated.
Hasn't anyone thought of this?
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The cruelty is the point.
 
Have you heard the news people. Greg Abbott said “Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets.”

He must have a crystal ball that will reveal who is and isn't a rapist so they can be arrested before they commit rape. Surely he can't be bragging about bagging the perps AFTER they commit the crime and possibly AFTER the victims discover they're pregnant which will probably be too late to get an abortion under their Draconian new law.

More than 90% of rapes in Texas are unreported. In a 2019 study, the Texas Department of Safety reported more than 14,000 rapes. Charges resulted in less than a quarter of those reported cases, or 23.7%. DPS reported 2,200 were arrested on the charge year, but did not specify how many resulted in criminal penalties for suspected offenders.

The level of ignorance, stupidity, doltishness, lunacy, nitwittedness, imbecility, fatuousness, arrogance, and and STUPIDITY is breathtaking.

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Matata said:
Have you heard the news people. Greg Abbott said “Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets.”

He must have a crystal ball that will reveal who is and isn't a rapist so they can be arrested before they commit rape. Surely he can't be bragging about bagging the perps AFTER they commit the crime and possibly AFTER the victims discover they're pregnant which will probably be too late to get an abortion under their Draconian new law.

More than 90% of rapes in Texas are unreported. In a 2019 study, the Texas Department of Safety reported more than 14,000 rapes. Charges resulted in less than a quarter of those reported cases, or 23.7%. DPS reported 2,200 were arrested on the charge year, but did not specify how many resulted in criminal penalties for suspected offenders.

The level of ignorance, stupidity, doltishness, lunacy, nitwittedness, imbecility, fatuousness, arrogance, and and STUPIDITY is breathtaking.

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I guess they better arrest all the uncles, cousins, co-workers, neighbors, brothers, babysitters etc.
Rapists are not just the creepy guy in the alley.
 
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stracci2000 said:
I guess they better arrest all the uncles, cousins, co-workers, neighbors, brothers, babysitters etc.
Rapists are not just the creepy guy in the alley.
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But we're supposed to pretend that it's never someone we know and trust.
Not an upstanding citizen with his life ahead of him, or a pillar of the community, from a 'good' family.

Perpetrators of Sexual Violence: Statistics | RAINN

Three out of four rapes are committed by someone known to the victim.
www.rainn.org www.rainn.org
www.bbc.com

Sex attack victims usually know attacker, says new study

More than 90% of rape and sexual assault victims knew their attacker, according to new research.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

Rape Statistics by Country 2024

worldpopulationreview.com worldpopulationreview.com
Texans are supposed to allow the folks who don't believe in equality for women across the board to 'take care of it'.
Because regressive restrictions implemented by those without equal risk always have the best outcomes.
Great.
 
Atlantic article. Paywall but there are a limited number of free articles before one is blocked.

The Roe Baby
Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, never had the abortion she was seeking. She gave her baby girl up for adoption, and now that baby is an adult. After decades of keeping her identity a secret, Jane Roe’s child has chosen to talk about her life.

www.theatlantic.com

The Roe Baby

Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, never had the abortion she was seeking. She gave her baby girl up for adoption, and now that baby is an adult. After decades of keeping her identity a secret, Jane Roe’s child has chosen to talk about her life.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
 
Did anyone happen to read the opinion piece in Saturday’s Washington Post by Alan Braid “ Why I violated Texas’s extreme abortion ban”?
it’s a great read.
 
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