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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As I have raged and mourned this draft opinion in conversation with my early 20's self who could never have imagined this day two decades ago, one thought and feeling has hardened in my mind - anger at the "progressive" left.  Their extremely self-righteous Twitter warriorism has cost not only women, but POC and LGBTQ people the basis of their rights.  I truly hope they feel sitting out the election in 2016 was worth it. We have them and their ignorance of how politics actually works to blame for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett.   So much for their "idealism" - they've handed the extreme right-wing the keys to kingdom.  When will they wake the f#$k up?  [/quote]

LOL, stop blaming the progressives. Look at the bill that Chuck Schumer put up for a vote. If they wrote it to protect abortion after 15 weeks, it would have drawn republican votes. But no, it was written to remove all restrictions on abortion - even for the purpose of choosing the child's sex. This is not at all what the US citizens want when they think about keeping abortions legal. [/quote]
Look at you, hating on a a great common sense bill that no “moderate Republican” (there aren’t any) could support. [/quote]

Allowing abortions with no restrictions is not a common sense bill. [/quote]

Do you honestly think that women voluntarily choose to get a late stage abortion?  There's a reason women find themselves there, it's not for kicks and giggles.

Why not let a woman and her doctor decide what is best, instead of trying to legislate the situation.

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I'm not here to debate with you on whether or not there should be limits on abortion. The general support for abortion among US citizens is at 15 weeks. That would have made for a common sense law. Trying to pass a law without any limitation clearly is not "common sense".

As to why not let a woman and a doctor decide on a late term abortion - there is the matter of the unborn child, which the government has a compelling public interest in protecting. [/quote]

Can you provide a source for your claim that 15 weeks is the dividing line for a majority of Americans?[/quote]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-poised-reverse-roe-americans-support-abortion/story?id=84468131[/quote]

Under the headline: 
“Majorities also reject six- and 15- week abortion bans”

“ In this poll, by contrast, 57% of Americans [b][u]oppose[/u][/b] a ban after 15 weeks; 58% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases; and 54% say the court should uphold Roe, compared with 28% who say the ruling should be overturned.”

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