Who cares whether it’s good for Republicans or bad for Republicans? The Supreme Court ended the right to privacy, bodily autonomy, and made pregnant women wards of the state. That’s a vast change in the role of government and the way our institutions, primarily healthcare, work.
Anybody who looks at it simply as a part of the political horse race is an idiot. By that I mean journalists. We already know about Trump. On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 12:02 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > 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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