#Dobbs Decision

[lenbryant]

They were never going to stop at abortion.

[mysharona1987]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Senate Republicans vote against bill to guarantee access to contraception

In the Dobbs decision, Justice Thomas suggested that the rationale for overturning Roe applied to legal precedent that protected the right to contraception. Since Dobbs, state courts and legislatures have been chipping away at drugs and procedures (like mifepristone and IVF) that were protected before Dobbs. And Project 2025—the blueprint for a second Trump term—has a provision to allow insurers to eliminate coverage for contraception.

In short, there are warning signs that Republicans won’t stop until they have prohibited contraception. On Thursday, Senate Democrats put Republican intentions about contraception to the test. Democrats proposed a bill that would guarantee access to contraception.

Republicans defeated the bill, claiming it was unnecessary because contraception is protected under Supreme Court precedent. Of course, abortion was protected by Supreme Court precedent until it wasn’t. See NBC News, Senate Republicans block bill to protect access to contraception.

Senator Schumer intends to bring the bill up again—forcing more Senate Republicans to go on record opposing the right to access contraception. We must ensure that Democrats everywhere—especially men and women of child-bearing age—understand that Republicans are coming from their contraception.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[mysandwichgiver]

"We Are in the Bad Place (Re-Release)"

—Boom! Lawyered podcast

Happy second anniversary of the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization opinion 😞

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What a fucking mess Texas & anti-abortion people have made 😖😡

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“Why didn’t democrats codify Obergefell?” They did. They literally did. In 2022. If you didn’t previously know about this, you need to take a closer look at your political news sources. Maybe question why they are lying to you about this.

Below is a screenshot of the Wikipedia article for the Respect for Marriage Act, reading:

The Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA; H.R. 8404) is a landmark[1][2][3] United States federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress in 2022 and signed into law by President Joe Biden. It repeals the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), requires the U.S. federal government and all U.S. states and territories (though not tribes) to recognize the validity of same-sex and interracial civil marriages in the United States, and protects religious liberty. Its

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Understanding the Divide: Pro-Life, Pro-Birth, and Pro-Choice in the United States

The Language of Life and Choice Abortion debates in the United States have been shaped as much by language as by law. In political campaigns, media broadcasts, courtrooms, and community forums, labels like pro-life, pro-birth, and pro-choice have come to represent not just positions on abortion but broader moral, political, and social ideologies. Yet these terms are often used imprecisely or…

[lenbryant]

Princess Leia’s mom Debby Reynolds on life pre-Roe v Wade.

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Texas midwife charged with illegally performing abortions

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[scottguy]

Women are willing to risk their lives to escape the life-altering, poverty causing, crushing responsibility of being a single mother for over 20 years, their entire youth.

Every child should be a wanted child. Unwanted children cause crime. They cost food stamps and welfare. Republicans hate those expenses. So, what you right-wingers will just let all the children you FORCED on women starve to death?

Jesus would weep over Republican cruelty.

Roe wasn’t the beginning of women having abortions

Roe was the end of women dying from abortions

[preacherman316]

4 Thoughts on the Anniversary of the Dobbs Decision

This past weekend was the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs Decision when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. As a result the issue of abortion was returned to the states. While abortions still occur, the number has decreased. Babies’ lives are being saved. So, from that standpoint we rejoice. And thank God. While we could site statistics, surveys, and statement from leaders representing…

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[lenbryant]

Mainstream media fails us again with their tepid failure to communicate the important points.

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Somehow political decisions have just recently become much more consequential for Black Women. So does this mean that Florida, Georgia, and Texas now have a newly motivated group of Blue voters?

Ryan Adamczeski at The Advocate:

The majority of Black women of reproductive age in the United States live in areas that restrict access to abortion, a new report has found. Out of the 11.8 million Black women between the ages of 15 and 49, 57 percent (6.7 million) have little to no abortion access, according to a study from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) and In Our Own Voice.

Of the Black women in states that prohibit abortion, 43 percent live in just three states — Florida, Georgia, and Texas. 2.7 million are already “economically insecure” and 1.4 million work service jobs where wages are lower and sick days are not mandatory. "Nearly two years later, the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade continues to significantly harm millions of people across the nation, impeding their access to abortion, disrupting their economic futures, and putting their health and even their lives at risk," the report states. "The impact of this decision is particularly harmful for women of color, who are less likely to have access to high-quality, culturally competent health care and face greater economic barriers to getting abortion care." The report noted that "abortion bans and the harms caused by Dobbs are especially egregious in light of this country’s ongoing maternal health crisis." Black women and birthing people are three times more likely to die in childbirth as compared to white women and birthing people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to a study conducted jointly between National Partnership for Women and Families and In Our Own Voice, a majority of Black women of reproductive age live in areas that don’t have access to abortion services.

The 2022 Dobbs ruling exacerbated those harms even further.

See Also:

HuffPost: Report Shows How The Fall Of Roe Will Hit Millions Of Black Women

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the democrats long term plan cannot just be "win every election for the next several decades" without doing literally anything at all to secure votes and protect voting rights. it is shocking to me how many of y'all just play along with this and blame VOTERS instead of the people who have power and refuse to even pretend to use it