OA522: Roe v. Wade is Dead.
Added 2021-09-03 03:36:52 +0000 UTCThis is not an exaggeration. Sure, technically speaking the Supreme Court hasn't said the magic words "we overturn Roe v. Wade" but they used the shadow docket to effectively eliminate it. This is bad. Very, very bad. So what exactly happened? What's in the Texas law that SCOTUS allowed to stand? How completely garbage, unprecedented, and counter to the rule of law is this move? Listen the Andrew's expert analysis and find out.
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I have no idea, but I'm quite sure it was a law at some level. It was Planned Parenthood and they would never have made me undergo that unless they were forced to.
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2021-09-07 18:26:44 +0000 UTCThe "intent" clause seems quite bizarre to me, and I was hoping Andrew would talk about it, but he didn't go into it. Is this a common kind of clause? How would you prove that someone you were suing intended to help facilitate an abortion? Isn't that kind of thought-crimey? Or have I misunderstood?
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2021-09-06 16:44:09 +0000 UTCWhy'd they make you do it in 2006? Just a chicago specific requirement? There's no medical reason to have one at all if you're planning on terminating. It's degrading and humiliating for the sake of it.
Kevin
2021-09-05 22:44:06 +0000 UTCWhen I had my termination (2006 in Chicago), I was forced to undergo a waiting period (I think it was 24hrs?) and a transvaginal ultrasound. I have recently (in the past few years, as these draconian laws began to be passed at the state level, and well after my grieving period had ended) begun joking around that I was raped by the state of Illinois. This is not a funny joke, but I make it to make the point that there was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR ME TO HAVE UNDERGONE THAT PROCEDURE.
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2021-09-05 18:59:07 +0000 UTCTo add to just how insane the 6 weeks thing is, the first four weeks of pregnancy are EXTREMELY loosely defined : they start counting from the end of the last period of the woman. The average implantation date is 14 days into a cycle, with a few days variance on average either way. That means that the first 2-4 weeks of pregnancy a person may not actually be pregnant. Additionally, if they are demanding an ultrasound to prove the baby is a certain age, then that will probably need to be a trans-vaginal ultrasound : ie, a Dr will need shove a stick into the woman's vagina. (My wife had to have this done due to fear of complications, and that's basically the only reason anyone would consent to it).That's obviously unpleasant, and entirely unnecessary unless the restriction is set so early. The craziest part is that this is common knowledge on any pregnancy website. It's not exactly rocket science, but it's so poorly reported. (I thought it was something different than this but close, and my pregnant wife corrected me...)
Kevin
2021-09-04 16:50:25 +0000 UTC
