Poll: Abortion, Roe v. Wade

What is you're opinion on abortion ?

  • Fully pro-life, including Embryo

    Votes: 17 2.5%
  • Pro-life but exceptions for morning after pill and IUDs

    Votes: 25 3.7%
  • Pro-choice but up until heartbeat limit of 6-weeks

    Votes: 64 9.6%
  • Pro-choice up to pre-viability limit (based on local legislation)

    Votes: 451 67.6%
  • Fully pro-choice until birth

    Votes: 110 16.5%

  • Total voters
    667
I get the feeling a lot of people don’t really understand what’s actually been repealed

The US has not banned abortion, they have simply and i out this in the simplest terms that it’s a state matter not a federal matter

It would be similar to to the government here saying it’s up to your local council to legislate on something or the other way pre brexit the eu controlling abortion legislation then making it a U.K. decision

America is entirely different as this is done for so many other things ie the death penalty is decided at a state level so why not abortion?
 
Yes, but I thought the Dems led by Biden was the answer, just like people said it would be after getting that "nasty orange man" out.

Why is it that the current crop are always worse than the last? Wait and see what happens in the UK once the Tories are out. If people think things are bad now, they haven't seen anything yet.
I genuinely don't think we could get worse than the current crop in the UK. not unless Putin puts his hat in the ring.
at this point I don't care what colour boxers they wear, they could be any party I just want NOT corrupt, somewhat competent and to actually do what they believe is best for the country rather than happy to put country under a bus for their own personal gains.
Trump ..... I despise him as a person (made even more apparent from the person he replaced) but as much as I disagree with him on most topics.... at least he believed most of what he peddled unlike our current glorious leader imo .
 
I'm pro choice, but it is bewildering to see a few people I know crying about "my body, my choice" despite being in full support of forcibly vaccinating people just a short while ago...

An ex colleague of mine posted "if you're ignoring NHS messages and refusing to get it done, they should come to your house and hold you down" last year and now she's angry that women have lost the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Amazing.
 
I'm pro choice, but it is bewildering to see a few people I know crying about "my body, my choice" despite being in full support of forcibly vaccinating people just a short while ago...

An ex colleague of mine posted "if you're ignoring NHS messages and refusing to get it done, they should come to your house and hold you down" last year and now she's angry that women have lost the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Amazing.

2 completely different scenarios. Vaccination protects others.
 
They haven't made it illegal, probably in most states it won't be illegal. They've simply said it's down to the states to decide

I didn't say they'd made it illegal :confused:
Why isn't there such an outrage at the majority of African, Middle Eastern, Asian, South American countries where it is banned outright or prohibited?.
And when exactly in the last 50 years did they repeal legislation which made it legal?

It would be similar to to the government here saying it’s up to your local council to legislate on something or the other way pre brexit the eu controlling abortion legislation then making it a U.K. decision
Which would be fine if states could be trusted to apply their own appropriate legislation, but at least one of them (e.g. Texas) has made it clear that isn't the case.

To extend your analogy, it would be like the government repealing the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (which made homosexuality legal) after Birmingham Council has already said it will make homosexuality illegal.
 
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To extend your analogy, it would be like the government saying murder was no longer illegal and its up to the local councils, after Birmingham Council has already said it will be fine to murder gingers.
well in the city next to where I grew up there is a law saying it is ok to kill Welsh people with an arrow if they are seen inside the city walls after dark. to be fair I don't think the law has been tested lately and it is *possible* a more recent law may render it obsolete ;)
 
No, the ruling wasn't based on a 1700s era document but rather an aspect of the 14th Amendment (from 1868) - the Due process clause establishing the right to privacy. IT seems like a bit of a stretch.

There isn't any specific provision for abortion in the constitution or subsequent amendments.



Who are the unhinged religious nutjobs you're referring to and on what basis?

Amendments to the 1787 original. Whatever the date, it's a long time ago before these concepts existed. That it comes under a later amendment under the right to privacy seems reasonable to me.

As for the religious nut jobs - the Christian Right, obviously. The people that are pro-life and anti-freedom when it comes to an unborn foetus, but won't lift a finger for social security to feed and shelter the now born child or when it comes to banning assault weapons to stop adolescents shooting up primary schools increasingly as that's removing their freedoms. ****** up and hypocritical is what it is.
 
I get the feeling a lot of people don’t really understand what’s actually been repealed

The US has not banned abortion, they have simply and i out this in the simplest terms that it’s a state matter not a federal matter

It would be similar to to the government here saying it’s up to your local council to legislate on something or the other way pre brexit the eu controlling abortion legislation then making it a U.K. decision

America is entirely different as this is done for so many other things ie the death penalty is decided at a state level so why not abortion?
They understand. They just like to use highly emotive, highly charged language even if it is technically wrong.
 
Amendments to the 1787 original. Whatever the date, it's a long time ago before these concepts existed. That it comes under a later amendment under the right to privacy seems reasonable to me.

No, it isn't a long time before "these concepts existed" abortion existed in the 1800s.
 
No, it isn't a long time before "these concepts existed" abortion existed in the 1800s.

Dowie being obtuse shocker! The pharmaceuticals didn't exist until the 1970s. Lets face it, the barbarism of previous "solutions" would have put most women off before that.

You going to call the pharmaceutical method LARPing at abortion now? :cry:
 
The people that are pro-life and anti-freedom when it comes to an unborn foetus, but won't lift a finger for social security to feed and shelter the now born child

The church literally run pro-life clinics that offer free support for expecting mothers, the providey medical aid, support and necessities like nappies for new mothers, they even help with adoption. These same clinics that provide this service free of charge, are being attacked and fire bombed by those who oppose the pro-life system, the very people who are now threating the lives of the supreme court justices for over turning a ruling that is not a federal issue.
 
The church literally run pro-life clinics that offer free support for expecting mothers, the provide medical aid, support and necessities like nappies for new mothers, they even help with adoption. These same clinics that provide this service free of charge, are being attacked and fire bombed by those who oppose the pro-life system, the very people who are now threating the lives of the supreme court justices for over turning a ruling that is not a federal issue.
Charity is not social security.
 
I'm surprised there's anyone in here not shocked and appauled by this.

Trumps legacy playing out I guess with his additions to the panel.

Some will be fortunate enough to be able to hop state or even move state. But many more won't.


USA. Two cultures in one box.
 
social security is for the retired or those with disabilities afaik.

benefits for children are a different matter entirely and the US government do provide some aid in that regard. There's SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) and TANF (temporary assistance for needy families) which are benefits that are provided by the government to help with these matters. To what degree of aid I'm not 100% on but there does exist a system atleast.
 
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