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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A federal Constitutional right cannot be left to the states. Supreme Court is so dang wrong on this one. They really messed up.[/quote]
They messed up if you believe in the Constitution and what the founders believed. They’re right on track if you want a christofascist dictatorship. [/quote]
The founders believed in abortion on-demand?[/quote]

Uh... yes? This is from a book published by Ben Franklin telling ladies how to get their menstrual cycles back (for when they, you know, mysteriously don't come when you expect them to...):
[quote]Now I am upon Female Infirmities, it will not be unreasonable to touch upon a common Complaint among unmarried women, namely The Suppression of the Courses. This don’t only disparage their Complexions, but fills them besides with sundry Disorders. For this Misfortune, you must purge with Highland Flagg (commonly called Belly ach Root) a Week before you expect to be out of Order ; and repeat the same two Days after: the next Morning drink a Quarter of a Pint of Pennyroyal Water, or Decoction, and as much again at Night when you go to Bed. Continue this 9 Days running ; and after resting 3 Days, go on with it for 9 more. Ride out every fair Day, stir nimbly about your Affairs, and breathe as much as possible in the open Air...[/quote]

And there are product advertisements from the 1800s like this. You hardly have to read between the lines to understand what removing an "obstruction" for "married ladies whose health forbid too rapid an increase of family" is about... https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/08/history-of-contraception-19th-century-classified-ads-for-abortifacients-and-contraceptives.html[/quote]

It’s so funny to me when they ask these questions they’re sure are gotcha questions and they just won the argument. It’s almost like they don’t understand that the anti abortion movement in the US was a response to desegregating schools and is rooted in racism, and it’s not a common value that’s been near and dear to every American’s heart since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. [/quote]

It was rooted in Victorian "morality" and in doctors (who were an emerging profession) that were trying to drive midwives out of business (i.e., competition). [/quote]

It was Nixon trying to save his candidacy by courting Catholics, actually. He made this the hot button issue it is now. Or at least lit the fuse.[/quote]

Can everything be traced back to Nixon? The Southern Strategy? The War on Drugs? I mean gosh, you can look back and say that we're still living in the long shadow of his terrible policy and political decisions.[/quote]
Don’t sell Reagan short for how terrible his politics were and how much they still affect us to this day. Closing all the institutions with no meaningful alternative in place means thousands more mentally ill have been homeless; trickle down economics means the poor get poorer, most of the middle class gets poorer and the rich become stupid rich; and the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine means… well most of the Republicans who post on here are evidence of that. [/quote]

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