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Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

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Re: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

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Post by itbeho »

t-3 wrote: post #15

Abortion is absolutely an issue of personal autonomy which deserves Constitutional protection. I hope this ruling can help serve as an impetus for reform. We really need a Constitutional Convention, but an amendment would be progress.

Do you feel the same protection of personal autonomy extends to vaccine mandates as well?

Re: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

#87

Post by t-3 »

itbeho wrote: post #85
t-3 wrote: post #15

Abortion is absolutely an issue of personal autonomy which deserves Constitutional protection. I hope this ruling can help serve as an impetus for reform. We really need a Constitutional Convention, but an amendment would be progress.

Do you feel the same protection of personal autonomy extends to vaccine mandates as well?

Of course. I'm not even vaccinated.

Re: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

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Post by ausbah »

georgia_peach wrote: post #71
ausbah wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

eh, there are things that shouldn't be up for debate just because a majority of people wish it to be so. the issue is "what is a right and what isn't"

Elite lawyers may be cleverer than the peasants, but that does not make them righteous or just. As I've already written, just because the court had taken a leftward tack in the recent past does not guarantee that it will continue to do so. Left or right, it would be best not to have that much power in so few hands. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/4694780...

I'm not exactly advocating for the power SCOTUS has, there are a whole host of things like the case you pointed out. I speaking more in principle that "mob rule" doesn't end well for those not in the mob

Re: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

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Post by cato_the_elder »

tamaharbor wrote: post #86

I don’t think any man should mandate any woman what to do with her body.

Contrary to the popular belief, there isn't a huge gender gap on this issue: https://news.gallup.com/poll/245618/abortion-trends-gender.a...
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