SCOTUS set to overturn Roe and Casey

[Innula Zenovka]

‘We could feel it’: Kansans celebrate upset abortion rights victory

Organizers said treating reproductive rights as a non-partisan issue was key to success in a Republican-leaning state

www.theguardian.com

Evernote link

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

‘We could feel it’: Kansans celebrate upset abortion rights victory

Organizers said treating reproductive rights as a non-partisan issue was key to success in a Republican-leaning state

www.theguardian.com

Evernote link

Honestly, I wish more candidates would go back to running on what they are planning on doing in office, instead of mudslinging. Which is why I stopped voting for republicans before they pulled the shit they've been doing for the last 6-7 years.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

‘We could feel it’: Kansans celebrate upset abortion rights victory

Organizers said treating reproductive rights as a non-partisan issue was key to success in a Republican-leaning state

www.theguardian.com

Evernote link

I saw this late last night and was amazed and happy, but the numbers were not out yet. 59-41 is pretty decisive. I think, in part, it is a backlash against the out and out cruelty we have seen since Roe was overturned. Republicans have been in a rush to see who could be the cruelest in making no exceptions, including defending the idea that a 10 yr old rape victim should be happy to give birth to her rapist's child, that even ectopic pregnancies should continue to the point of threatening a woman's life, that a woman's life has no value except in giving birth even if it kills her and making no pretense that birth control will be next on the chopping block and so on.

What I foresee happening next, though, is that they are not going to allow people to vote on it anymore. They were overconfident and felt that they had a slam dunk. I think they will next say, "You've made your wishes known by selecting your representative and therefore WE will make these decisions." This will be because gerrymandering gives them so much more control over it than allowing the public to decide.

Congratulations, Kansas! Good job!

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I saw this late last night and was amazed and happy, but the numbers were not out yet. 59-41 is pretty decisive. I think, in part, it is a backlash against the out and out cruelty we have seen since Roe was overturned. Republicans have been in a rush to see who could be the cruelest in making no exceptions, including defending the idea that a 10 yr old rape victim should be happy to give birth to her rapist's child, that even ectopic pregnancies should continue to the point of threatening a woman's life, that a woman's life has no value except in giving birth even if it kills her and making no pretense that birth control will be next on the chopping block and so on.

What I foresee happening next, though, is that they are not going to allow people to vote on it anymore. They were overconfident and felt that they had a slam dunk. I think they will next say, "You've made your wishes known by selecting your representative and therefore WE will make these decisions." This will be because gerrymandering gives them so much more control over it than allowing the public to decide.

Congratulations, Kansas! Good job!

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I saw this late last night and was amazed and happy, but the numbers were not out yet. 59-41 is pretty decisive. I think, in part, it is a backlash against the out and out cruelty we have seen since Roe was overturned. Republicans have been in a rush to see who could be the cruelest in making no exceptions, including defending the idea that a 10 yr old rape victim should be happy to give birth to her rapist's child, that even ectopic pregnancies should continue to the point of threatening a woman's life, that a woman's life has no value except in giving birth even if it kills her and making no pretense that birth control will be next on the chopping block and so on.

What I foresee happening next, though, is that they are not going to allow people to vote on it anymore. They were overconfident and felt that they had a slam dunk. I think they will next say, "You've made your wishes known by selecting your representative and therefore WE will make these decisions." This will be because gerrymandering gives them so much more control over it than allowing the public to decide.

Congratulations, Kansas! Good job!

In states with an Initiative and Referendum system, that would require the voters supporting a change to the state constitution.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

In states with an Initiative and Referendum system, that would require the voters supporting a change to the state constitution.

Yup, in Florida, to make amendments requires a ballot initiative, at least as far as I know.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

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[Jolene Benoir]

In states with an Initiative and Referendum system, that would require the voters supporting a change to the state constitution.

Then, they will do this:
South Dakota Supreme Court Says Referendum Can’t be Used to Block Measure Increasing Vote for Initiatives to 60% | Ballot Access News (ballot-access.org)

or, this:

South Dakota GOP Repeals Anti-Corruption Act Passed By Voters | HuffPost Latest News

We're talking about a party that will do anything and I mean anything to get its way. Either way, this is a great win for abortion rights in an unlikely state.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

That depends on the state constitution. In Ohio, for example, any law passed by initiative can be changed by the legislature. But an amendment to the State constitution can not be.

They can still do fuckery. For example the constitutional amendment in Florida a few years ago that allowed ex convicts to vote was watered down by the legislature when they wrote the law implementing the change to define completing their sentence to include payment of all fines and fees.

 

[Free]

They can still do fuckery.

I've come to rely on it.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

That depends on the state constitution. In Ohio, for example, any law passed by initiative can be changed by the legislature. But an amendment to the State constitution can not be.

They can still do fuckery. For example the constitutional amendment in Florida a few years ago that allowed ex convicts to vote was watered down by the legislature when they wrote the law implementing the change to define completing their sentence to include payment of all fines and fees.

Yup, and they tried to do road blocks against Medical MJ too - and what we did get is... pricy and the Medical doc doesn't get why our apointments are every 7 months, for yearly cards [and if you don't go every 7 months, then you can't use your card]

But fixing that fuckery will be easier if we throw the assholes out [sadly, we don't have a dem running this time for our state house ;.;] than it is for them to overturn the amendment itself. And with the right court, it might be declared unconstitutional.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

This is chilling:

Mother and daughter charged over teen's abortion after Facebook was ordered to turn over their chats

The company was served with a warrant for the messages, which experts worry could become common.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Beebo Brink]

Why not both?

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Free]

"The umbilical chord."

The most difficult chord to play on the guitar, ever.

 

[Arkady Arkright]

Britain is not blameless in hounding the aborted mother - Why are women being arrested for having abortions in the UK?

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

The pro-lifers in Kansas are really fucking desperate!

Kansas to recount abortion vote by hand, despite big margin

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ elections director says the state will go along with a request for a hand recount of votes from every county after last week’s decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights, even though there was a 165,000-vote difference and a recount won’t change the result.

apnews.com

 

[Free]

Fiscal conservatives.