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RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 06-27-2022 (06-27-2022, 10:44 PM)pally Wrote: In 1973 7 Justices said it was covered by the Constitution And at one point slavery and segregation were found to be covered by the Constitution. You can't have it both ways, either precedent is sacrosanct or it is not. If it is not, then Friday's decision cannot be viewed solely through the lens of an unprecedented assault on SCOTUS norms. Which it clearly isn't, based on the over 200 times the SCOTUS has reversed precedent in its past, as already covered in this very thread. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - CJD - 06-27-2022 (06-27-2022, 05:45 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The interesting question is would pro-choice people accept a federal law legalizing abortion, but only in the first trimester? Public support for abortion really drops off the cliff after the first trimester. Which is a shame because in a lot of cases those ~9% of abortions after the first trimester are due to medical emergencies, unviable fetuses or other unforeseen complications. And the other most common circumstance is someone who wanted to get an abortion but didn't have the financial resources or Healthcare availability to get the abortion in the first trimester. I'd be curious to see how low we could get that percentage following the first trimester if we increased access to abortions across the country. Because I am not sure there are many people who think they want a baby in the first trimester and then change their mind in the second trimester spontaneously (without any news of unviability or health risks to the mother). RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 06-27-2022 (06-27-2022, 11:22 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Which is a shame because in a lot of cases those ~9% of abortions after the first trimester are due to medical emergencies, unviable fetuses or other unforeseen complications. And the other most common circumstance is someone who wanted to get an abortion but didn't have the financial resources or Healthcare availability to get the abortion in the first trimester. You raise an excellent point, one that I completely agree with. A friend of ours, who has been desperately trying to have a child, found out the fetus had a genetic muscular wasting disease. The child would not have lived more than a few years, at best, and would have been in horrible pain the entire time. Obviously, in a case like that, an abortion is literally the humane choice. The problem lies in those who would abuse such loopholes. I realize that the vast majority would not, but we always craft our laws to cover the small minority that won't obey, or will exploit, them. I would be 100% in favor of medical exemptions. Quote:I'd be curious to see how low we could get that percentage following the first trimester if we increased access to abortions across the country. Because I am not sure there are many people who think they want a baby in the first trimester and then change their mind in the second trimester spontaneously (without any news of unviability or health risks to the mother). I'd agree with this as well, which makes the whole question that much more interesting. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - MasonDT70 - 06-28-2022 (06-27-2022, 07:54 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: We bought at $199k in 9/20. We did a cash-out refi in 11/21 based on appraised value of $470k (figured it might be a good time to pull the equity and stash it with rate hikes on the horizon). The few local sales of similar homes are now sort of stalled around $530K. I suspect they will be going down from here. It's not reasonable or affordable for the area. I also live in AS, and the price increase in houses even withing just a year have priced me andy wife out of buying. Hell even our rent on our apartment, just a 1200sq ft 2 bedroom, has gone up from 980 to 1460 in 2 years. Housing in general is insane here atm. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Bengalzona - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 04:37 AM)MasonDT70 Wrote: I also live in AS, and the price increase in houses even withing just a year have priced me andy wife out of buying. Hell even our rent on our apartment, just a 1200sq ft 2 bedroom, has gone up from 980 to 1460 in 2 years. Housing in general is insane here atm. It's doubtful that rents will be going down anytime soon. In fact, they may continue heading up. Housing prices, on the other hand, will have to go down. And probably sooner rather than later. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Belsnickel - 06-28-2022 (06-27-2022, 05:45 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The interesting question is would pro-choice people accept a federal law legalizing abortion, but only in the first trimester? Public support for abortion really drops off the cliff after the first trimester. Personally speaking, I wouldn't. But that's mostly because I don't believe that it is something that should be legislated. It's a medical procedure where the circumstances of each situation is so individual that it is far too detailed for any sort of legislative rulemaking. There is no law that could be passed that would cover all of the variables needed to be an effective policy. In addition, abortion prohibitions are ineffective. We need to be educating our children and making family planning resources more readily accessible. Those are things that have been proven to actually reduce abortion rates, so my preference for evidence based policy also leads me to the idea of these proactive measures and not a prohibition on abortion. This is all just speaking in terms of statutory and budgetary law, mind you. Constitutionally I still don't consider the unborn as persons with rights at any point until birth. But that's just the third leg of my position and admittedly my more extreme one. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Sled21 - 06-28-2022 (06-27-2022, 10:44 PM)pally Wrote: In 1973 7 Justices said it was covered by the Constitution And even the champion of the left, Ruth Bader Ginsburgh wrote about how worried she was that the court would hear a case regarding it because it was a flawed decision. They made it up, it's no where to be found in the Constitution, hence you revert to the 10th Amendment. And for the record, I'm not arguing for or against abortion, this is strictly a Constitutional issue for me. That document serves us well, people need to quit screwing with it. If it needs to be changed, there are proper processes, not judicial activism. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - pally - 06-28-2022 (06-27-2022, 11:13 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: And at one point slavery and segregation were found to be covered by the Constitution. You can't have it both ways, either precedent is sacrosanct or it is not. If it is not, then Friday's decision cannot be viewed solely through the lens of an unprecedented assault on SCOTUS norms. Which it clearly isn't, based on the over 200 times the SCOTUS has reversed precedent in its past, as already covered in this very thread. Which of those other precedent changes actually rolled back granted rights? I’ve seen Plessy vs Ferguson thrown around a lot as a changed precedent so let’s look at that. In 1896, Plessy said separate was ok as long as everything was EQUAL. Brown vs Topeka BOE came along and said time had proven separate wasn’t equal. Plessy was expanded not retracted to the previous status quo of 1895. Most changed precedents did the same or took into account new laws passed in the times between decisions. This was the first time a civil right was constitutionally granted and then was taken away. Right to privacy…ha…Thomas said it…the govt gets to decide what sexual activity adults can participate in, who they can marry, what birth control they can use. This isn’t the America our founders envisioned. It isn’t 1792 with 13 states anymore. It is idiotic for the Supreme Court to act as it is RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - pally - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 08:18 AM)Sled21 Wrote: And even the champion of the left, Ruth Bader Ginsburgh wrote about how worried she was that the court would hear a case regarding it because it was a flawed decision. They made it up, it's no where to be found in the Constitution, hence you revert to the 10th Amendment. And for the record, I'm not arguing for or against abortion, this is strictly a Constitutional issue for me. That document serves us well, people need to quit screwing with it. If it needs to be changed, there are proper processes, not judicial activism. The 9th amendment also applies here….rights not stated in the document also exist. And rest assured the Roberts court has taken judicial activism to a whole new level…starting with granting corporations with individual rights. This court will go down in history as one of the worst is history and their decisions will be cited as reasons for the diminishing of US democracy and individual rights RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Sled21 - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 08:21 AM)pally Wrote: Which of those other precedent changes actually rolled back granted rights? I’ve seen Plessy vs Ferguson thrown around a lot as a changed precedent so let’s look at that. In 1896, Plessy said separate was ok as long as everything was EQUAL. Brown vs Topeka BOE came along and said time had proven separate wasn’t equal. Plessy was expanded not retracted to the previous status quo of 1895. Most changed precedents did the same or took into account new laws passed in the times between decisions. This was the first time a civil right was constitutionally granted and then was taken away. Right to privacy…ha…Thomas said it…the govt gets to decide what sexual activity adults can participate in, who they can marry, what birth control they can use. This isn’t the America our founders envisioned. It isn’t 1792 with 13 states anymore. It is idiotic for the Supreme Court to act as it is It was a flawed decision, not Constitutionally granted. 10th Amendment The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Quote:[/url] RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - pally - 06-28-2022 The right to personal autonomy over one's body should not have to be spelled out in a country that claims its citizens are free. It is an inherent right . And is covered by the 9th amendment. The 10th does not supersede the 9th just because it is convenient. Gun rights are God given, according to those advocates. How in the hell can the decisions concerning ones' own body be otherwise? What's next...Uncle Sam choosing your tattoo? piercings? maybe back to the days of forced sterilization of people deemed not qualified to be parents? We know they want to regulate how and with whom you have sex. Maybe they will go after timing and location. Every Saturday, the woman must submit to the man in the bedroom only in the missionary position. She is allowed to close her eyes and think of England during the act. Every decision made by the Roberts court has been to place the individual above the need, wants, desires, or good of society...except this one. A woman's right is overridden by a fetus that cannot exist on its own. She becomes a broodmare with all the personal and financial implications that come with it. She exists solely for the purpose of breeding. Abortion, BTW, was LEGAL in all 13 states at the time of ratification of the Constitution. It wasn't made illegal until the mid 19th century..thus it was not long standing policy at the time of Roe-v-Wade. Alito did a lot of cherry-picking to justify his personal RELIGIOUS beliefs based reversal edit: newspaper opinion pieces do not qualify legal arguments RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - BigPapaKain - 06-28-2022 Hope people who are for overturning Roe hate blow jobs. At this rate it'll be a few months before that gets banned in Red states, too (sodomy laws aren't just about butt stuff). RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 08:21 AM)pally Wrote: Which of those other precedent changes actually rolled back granted rights? I’ve seen Plessy vs Ferguson thrown around a lot as a changed precedent so let’s look at that. In 1896, Plessy said separate was ok as long as everything was EQUAL. Brown vs Topeka BOE came along and said time had proven separate wasn’t equal. Plessy was expanded not retracted to the previous status quo of 1895. Most changed precedents did the same or took into account new laws passed in the times between decisions. This was the first time a civil right was constitutionally granted and then was taken away. Right to privacy…ha…Thomas said it…the govt gets to decide what sexual activity adults can participate in, who they can marry, what birth control they can use. This isn’t the America our founders envisioned. It isn’t 1792 with 13 states anymore. It is idiotic for the Supreme Court to act as it is You mean according to the Constitution? You don't have to confine yourself to the Plessy decision, I posted a link earlier that showed precedent has been overturned over 200 times in the court's history. You're clearly falling victim to appeals to emotion, because there is nothing untoward with this decision and it rests on very firm constitutional ground. I get not liking it, I don't like it, but I'm also capable of understanding why it was made. Good of you to reintroduce the slippery slope argument btw. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Sociopathicsteelerfan - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 07:05 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Personally speaking, I wouldn't. But that's mostly because I don't believe that it is something that should be legislated. It's a medical procedure where the circumstances of each situation is so individual that it is far too detailed for any sort of legislative rulemaking. There is no law that could be passed that would cover all of the variables needed to be an effective policy. In addition, abortion prohibitions are ineffective. We need to be educating our children and making family planning resources more readily accessible. Those are things that have been proven to actually reduce abortion rates, so my preference for evidence based policy also leads me to the idea of these proactive measures and not a prohibition on abortion. I tend to agree, it's not really something you can legislate. I was just advancing the idea as it would bring the US more inline with Europe on this issue. Our previous abortion laws were among the most permissive in the world, by quite a lot. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - BoomerFan - 06-28-2022 (06-27-2022, 10:10 AM)pally Wrote: what other rights do the unborn possess? If the mother miscarried there would not even be a death certificate because under most state laws a miscarried pregnancy isn't a person. You can't take out life insurance on a fetus. You can't collect child support on a fetus. A person who kills a fetus while committing a crime will only be charged with its death after viability. I can't get a deduction on my taxes because of a pregnancy. Justice Alito said if a right isn't spelled out in the constitution it isn't a right. Preborn personhood isn't in the constitution nor is it considered a historic norm. I really don't want to be taking up the cause of the conservatives, a cause which I generally do not believe in. There are some pretty obvious answers here though. There were already legal constraints on third trimester abortions of course, but that is neither here nor there. Laws or practices that recognize or codify rights do not impact whether a right exists. There has always been a right to freedom, whether it was legally protected or not. Slavery was always wrong. It did not become wrong the day it was outlawed. Natural rights are things we try to protect with laws, with varying success, but some are perhaps missed altogether. And the boundaries of those rights can be debatable. There probably is another issue here as well. Part of the conservative mindset (I think) is trying to create a social mores where certain actions are not acceptable in society. This is in pursuit of having people generally act in non-monstrous ways. I could find agreement with that when we are talking about third trimester abortions when they aren't in cases with mitigating circumstances (such as rape). I hope you agree. And no it is not lost on me that conservatives have a lot of terrible views that make any pursuit of the sanctity of life by them hypocritical. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Sled21 - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 10:41 AM)pally Wrote: The right to personal autonomy over one's body should not have to be spelled out in a country that claims its citizens are free. It is an inherent right . And is covered by the 9th amendment. The 10th does not supersede the 9th just because it is convenient. Gun rights are God given, according to those advocates. How in the hell can the decisions concerning ones' own body be otherwise? Your arguing for the right to have an abortion. I am not arguing abortion one way or the other, and don't because it is too hot button a topic, I'm just speaking about it being a "Constitutional Right." It's not in the Constitution, anywhere. Gun rights are specifically addressed in Amendment II. And this ruling, as much as people are railing against it, does not make abortion legal or illegal, it simply returns the matter to the states to decide. 10th Amendment in action. edit: I posted the opinion piece because it had the opinions of the many legal scholars, including RBG, who wholly stated Roe was flawed law. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - BFritz21 - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 12:49 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Your arguing for the right to have an abortion. I am not arguing abortion one way or the other, and don't because it is too hot button a topic, I'm just speaking about it being a "Constitutional Right." It's not in the Constitution, anywhere. Gun rights are specifically addressed in Amendment II. And this ruling, as much as people are railing against it, does not make abortion legal or illegal, it simply returns the matter to the states to decide. 10th Amendment in action. That's what I don't understand and I'd post about it on Facebook but everyone is playing the victim and no one realizes what it actually means. People say the government needs to stay off of women's bodies and that's why this ruling does, but now they're pissed? All these companies (like Über) are now saying they'll pay to take people to states where it's legal. Stupid. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - GMDino - 06-28-2022 Coincidentally one of the podcasts I listen to did a two-parter on the NRA from its early roots to now. One of the interesting things brought up was how 2A was less about your right to own a weapon as much as training a militia that hadn't done so well during the war and needed to be prepared better. Why? Well some folks were afraid the slaves would get this CRAZY idea that ALL men were created equal and start an uprising of their own. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002107670/historian-uncovers-the-racist-roots-of-the-2nd-amendment https://law.rwu.edu/news/news-archive/bogus-slavery-and-2nd-amendment So in essence while it was legal to have a gun there was concern that the federal government would interfere if slave states wanted to use their militia to enforce slavery. Therefore the amendment was pushed by politicians looking to keep power in those states. You know what else was legal when the constitution was written? Abortion. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/scarlet-letters-getting-the-history-of-abortion-and-contraception-right/?fbclid=IwAR0m1RyscYXw1Z2KdttXciOnwdlZ7ek8aIEx1gv1FFgoAcSx66kqs0BbhwI https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10297561/ https://www.history.com/news/the-criminalization-of-abortion-began-as-a-business-tactic?fbclid=IwAR3_vVE75lj-hPX7cQjD998usggvpTfRKQXFgX4M_DHaRz6UJ_n63ghbPmk https://www.jstor.org/stable/2173793?fbclid=IwAR2xIrFS4nqyMrWIqvFLjn_3KTi_RSyd1D7CYXE1l4kmIz5jp9ASAV5sUlQ But there wasn't a group of people who were worried about the federal government getting involved with it so why even mention it? I mean they didn't mention a lot of things because, why would they? Let's face it, the whole thing is basically about white, male, land owners. But we went backwards in a lot of ways (which you'll see if you read any of the links) and that was usually about, surprisingly, while males wanting to keep power. Weird, huh? So now, in 2022, we go back 50 years because abortion "is not mentioned" in the constitution. Fair enough. "Good legal" thinking is just that. It is based on a a true fact that the word is not used in the constitution, and therefore folks can ignore the damage such a decision does to the rights to millions of women. Anyway, I'm not going to change anyone's opinions. Just laying it out there that this is a damaging decision no matter how legal it was. RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - pally - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 12:49 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Your arguing for the right to have an abortion. I am not arguing abortion one way or the other, and don't because it is too hot button a topic, I'm just speaking about it being a "Constitutional Right." It's not in the Constitution, anywhere. Gun rights are specifically addressed in Amendment II. And this ruling, as much as people are railing against it, does not make abortion legal or illegal, it simply returns the matter to the states to decide. 10th Amendment in action. WRONG!!! I am arguing for the right of ALL Americans to have the basic right of body autonomy. For me and other women to decide what is best for their health, lives, and future. In other words, the same right men have RE: Roe Vs Wade Overturned - Lucidus - 06-28-2022 (06-28-2022, 01:06 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: That's what I don't understand and I'd post about it on Facebook but everyone is playing the victim and no one realizes what it actually means. The Court's ruling is the antithesis of staying out of an individual's body. |