06-27-2016, 03:48 PM
(06-27-2016, 03:03 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I was going to start two separate threads (gun and abortion decisions) when I was home and on my laptop. I really hate posting from my phone because I'm so bad at using the keyboard.
The abortion one was interesting but not surprising. Texas had basically found that they could close half of the abortion clinics in the state by forcing them to have the same requirements as surgical centers. This was done under the guise of a concern for safety, but many other procedures that are more dangerous than abortions didn't have the same requirements.
The law closed 22 of the 41 clinics and, had the decision gone the other way, would have closed 10 more, leaving only 9 in the state.
I was, of course, very interested in the Gov. McDonnell case. I found it funny that Roberts called his actions "tawdry."
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
