♲ Democracy Matters :verified: - 2024-12-17 21:41:29 GMT
SOUTH CAROLINA: Call your state representatives and senators!The six MAGA South Carolina Republicans from extremely diverse backgrounds calling to execute women who receive an abortion. (TL-BR) Harris, Magnuson, Chumley, Burns, Long, Kilmartin)
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.”
ProPublica reported in September on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, which the state maternal mortality review committee had determined were preventable. They were the first reported cases of women who died without access to care restricted by a state abortion ban, and they unleashed a torrent of outrage over the fatal consequences of such laws. The women’s stories became a central discussion in the presidential campaign and ballot initiatives involving abortion access in 10 states.
#propublica #georgia #maternal-mortality #abortion #medical-care #deaths #preventable-deaths #leak #whistleblower
#meme #health #usa #humanrights #politics #trump #government #law #problem #fail #religion #moral #ethics #scandal
♲ anonymiss - 2024-11-14 05:12:04 GMT
#abortion #women #humanrights #health #usa #law #trump #government #religion #problem #democracy #meme #alien #politics #fail
Ben Shapiro getting railed for 4 minutes straight!
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_slxaie06qP1wdxsta.mp4
4:06 min #video
sauce: https://www.tiktok.com/@jubilee/video/7429500304195849515
Bit of a #Rant, #USPolitics, #Abortion, #StrongOpinion, #YouveBeenWarned
Every aspect of abortion bans conflicts with established law, precedent, and our nation's founding principles.
* I am not a medical professional - so why am I being asked to make a medical decision for women I've ever met, whose circumstances I do not know, and about which I am not qualified to make?
* Our nation was founded on principles that include religious freedom; that means no state religion. "When does humanity begin?" is a theological question, and the basis for "Abortion is murder" is based on the theological answer to that question. Any law forbidding an action based on this philosophy is a state-enforced religious edict, one that violates the religious liberties of anyone who disagrees.
* (This one is a personal opinion) Jesus taught us to forgive our neighbors and explicitly told us not to judge them. Banning abortion is making several judgments: that those people whom we have not met, whose circumstances we do not know (I know I'm repeating myself here) aren't fit to decide their own life choices, and that we must punish them if they disobey our religion, that they aren't even a part of. Therefore, IMO every abortion ban is the work of the antichrist.
My religion says that agency is a critical aspect of the human experience on Earth. So I refuse to vote to remove women's agency and will always vote to preserve the life, liberty, and human rights of women in this country.
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October 8, 2024
In another blow to abortion rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday
Texas doctors cannot be compelled to perform emergency abortions if the
procedure is deemed to violate Texas's abortion ban. The far-right-led
Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, rejected the Biden
administration's invocation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor
Act, which requires health providers to intervene if a patient's life is
at risk.
#abortion #court #supreme-court #scotus #us-supreme-court #emergency-abortions #emergency-medical-treatment #texas
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October 8, 2024
Georgia's Supreme Court reinstated the state's six-week abortion ban
Monday, one week after a lower court struck down the ban, ruling it
unconstitutional. Alice Wang from the Center for Reproductive Rights
said, "This ban has already killed multiple women, as the state's own
maternal mortality review committee found last month. Yet Attorney
General Carr rushed to court to reinstate this ban, ensuring more lives
will be lost."
#abortion #court #supreme-court #georgia #abortion-ban #six-week-abortion-ban
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September 30, 2024
In Austria, the far-right Freedom Party won this weekend's parliamentary
election, edging out the ruling conservatives and sending shockwaves
throughout Europe. But it's unclear if the Freedom Party will be able to
form a governing coalition, as all of its rivals have ruled out
collaboration. Party leader Herbert Kickl ran on a nationalist platform,
pledging to restrict asylum and migration and expel non-EU citizens. The
Freedom Party was founded in the wake of World War II by former Nazis.
On Sunday, protesters gathered outside the Parliament building in Vienna
chanting, "Nazis, get out of Parliament."
Johanna Franz: "That means social cuts for Austria. That means lower
salaries. That means a catastrophe, especially for migrants and for the
women who are demonstrating in favor of abortion again. We started
demonstrating 40 years ago, and I can't do it anymore."
#austria #freedom-party #austria-freedom-party #herbert-kickl #democracy-now #nazis #vienna #wien #abortion #freedom #liberty
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Austria
Generally, performing or receiving an abortion is still considered a criminal offence.
Abortion in Liechtenstein, which borders Austria, remains illegal and punishable by law. Some women who choose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy cross the border into Austria to undergo the procedure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Liechtenstein
Once again, Europe surprises me. Just a few years ago I discovered that women couldn't vote in Switzerland until 1972!
Femen activists held a protest in front of the Monument to the Constitution in Madrid on Friday, September 27 to demand the “complete” decriminalization of abortion for all women and in particular for women in an illegal situation in Spain, “who do not have the right to have abortions and they risk not only their lives but also their mental health”.
https://taz.de/Safe-Abortion-Day/!6039118/
#prochoice #feminismus #selbstbestimmung #abbruch
Kamala Harris: A Fight for Women's Bodily Autonomy
Warning: If you watch the video of Harris’ speech, have some tissues handy. Hell, even if you choose to read this post on my blog, you might want to grab some tissues.
continued at the link
#Abortion, #BodilyAutonomy, #Harris2024, #Trans, #Transgender, #USPol
Kamala Harris’ Abortion Speech Broke New Ground
If you watch the video of Harris' speech, have some tissues handy.
But this wasn’t just any old campaign speech about abortion. Her remarks came on the heels of an event with Oprah, where Amber Nicole Thurman’s family spoke about her life and death, begging Americans to not see her a statistic. Harris speech today seemed determined to keep that promise—shining a light on who Thurman was, and why her life mattered so much.
Florida voters who oppose the state's 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police
Florida voters who signed a petition to place a pro-choice abortion referendum on the ballot this November say they have been visited by police who are investigating claims of fraud at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration, the Tampa Bay Times reported Saturday.
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/113051992738537940 GottaLaff@mastodon.social - Via Josh Marshall:
Requires more attn. #Trump got confused, thought he could vote in #Florida to add a few more weeks to Florida's six week #abortion ban. (not how it works). Then campaign put out statement that he still supports six week ban.
