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Donald Trump unveils plan to make abortion illegal again
Donald Trump released a letter dated September 2016 via the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) detailing his first actions against reproductive rights (see below for the full letter). His first four goals are:
Nominating pro-life justices to the Supreme Court. This may not end abortion in 2017, but this is a defacto invitation for a direct challenge on Roe v. Wade. If Roe is over turned, (likely with a side wink of hey we’ll leave it to the states), 19 states have laws that would outlaw or severely restrict abortion that would immediately go into action. Similarly minded states will follow suit. As the conservative members of the Supreme Court have already ruled if employers believe IUDs cause abortion that’s more important than science, so IUDs will be next on the block.
Making abortion illegal at 20 weeks unless the life of the woman is in danger, i.e. signing into law the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act into law. Yes, there is a “rape” allowance in this law, but it’s a joke as it involves reporting the rape to law enforcement and for reasons that must be obvious even to Mr. Trump many women do not report their rapes. Almost all post 20 week abortions will stop.
Defunding Planned Parenthood. Never mind the good that Planned Parenthood does and the fact for many low income women this is their only source of health care, what’s even more worrying is the “allocating their funding to community health centers that provide comprehensive health care for women.” In Texas, where this kind of legislation is already in play, large chunks of this diverted money has gone to groups that don’t even provide health care. For example $1.6 million that would have gone to Planned Parenthood is now going to the Heidi Group, an anti-abortion organization that promotes alternatives to abortion to low-income women as well as “life affirming hope and dignity to girls, women, and their families seeking self-sufficiency.” They don’t even provide health care (I don’t count their counseling centers that lie to women about abortion). If you check their website they are still looking for a medical director. No track record providing health care? No problem, here’s $1.6 million and take a stab at it! It’s only health care for women!
Read the whole article here: https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2016/09/17/donald-trump-unveils-plan-to-make-abortion-illegal/
Nominating pro-life justices to the Supreme Court. This may not end abortion in 2017, but this is a defacto invitation for a direct challenge on Roe v. Wade. If Roe is over turned, (likely with a side wink of hey we’ll leave it to the states), 19 states have laws that would outlaw or severely restrict abortion that would immediately go into action. Similarly minded states will follow suit. As the conservative members of the Supreme Court have already ruled if employers believe IUDs cause abortion that’s more important than science, so IUDs will be next on the block.
Making abortion illegal at 20 weeks unless the life of the woman is in danger, i.e. signing into law the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act into law. Yes, there is a “rape” allowance in this law, but it’s a joke as it involves reporting the rape to law enforcement and for reasons that must be obvious even to Mr. Trump many women do not report their rapes. Almost all post 20 week abortions will stop.
Defunding Planned Parenthood. Never mind the good that Planned Parenthood does and the fact for many low income women this is their only source of health care, what’s even more worrying is the “allocating their funding to community health centers that provide comprehensive health care for women.” In Texas, where this kind of legislation is already in play, large chunks of this diverted money has gone to groups that don’t even provide health care. For example $1.6 million that would have gone to Planned Parenthood is now going to the Heidi Group, an anti-abortion organization that promotes alternatives to abortion to low-income women as well as “life affirming hope and dignity to girls, women, and their families seeking self-sufficiency.” They don’t even provide health care (I don’t count their counseling centers that lie to women about abortion). If you check their website they are still looking for a medical director. No track record providing health care? No problem, here’s $1.6 million and take a stab at it! It’s only health care for women!
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How any woman or man that cares for and values women can vote for Cheeto Benito is beyond me.
We MUST defeat that orange asshole on November 8. Actually, not just defeat, I want to HUMILIATE that Yammering Yam so badly that he'll never want to see the light of day again.
Shame on Ivanka. I used to have a modicum of sympathy for her to grow up with a father like that, but her penchant for thin-skinned attacks on reporters whose questions she doesn't like pissed e off. Fuck you, Ivanka and your vile, worthless, murdering brothers, Uday and Qusay.
