• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    16
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    3 years ago

    We’re not all idiots.

    A month ago, Ohio voters added reproductive rights to our constitution. Now, abortion is guaranteed to the point of fetal viability. Beyond that point, you just need the medical opinion of a single doctor that the abortion would improve the health of the mother (including her mental health) to secure an abortion.

    If this woman gets on a plane to Cleveland this morning, she can be back in Texas tonight, minus a doomed fetus.

    • no banana@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      3 years ago

      Oh I would never say that everyone is an idiot. Just that your system of governance is badly constructed.

    • seang96@spgrn.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      3 years ago

      Aren’t Ohio reps fighting the new constitutional amendment and it’s not officially in the Constitution even though it should be?

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        3 years ago

        Yes, they are fighting it; no, they have not been able to block it from being added to the constitution. It became effective as of Thursday, December 7th.

        • seang96@spgrn.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          3 years ago

          Nice! Glad they couldn’t block it from being added after 30 days. Hopefully people keep up the fight and get rid of these anti-democracy assholes.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      3 years ago

      What about a financially poor 14 year old who was raped? She couldn’t do that on her own. This woman is challenging the system for others.

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        3 years ago

        In Ohio, she could. No need to even notify her parents let alone gain their consent. That’s my point: we aren’t all monsters on this side of the Atlantic, even in bright red states like Ohio.

        Kansas protected reproductive rights through constitutional referendum. It doesn’t get much redder than Kansas.

        I don’t even think this is Texas or Texans. I think this is Ken Paxton.