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Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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1) probably since people started carryind them inside themselves, they've had that right towards themselves 2) does it matter? 3) does it matter? 4) does that matter?

Yes it does, it’s a terrible thing to do. We close our eyes, we don’t see it’s there, we pretend it doesn’t matter, we call it clump of cells, we call advocates ’pro choice’. Let’s face it, it’s the killing of a human, that have no voice, no choice in the matter.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-bruce-effe...

If animals do it in nature, and humans do it with dangerous methods when denied access to safe methods, it's going to be with us until the end of time, regardless of law.

Let's face it, this is just another drug war. An opportunity for Republicans to deny Americans personal autonomy and liberty. A justification for state aggression against your neighbors and friends. Wake up.

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It's not a baby, it's a clump of cells just like the many most people shell or push out of their penis after a good wank.

Why does its location change whether it is a clump of cells?

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Take a look at the voting numbers for Austin, TX. It's overwhelmingly democrat. 71% of Travis County votes were for Joe Biden[1]. The people moving to Austin are no different from the people that moved to San Francisco or Seattle in the first place. [1] https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/wp-content/uploads/el...

Dude, you do not understand Texas Democrats. And Texas Democrats do not understand you. If they did, frankly, they would not vote the way they do. There is a type of cultural elitism, and a freeness that Austin voters have that is not indicative of the SF or Seattle voters. People who have been there any appreciable amount of time understand how much Austin leftists actually dislike the imports.

I live in Austin.

That is factually inaccurate.

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Kavanaugh's concurring opinion said this: > Second, as I see it, some of the other abortion-related legal questions raised by today’s decision are not especially difficult as a constitutional matter. For example, may a State bar a resident of that State from traveling to another State to obtain an abortion? In my view, the answer is no based on the constitutional right to interstate travel. May a State retroactively…

True but Thomas opened up, in his opinion explicitly, the line to legally challenge same sex marriage and legal contraception. Same sex marriage only recognized in one state but not another opens all sorts of issues when it comes to interstate travel as far as communal assets, marital rights during hospital visits and death rights, and insurance claims.

People can do what they want through voluntary contracts with each other. If marriage is a right, then we don't need government license to practice the right.

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Literally. It's batsh*t crazy. Don't worry though, the favorability of these partisan companies are at the lowest they've ever been. These companies will learn the hard way and it's gonna be so much fun to watch. It's just a matter of time before better alternatives come out and destroy these companies. As soon as there's true alternatives, people will switch.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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How about a compromise: you gestate the unwanted fetuses.

How about people learn the consequences of sex instead of killing fetus? I would adopt a baby if it would save his life.

The “consequences” you’re glossing over here include rape (both forcible and statutory), fetuses who would die at childbirth anyways, who endanger the lives of their mothers, and so forth. There’s no single group of people who seek out abortions, and virtually nobody wants one in the abstract: they’re a means for preserving bodily autonomy and a necessary consequence of our legal respect for said autonomy.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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> The US broadly has very permissive abortion laws compared to most of Europe According to Wikipedia: "Most countries in the European Union allow abortion on demand during the first trimester, with Sweden and the Netherlands having more extended time limits." That's the same as what was once guaranteed in the US under Roe.

Incorrect. Roe guaranteed till viability (e.g. the day of birth). Very different and most people completely disagree with it.

Viability as defined by Roe was 28 weeks at the time of the opinion and (due to technological improvements) 24 weeks in recent years. Not "the day of birth".

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Do you have an example of any pro-life lawmaker, pundit, anyone demanding that all embryos from IVF be kept?

Yes. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-politics-of-the...

This person is in no way interested in facts, they'll move the goalposts again after it becomes widespread practice.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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I wonder if this is a business decision that has shown it could be profitable. I can imagine people without kids work more hours. Then again, they have a lot less to lose. Interesting business decision. The question I have, some states are going to call abortion murder and charge it as such. Is Google aiding and abetting a homicide?

I assumed it was a decision relating to a woman's reproductive rights. To suggest it is a business decision is sort of debasing?

Everything a publicly held corporation does is a business decision, it's naive to pretend otherwise.

Re: Google says US employees can relocate to states with abortion rights

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Honestly, Apple should be dialing down investment in Texas.

I recently declined an Apple role that required Austin relocation. I like Austin and considered the move, but ultimately my family is my priority. We can't risk moving to a tech hub in a blistering red state with growing regulation on personhood. I told the recruiter Apple needs to reconsider where it plans to do long-term business.

> but ultimately my family is my priority.

That’s an ironic way of saying you’re pro abortion.

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