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Overturning Roe would mean only that the states could regulate abortion The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #1
Slippery slope Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #2
LOL that is so stupid and illogical quartz007 Jun 2018 #8
Trying for a little humor in a terribly awful day and situation. Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #13
Relax, my money is on Roe Vs Wade stays as is...nt quartz007 Jun 2018 #16
Are you a boy or a girl? eom Control-Z Jun 2018 #26
why do you ask my gender? quartz007 Jun 2018 #34
Because I've heard tons of advice to "relax" from men, but never once from a woman who cared... bettyellen Jun 2018 #46
Because your comment sounded a bit like Control-Z Jun 2018 #49
Panicking is irrational mythology Jun 2018 #56
yes, then abortions become a state by state issue quartz007 Jun 2018 #3
So what's the punishment for Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #5
My guess is it will upto that state quartz007 Jun 2018 #11
i wouldn't think anything............ Takket Jun 2018 #12
We may see extradition from state to state Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #15
There isn't one. If I do something in North Dakota that's not a crime in North Dakota The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #25
assuming of course a Federal law isn't passed to ban it nationwide............... Takket Jun 2018 #9
The odds of that Law passing are close to zero quartz007 Jun 2018 #14
Counting on norms or precedents to rein in these radical reactionaries... Salviati Jun 2018 #52
Only things guaranteed are death & taxes quartz007 Jun 2018 #58
Abortion has been regulated from Day One. It has never NOT been regulated. nt Hekate Jun 2018 #18
That's true. By "regulated" I meant more regulated or limited in ways The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #23
Run an ad 24/7 Iol59 Jun 2018 #4
Probably death. I hear that self-induced, knitting needle and coathanger abortions are often fatal... NurseJackie Jun 2018 #6
True, that. ariadne0614 Jun 2018 #31
Death Penalty Or Life Without Parole. TheMastersNemesis Jun 2018 #7
My point exactly. Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #10
Watch 'The Handmaid's Tale' They are the Unwomen. CurtEastPoint Jun 2018 #17
Overturning Roe v Wade SCantiGOP Jun 2018 #19
Then the laws preventing the advertisement exboyfil Jun 2018 #27
My guess. Blue_true Jun 2018 #59
That was the situation in Ireland. nycbos Jun 2018 #28
Death from sepsis or bleeding out. Unless you are rich. Loss of medical license for the provider. Hekate Jun 2018 #20
infection...infertility..death? n/t SoCalDem Jun 2018 #21
Politicans and people with money will be able to send their daugthers Iliyah Jun 2018 #22
I live in a red area of Florida. Blue_true Jun 2018 #60
I would imagine the woman and her doctor will both be executed Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #24
I believe doctors were punished, patients not so much. RandySF Jun 2018 #29
I think you might have mis-wrote what you were trying to say here. (eom) StevieM Jun 2018 #32
Yeah yeah. I don't think patients were punished much. RandySF Jun 2018 #37
That won't last. Ultimately they will go after the women. They always do. StevieM Jun 2018 #39
Women have gone to jail for miscarrying or getting high while pregnant. bettyellen Jun 2018 #47
Then they will have to pass some kind of law forcing the biological father to pay smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #30
Sure they can. And they will. StevieM Jun 2018 #33
Don't be naive. ariadne0614 Jun 2018 #38
How are they going to make the biological fathers pay? Doreen Jun 2018 #55
If they don't pay, taxpayers will have to instead. And that's not going to go over well. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #62
Isn't that what happens now? It sure seems like it. Doreen Jun 2018 #63
And they still hate it. The problem is that there will be a hell of a lot more of them. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #64
If this does happen, Tucker08087 Jun 2018 #35
Here is what our future looks like: StevieM Jun 2018 #36
see #40 handmade34 Jun 2018 #41
the future is here... handmade34 Jun 2018 #40
Thank you Solly Mack Jun 2018 #43
Remember - during the election Trump said the women should be punished hexola Jun 2018 #42
It depends on the state, of course. Mariana Jun 2018 #44
So, Alabama death by stoning/Georgia death by hanging. Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #45
Something like that, yes. Mariana Jun 2018 #50
*Before* Roe what was the punishment? Odoreida Jun 2018 #48
see #40 handmade34 Jun 2018 #53
Before Roe, there was not so many religious hysterics. haele Jun 2018 #65
Follow the Talibangelical logic. TomSlick Jun 2018 #51
Using the logic of the anti-Choice folks, it MUST be a capital crime with capital punishment. n/t Eyeball_Kid Jun 2018 #54
If a fetus is a person, just like a corporation.... Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #57
Unwanted pregnancies happen to Republican women too FakeNoose Jun 2018 #61
Yes, but they have the means to travel to states where it's legal. LeftInTX Jun 2018 #68
I'm tired and upset over all of the recent bad news, but ... Staph Jun 2018 #66
I'm thinking the same too LeftInTX Jun 2018 #67
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