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52. So, you think that not voting in this year's critical midterms

Thu Jul 21, 2022, 12:44 AM

Jul 2022

is a good idea if the Dem candidate isn't perfect enough for you? How well did that view work in 2016?

Numbers equal power in the Congress. Holding control of the House and Senate, even with "imperfect" candidates, will block Republican agendas.

Sure, we want to achieve more than just blocking their agendas. But not voting Dem this year is the same as supporting Republican policies, because that is what we will get if we don't control both houses of Congress.

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NC Bill 158 would make it legal to murder a pregnant woman who intends to get an abortion ... [View all] Soph0571 Jul 2022 OP

Talk about throwing out the baby with the bath water... Buckeyeblue Jul 2022 #1

They Rebl2 Jul 2022 #2

Yes they are going to protect mother and fetus with legalized execution of both bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #3

That's the way I read it . . ... Lovie777 Jul 2022 #9

and would they like to stone the woman to death for this perhaps? IcyPeas Jul 2022 #4

Cookout, not stoning. malthaussen Jul 2022 #28

What the actual mzmolly Jul 2022 #5

The doctor is in the crosshairs NickB79 Jul 2022 #6

I'm sure the bill's sponsors would find a way SharonClark Jul 2022 #7

Yeah and then they would try and sue the murdered woman's estate for the medical bills... n/t Soph0571 Jul 2022 #10

This here is some sick sh$t! Stay away from red states and try to never spend money on products Kittycatkat Jul 2022 #8

Or visit there. BOYCOTT the "Gilead states". ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2022 #13

See post 40. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #41

Companies are starting to pull their projects from Ark Hestia Jul 2022 #42

So, you think that not voting in this year's critical midterms wnylib Jul 2022 #52

Abortion is legal in NC and our Dem governor is working with Planned Parenthood to make BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #40

Twisted And Callous colsohlibgal Jul 2022 #11

Would this then be a DOUBLE HOMICIDE? ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2022 #12

The mother is not a "person..." MissMillie Jul 2022 #14

... Delphinus Jul 2022 #37

Exactly...if the mother dies, the non-viable fetus dies LeftInTX Jul 2022 #29

Yes, they didn't quite think that one through, did they? LudwigPastorius Jul 2022 #51

I have been wondering about something else, amidst all this. malthaussen Jul 2022 #31

Prior thread to add to discussion Nevilledog Jul 2022 #15

Indisputable scientific fact? tazkcmo Jul 2022 #16

Governor Roy Cooper is SO going to veto this bill! BComplex Jul 2022 #17

Unfortunately... OneGrassRoot Jul 2022 #24

This is targeting providers, not really pregnant women. They ... Whiskeytide Jul 2022 #18

Insane murder now, basically, legally REQUIRED. dchill Jul 2022 #19

Of course my State Repug legislators CRK7376 Jul 2022 #20

I know. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #33

Extreme much? Stinky The Clown Jul 2022 #21

OK so a woman goes for an abortion .. KentuckyWoman Jul 2022 #22

It's like the world's deadliest & dumbest game of dominoes (NT) HuskyOffset Jul 2022 #23

If the mother dies, the fetus dies LeftInTX Jul 2022 #30

Real pro-life thinking there n/t Jilly_in_VA Jul 2022 #25

"Unfortunately, it was necessary to destroy the village in order to liberate it." Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #26

There is no way to have it make sense. malthaussen Jul 2022 #27

Naw... Whatthe_Firetruck Jul 2022 #32

This bill CAN'T be legal sakabatou Jul 2022 #34

Um, if you kill a pregnant woman to stop her from getting an abortion you are probably going Martin68 Jul 2022 #35

Yeah, but now you won't have to temporary311 Jul 2022 #43

Go to jail so you won't pay child support? Doesn't sound very probable. Martin68 Jul 2022 #50

Sorry, I meant passing a law making it legal temporary311 Jul 2022 #54

Actually, I think I understood your point but wanted to point out an inescapable built-in Martin68 Jul 2022 #57

That also seems to mean that Bettie Jul 2022 #36

Abortion is legal in NC, and our Dem governor is working to make it possible for women from states BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #38

A clump of cells is not a person Novara Jul 2022 #39

Now, that is F'ed up Handler Jul 2022 #44

The level of misogyny among the GOP is crazy high! ananda Jul 2022 #45

Sounds like they want to make it legal to murder abortion providers... (nt) petronius Jul 2022 #46

Is this a joke? minstrel76 Jul 2022 #47

That's an insane piece of legislation. But, can it be construed to justify abortion as defense by... xocetaceans Jul 2022 #48

Another way to look at it... jmowreader Jul 2022 #49

So they want men in NC to be able murder their pregnant girlfriend/wife/sidepiece ecstatic Jul 2022 #53

They want men to kill the doctors who perform the abortions. Kaleva Jul 2022 #56

Looks like it's more about legalizing the killing of health care workers who provide abortions. Kaleva Jul 2022 #55