Reminds me of the last scene from Heriditary
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They do it thru packing courts and gerrymandering, which requires herculean efforts by Dems to just keep some semblance of normalcy. If Dems ever regain full power again and don’t do anything about it this time, we deserve what we get
Pro-life, they say
One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died.
Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.
The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide.
I posted this in the SCOTUS thread, but relevant here:
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Unsurprising
The trend leading up to Dobbs is also interesting. I wonder how far back that goes
The Arizona senate only has 30 people?
The California Senate only has 40, so 30 for AZ actually seems right, maybe even a lot.
Lots of weird differences in numbers.
I like this section. Vermont and Texas almost identical in numbers. 650k vs 30m population though.
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Yeah, I knew Vermont had 30, so I figured Arizona would have at least 60.
States are weird though. Something like 0.03% of the population of New Hampshire is in their House of Representatives.
Yeah, a CA Senate district is bigger than a congressional district.
As soon as Collin Davis found out his ex-partner was planning to travel to Colorado to have an abortion in late February, the Texas man retained a high-powered antiabortion attorney — who court records show immediately issued a legal threat.
If the woman proceeded with the abortion, even in a state where the procedure remains legal, Davis would seek a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the abortion and “pursue wrongful-death claims against anyone involved in the killing of his unborn child,” the lawyer wrote in a letter, according to records.
Now, Davis has disclosed his former partner’s abortion to a state district court in Texas, asking for the power to investigate what his lawyer characterizes as potentially illegal activity in a state where almost all abortions are banned.
The previously unreported petition was submitted under an unusual legal mechanism often used in Texas to investigate suspected illegal actions before a lawsuit is filed. The petition claims Davis could sue either under the state’s wrongful-death statute or the novel Texas law known as Senate Bill 8 that allows private citizens to file suit against anyone who “aids or abets” an illegal abortion.
Got the another private bounty petition from the same guy who spearheaded it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/05/03/texas-abortion-investigations/
While Elayna remained in the hospital, the family was eligible for disability payments from the federal government for having a child born weighing less than 2 pounds. They amounted to $30 a month.
Mayron wasn’t sure how to access them — but they wouldn’t even cover a week of gas money to and from the hospital anyway.
Mayron filled out paperwork to get help to pay for her daughter’s needs. She knew Elayna should have been eligible for disability support, given her premature birth and developmental challenges. But none of the phone calls she made or forms she submitted seemed to lead to any aid. It would be almost a year before Mayron received a letter that said Social Security approved $914 per month in disability payments for Elayna. It retroactively covered February to August but was cut off after that with no explanation. The family has never received any of the money.
Mayron decided not to apply for unemployment. She didn’t understand the rules and felt it would be too risky. She had applied for unemployment while she had to take leave for her high-risk pregnancy with Elayna, but a mistake on the paperwork later meant she had to pay back some of the money with fees. She also didn’t qualify for disability support because her complications from the surgery were considered short-term and partial.
lol America, this article just radiates stress
This fucking ghoul again
https://x.com/meidastouch/status/1789306634189275368?s=46&t=qACSKE6IZtzYRktMah8p6A
Wow. Just straight up Handmaid’s Tale-ing it.
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