Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn't.
Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Didn't.
ProPublica reviewed 12 of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. Few changed in 2023, as state lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks.
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State Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt was speaking on the floor of the South Dakota Capitol, four months pregnant with her third child, begging her Republican colleagues to care about her life.
I have some sympathy for her but she needs to wake up. The begging she is doing is part of what Republicans want. In their belief system women are beneath men and they should stop complaining. She won't rise anywhere and may die from complications during birth that could have been prevented if her states laws didn't exist. Fuck every Republican voter who allowed her suffering, but my sympathy waivers when you cause your own pain.
Fuck every Republican voter who allowed her suffering, but my sympathy waivers when you cause your own pain.
I know it's kind of implied in your statement, but I think it's worth making this distinction: Republican voters in general cause their own pain, mostly through ignorance. She, on the other hand, knows who her colleagues are and have been for the last 50 years at least, and thinks her pleas won't fall on deaf ears by virtue of being "one of them."
If only people like her took the time to understand concepts like John Rawls's "Veil of Ignorance," rather than supporting people who think The Bible and 1984 are neat ideas for government.