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[quote=BlueFredneck][quote]Sure they do, but they also get very uncomfortable when they hear a woman died of sepsis because the fetus she was carrying was only mostly dead, and no one would help her until it was actually dead. It took one case with that fact pattern to change the law in Ireland of all places.

I don’t think the right wing has taken into account just how much the world has changed since Roe. Privacy and shame are out the window. Social media provides a way for a woman or her loved ones to reach a global audience fast. There will be no tragedies in the shadows that can be conveniently ignored. Eventually Pro-lifers are going to be called to account for the death and destruction they are causing.[/quote]

As for Ireland: The amendment was approved on a single-issue vote, to change the status quo of "abortion banned entirely." Nearly all political parties came together to support the 36th Amendment. While some voters might be willing to vote pro-choice on a single issue black and white thing. Abortion in Ireland is legal for the first 12 weeks, and in cases of a fatal fetal abnormality/threat to the mother's life. I suspect most pro-choice activists in the USA would see that as a step backwards, but American activists for guns and abortions (or both!) do like their absolute freedoms.

TX is basically Cersei playing with wildfire.

MS is the more likely model red states will follow. People will get mad over "total ban." They won't be as mad (if the goal is to get people other than the usual suspects) over "banned after 15/20 weeks and providers must have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and parental notification/permission must be obtained." [/quote]

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