Texas Law Banning Abortion After About Six Weeks Takes Effect

[Sand Dancer]

Haven't you heard, unborn babies are not people

Fetuses are not legal persons in the US.

 

[Regiomontanus]

Fetuses are not legal persons in the US.

Is that supposed to be news?

 

[SkepticThinker]

In other words, you have no idea if the six weeks comment is true or not, nor do you have proof for it.

Yes, if you want an abortion like this, you might want to skip those. Most women still get their period on hormonal birth control.

Because it doesn't matter - it's just you. I know some women don't get their period. I know some women don't know they're pregnant until they give birth. My points have all been about the rules, not the exceptions.

You're entirely responsible for obeying or disobeying your doctor's advice.

You have one article that has any legitimacy. The two others are just echoing it for propaganda reasons. I have, I don't know, hundreds of legitimate articles saying the opposite of your one legitimate article.

I gave you sources as well. Where is your source saying that an embryo has a heart and a heartbeat at 6 weeks gestation?

Viability at 6 weeks means viability of the pregnancy. Later it means ability to survive outside the womb.

 

[pearl]

Justice Dept. seeks emergency order to block Texas abortion law

"The United States seeks a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of S.B. 8," the department said. "This relief is necessary to protect the constitutional rights of women in Texas and the sovereign interest of the United States in ensuring that its States respect the terms of the national compact. It is also necessary to protect federal agencies, employees, and contractors whose lawful actions S.B. 8 purports to prohibit."
Justice Dept. seeks emergency order to block Texas abortion law (msn.com)

 

[Sand Dancer]

Is that supposed to be news?

Apparently to some it is.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

If our days are written by God before we are born who are we to take that away from someone? We should not be playing God.

Abortion providers can thwart the will of God?

If they're that powerful, maybe you should be worshipping them instead.

 

[Kooky]

Abortion providers can thwart the will of God?

If they're that powerful, maybe you should be worshipping them instead.

Furthermore, if God saw fit to predetermine that pregnant women will seek abortions and doctors will provide them, then who are we to question His/Her/Its/Their will in the first place?

Clearly, abortions are part of His/Her/Its/Their divine plan.

 

[Friend of Mara]

They don't have the right to destroy the body of another deliberately. We arrest people for the exact thing that is done to the unborn.

This isn't about the fetus. This is about the bodily autonomy of the woman.

If there are two people in the whole world that have blood type Z and one of the two people need a blood transfusion you cannot force the other to give up their blood. For any reason. Do you think the person choosing not to give up their blood should be arrested? They are the only person in the world that can save the other person's life. So in a way they have killed them. However to force them would infringe on their bodily autonomy.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Why would it even want to. Providing it was not being too much of a nuisance to Canada or Mexico.

America needs to self destruct. and reform out of the ashes.
Perhaps with the advice and leadership of China to lend a hand.
After all they will probably own the place by then.

I want to argue tooth and nail against you but your probably right.

It seems we are presently headed in that direction.

Hopefully I'll be dead by then if it does.

 

[Revoltingest]

In the news....
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

 

[Subduction Zone]

In the news....
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

The only question is: What took so long?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

In the news....
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

I'm still surprised the Supreme Court didn't kill it. It's so draconian and tyranny people in another state can even sue the Uber driver if the passenger went to get an abortion. And if the defendant wins there are legal prohibitions on recovering legal fees.
There is so much wrong with this bull the current Supreme Court should be ashamed.

 

[Watchmen]

The only question is: What took so long?

The court system plods along. It’s not really designed to move quickly.

 

[Watchmen]

I'm still surprised the Supreme Court didn't kill it. It's so draconian and tyranny people in another state can even sue the Uber driver if the passenger went to get an abortion. And if the defendant wins there are legal prohibitions on recovering legal fees.
There is so much wrong with this bull the current Supreme Court should be ashamed.

The Supreme Court will address (and likely overturn) the Texas law when the issue is properly before the Court. There’s a process to be followed.

 

[Revoltingest]

The only question is: What took so long?

In my experience with courts, the question is....
How did it happen so fast?

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm still surprised the Supreme Court didn't kill it. It's so draconian and tyranny people in another state can even sue the Uber driver if the passenger went to get an abortion. And if the defendant wins there are legal prohibitions on recovering legal fees.
There is so much wrong with this bull the current Supreme Court should be ashamed.

I don't know.
I'd expect them to have weighed in against the law too.
But they do have a bunch'o arcane procedures. It might
or might not be conservative sympathizers for the law.

 

[pearl]

I suppose that knowing Roe V Wade will be heard in the upcoming term why bother with the Texas legislature, it will probably become a moot issue.

 

[metis]

I suppose that knowing Roe V Wade will be heard in the upcoming term why bother with the Texas legislature, it will probably become a moot issue.

With the court make-up as it is, I frankly don't know what to expect.

What shocked me with the SCOTUS decision on this is that, instead of keeping the status quo until a full hearing could be done, it made a radical decision that's affecting so many people in a very serious and "out of the blue" way. Why would they do that?

Unless the Court already knows how it will likely decide.

 

[pearl]

An appeals court judge struck down the Texas law as unconstitutional which I'm sure will be appealed to the SCOTUS. Even with the heavily conservative Court I think the issue will ultimately be handed over to the states.

 

[Subduction Zone]

An appeals court judge struck down the Texas law as unconstitutional which I'm sure will be appealed to the SCOTUS. Even with the heavily conservative Court I think the issue will ultimately be handed over to the states.

It almost sounds as if you are saying that they will overturn Roe v. Wade. The only way that they can "turn it over to the states" would be to reverse that ruling.