Dobbs had the opposite effect conservatives intended
Dobbs had the opposite effect conservatives intended
People are seeking abortions more than ever.
Sorry, do you actually think conservative politicians legitimately care about abortions? A few conservative looneys might be true believers but this is just an issue they kick around for political points.
They absolutely do. Our birth rate has been in a steady decline since 2007, and is well below the 1960s. Racists are terrified of losing to “the great replacement,” but the wealthy still need low wage workers. Unwanted American children are the unhinged solution to both.
That indicates a desire to boost population growth, not necessarily an ethical objection to abortion - I do think you're absolutely correct about a fair portion of those politicians and donors but there's still a large portion that I think are just using the movement for points.
There would also be more efficient solutions to this problem if that was their primary concern - we'd like see more focused attacks on Loving vs. Virginia if it was specifically racially motivated (rather than "American culture" motivated)... and even then I think the best approach would just be super-charging child tax credits and potentially introducing childless tax penalties.
I think my original statement was overly simplified, though.
Why wouldn't they just keep pretending to give a shit instead of actually stacking the court and putting a manufactured case up? They did the thing. They caught the car. Now they're dealing with the fallout.
It's genuinely about giving the ruling class wage slaves in the future. They hated seeing the plummeting birth rates. That's always been the reason. These politician's owners and donors have no need for petty ethics or morals (of any kind). There is always a material, political, class reason for these decisions
No it didn't. Young girls and boys are forced into parenthood, which prevents them from getting educated. When they have trouble navigating this world with little education and a child to care for, the church is there waiting to blame their problems on lack of church.
FTA
Something curious has happened since the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision in June 2022: More people have obtained abortions, despite increasing barriers to access.
Did you read even the first paragraph of that article?
From the article:
"But the new data should not be interpreted to suggest Dobbs hasn’t had a disastrous impact. As #WeCount co-author Alison Norris, a researcher at the Ohio State University, pointed out to reporters on Tuesday, the report found that nearly 180,000 fewer abortions were provided in-person in states that had total or 6-week abortion bans. In other words, telehealth abortion and shield laws are not adequate replacements for brick-and-mortar clinics.
“People need trusted, in-person care locally,” Norris said. “They shouldn’t have to drive hours.”
Clinics are essential options for people who only learn about their pregnancy at, or after, 10 to 12 weeks at which point they are no longer eligible for medication abortions. Telemedicine is also not an option for those who learn something about their pregnancy after the first trimester that makes them need or want to terminate it. Teens and low-income people, in particular, also face major barriers to traveling for in-person care if they reside in states that no longer have operating clinics."
They didn't even read the headline
In all fairness, I haven’t read of child molestation by a priest resulting in pregnancy.
Well let's fix that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/nyregion/nj-priest-sexual-abuse-girl-teacher.html
As the late great bill hicks pointed out, I am proud to be not only pro choice, but actually pro abortion.
I'm not pro choice or pro life, I'm just anti-life
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