Actually, even *you-know-who* "has privately told friends and advisers the ruling will be 'bad for Republicans''”...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/politics/abortion-ruling-trump.html (link) B On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 1:13:53 AM UTC-4 David Risner wrote: > This ruling also opens up the possibility of Congress outlawing abortion > for the whole country. > > If they get control of both houses & the Presidency, the GOP could use a > reconciliation bill that cuts off Federal funds to a state if they allow > abortions. Thus fulfilling the requirements for a reconciliation bill (and > avoiding the filibuster) while still effectively making abortion illegal > nationwide. > > -- > David Risner > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: PGage <[email protected]> > Date: 6/24/22 12:09 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Hollywood Post Roe > > It’s true that many Red States (and Red Counties in Purple and Blue > States) have made it functionally impossible for many poor women to get > abortions for many years. Still, this will make a profound difference. It > is one thing to want something and not be able to find or afford it, it’s > another for that thing to now be illegal. Thousands of women in Red areas > who were able to get legal and safe abortions last year will not be able to > get them next year. > > There is no doubt this is part of a precipitous downward slope. This Court > not only wants to criminalize abortion, they want to criminalize > contraception, and they want to turn the clock back on gay marriage. Many > of them want to undue lots of civil rights law. > > On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 at 9:39 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My wife and I have discussed this at length, and I’ve done some amateur >> fact-finding. And although this is undoubtedly a setback for women’s >> rights, the practical reality is that states have been systematically >> stripping away those rights while Roe was in effect. Symbolically it is a >> huge victory for the fringe right wing. But the reality is they’ve been >> victorious for several years. If you live in a red state, you’re probably >> already unable to get an abortion under normal circumstances. If you’re in >> a blue state, you probably can. That was as true yesterday as it was today. >> >> The true debate following Roe is if this is the start of a slippery >> slope, and we won’t know that for a while. In the meantime, conservative >> politicians must be held accountable for providing medical and financial >> support to all the moms they are creating. And liberal politicians must he >> pressured to use their influence to change the make up of The Court. A >> madman in the Oval Office made the court into an extremist arm of >> government; it cannot be allowed to continue as it is. >> >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 6:44 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Before I finish and send this post it is possible SCOTUS will announce >>> its worst ever kept secret, the ruling overturning Roe and officially >>> setting back the clock 48 years. >>> >>> Matt Bellloni (Puck News) is reporting that “Netflix, Comcast, Warner >>> Bros. Discovery, Sony, and Paramount Global, all told me they are joining >>> Amazon in offering to reimburse travel expenses for employees in states >>> that ban abortion who wish to end a pregnancy.” Disney, OTOH, declined to >>> comment, perhaps not wanting to be first in line for another spanking from >>> the Florida conservatives. But, Belloni write, “I’m told by a good source >>> that its employees—including the thousands in Florida—almost certainly will >>> be reimbursed for abortion travel.” >>> >>> I’m thinking an important non profit to get started is paying for poor >>> women to travel for abortions. Also, of course, more TV and movies where >>> people actually get abortions (we might not be where we are if that had >>> been happening over the last four decades). >>> >>> Also, Belloni notes that “The Writers Guild [is] calling for studios to >>> yank filming from states that ban abortion” and wonders is that will gain >>> enough traction to actually impact production in Red states like Georgia, >>> Texas, and, of course, Florida, which “all host significant studio >>> productions.” >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Bgv8ms641jgiBK7F2_n%3DSfntW-JkMS3W6BWEQPm7_i%2BA%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Bgv8ms641jgiBK7F2_n%3DSfntW-JkMS3W6BWEQPm7_i%2BA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >> >> >>> -- >> Kevin M. 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