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He was a good Jewish boy, so probably. The Talmud contains instructions on how to terminate a pregnancy, I'm given to understand.

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The Bitter Waters

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If they start arresting women who return not pregnant, I think they're going to see a growing shortage of women in red states. Women will leave to get abortions and just not come back. Many won't have a choice, but most who could afford to travel could probably work something out to not return.

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I'm a Sovereign Citizen and do not recognize anti-kettle-on-your-head so-called laws because gold fringe.

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My mother had several miscarriages before finally carrying a child to full-term, namely me.

She would have had a difficult time of it birthing and raising me and my siblings had she been prosecuted as a triple-murderess.

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In Michigan the Republicans have held the majority in the legislature since the early 80's. The only thing that has ever stopped their agenda is the what seems to be alternating Democratic governors and the Supreme Court.

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Gerrymandering has been the theocrats’ best weapon.

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Michigan's abortion ban, passed 91 years ago in 1931, makes it an actual felony to have an abortion.

So the woman is punished? That will go over in a certain way.

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Right, and that’s helpful especially for women in South Texas. But, NM is probably a more convenient choice for women in West Texas.

It’s also worth noting just how vast Texas is. As an attorney licensed in all federal and state courts in Texas, I had more than a few cases in El Paso. That’s a 2 hour flight from Houston, whereas Houston to California is only 4 hours of flight time. If driving, that’s a heckuva lot of time to spend in a car.

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Appalling. I can't even imagine how that must have felt....

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"Don't care"?They consider it a feature, not a bug.

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They've been using Roe as a political football for so long -- while making abortions more and more inaccessible de facto -- that it's crossed my mind that Roe may more useful to them ON the books than OFF.

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If I were even ten years younger, I would be making concrete plans to emigrate.

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Blow it out your ear

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Hail and well met!

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Some of those smug red hatters are probably dead from Covid.

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