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(86,005 posts)
Thu May 5, 2022, 09:17 AM May 2022

Criminalizing abortion potentially disempowers women at the ballot box

🌻fabUkat—J.D., BSChE 🌻 @katwitdown 9h
“And let's not forget the most important part. Our right to vote goes away the second we have a miscarriage or abortion under these laws since we become felons. Once that happens, we can't "just vote" or way out of this situation.”




Honoria Glossop's Host Body @HonoriaGlossop3 41m
YUP - following the model they've been using to steal the Constitutional rights of Black Americans and other marginalized people. This is what expanding fascism looks like.
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Criminalizing abortion potentially disempowers women at the ballot box (Original Post) bigtree May 2022 OP
It's a part of a pogrom to... 2naSalit May 2022 #1
Yes. That's part of the plan. Solly Mack May 2022 #2
Exactly. And then they repeal 19A. niyad May 2022 #3
3/4 of the State Legislatures will not go along with that. ProudMNDemocrat May 2022 #4
Sorry. Half of the states are under puke control, and voting rights are being niyad May 2022 #5
'Murder' rationale explained keithbvadu2 May 2022 #6

2naSalit

(86,804 posts)
1. It's a part of a pogrom to...
Thu May 5, 2022, 09:24 AM
May 2022

Return women to serfdom. Making it impossible to vote is only a part of that.

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)
2. Yes. That's part of the plan.
Thu May 5, 2022, 09:32 AM
May 2022

To reduce us as people, as humans, as full and equal citizens, and force us to abide by their arbitrary religious beliefs - that are themselves entrenched in patriarchy - which is nothing but misogyny.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,794 posts)
4. 3/4 of the State Legislatures will not go along with that.
Thu May 5, 2022, 10:07 AM
May 2022

Nor are there 2/3 majorities in the Houses of Congress that would pass a repeal of the 19th Amendment.

This kind of stunt would take years to accomplish.

niyad

(113,587 posts)
5. Sorry. Half of the states are under puke control, and voting rights are being
Thu May 5, 2022, 10:11 AM
May 2022

attacked at every level. Repeal of 19A has been one of their stated goals for long time.

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