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Roe v. Wade (1973)

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A quick definition of Roe v. Wade (1973):

Roe v. Wade is a court case that said people have the right to decide if they want to have an abortion before the baby can live outside the womb. This means that the government cannot make laws that take away this right. However, in 2022, the Supreme Court changed its decision and said that states can make laws about abortion as long as they have a good reason.

A more thorough explanation:

Roe v. Wade is a Supreme Court case that established the right to an abortion as protected by the Constitution prior to the viability of the fetus. This means that individuals have the right to decide whether to terminate their pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

A pregnant person in Texas wants to have an abortion during the first trimester of their pregnancy. Under Roe v. Wade, they have the right to do so without undue interference from the state.

However, in 2022, the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, which means that states can now pass regulations for abortions "for legitimate reasons" and if presented with a constitutional challenge, the laws are entitled to a "strong presumption of validity."

A state passes a law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and requiring abortion clinics in the state to have facilities comparable to an ambulatory surgical center. Under Roe v. Wade, this law would be considered an undue burden on abortion access and therefore unconstitutional. However, under the new standard set by Dobbs v. Jackson, the law may be considered valid if it is presented with a constitutional challenge.

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18:53
@texaslawhopefully: looking back, the Rs were freaking out saying Biden was going to end the country, and the Ds were freaking out during DJTs 1st term. Neither did exceptionally bad or good, IMHO. At the end of the day, the rest of the GOV (Judaical and Congress) really put a damper on grandiose executive plans. Finally, we all know Donnie is a talker: he anchors (ie tarrifs), he talks shit, he says he will do X and never does. news eats that shit up, but I think most will not ever come to pass
Dkk
18:54
I really think it's a lot of political theater right now. I think a huge percentage of these EO's are just going to be shot down.
18:55
the news sells fear. that is their product (hence why u see COPD, heart meds, stress/ antidepressants adverts during primtime). We know trump has a big mouth, and when he opens it, he spews nonsense which gets funneled into ur ears- ratings skyrocket.
18:56
not COPD. my bad ^
dem messaging is lightyears behind MAGA messaging, part of this can be blamed on foreign governments boosting the MAGA party to destabilize the country, but the democrat old guard is so far behind MAGA strategy
18:57
@Dkk: exactly.
dems need to give way to modern leftists like AOC and bernie
18:58
@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: AOC is my crushhhh
Dkk
18:59
It's amazing cus in 2008/2012 people were even wondering if the Republican party was still going to be a thing and then yeah, MAGA just took over.
but unfortunately the left purity tests all of its members to death, for the left their candidates have to be perfect, for the right their candidates are basically forgiven for anything. it makes it a hard sell for upcoming talent to attach to the left wing when they will cancel their politicians for any perceivable social slight
texaslawhopefully
18:59
Yeah, unfortunately that happened in part with Harris and the far-Left
19:00
@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: see with takes like that, it is no wonder how you are called Knowledgeable Wasp
ie a lot of the left didnt vote for harris because they thought biden was too soft on israel for the I/P situation. but now they have trump who will literally hand netanyahu bombs to genocide palestinians
texaslawhopefully
19:01
And even on that issue, though, I thought Biden was very moderate, whereas the far-Left just had unrealistic expectations of where he was going to end up
yeah absolutely, and our modern left doesn't appreciate that if they eventually want their policies, their best bet is incremental progress, not a perceived revolution
Dkk
19:03
So if you are 19, Trump won his first election when you were like 11. What were you doing at 11?
Dkk
19:03
This is just interesting for me to think about.
Dkk
19:06
Wasp do you remember Clinton as president because I do not.
i hadnt developed sentience by 6 years old
19:07
@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: lmfao
@texaslawhopefully: actually that was a huge counter biden movement (and harris) re they were held hostage by party politics and any words otherwise were lies that would be walked back, like border action
The radical left views open borders as a human right
they deem us animals who migrate lmfao
Dkk
19:08
Okay, man so huh. I barely remember bush as a kid. I remember my parents complaining about him and telling me why they did not vote for him. I technically had bill clinton too but I would have been 3.
hence migrants
meanwhile you view brown people as aliens
Dkk
19:09
Man I am trying to remember what I was doing at 11. I think my family had just moved houses and I was going to a new school.
@windyMagician: yeah lol cant say shit about politics without someone jerking off about race realism
Dkk
19:11
@windyMagician: I think it's a pretty mainstream view from the right to view some of them as aliens and some as not.
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