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Sheepiania wrote:

I love being on a political island… it’s my favorite thing in the world.

So… Dobbs v Jackson WHO… here is my opinion:
I’m going to start off with my general opinion on abortion~ I do not support abortion at any time unless~ the life of the mother is critically endangered, the baby is the product of incest, and in most instances of rape.

That said, abortion is an intensely cultural issue. Cultural opinions differ broadly by region and state. The majority of the state of say West Virginia, will not have the same opinion as say California. Holding the entire nation, and all cultures and people within it, to the same cultural position on abortion is an extremely flawed and poor decision. It drives an intense divide between states and people at a time of great division and tension. Allowing each state to make its own decision on abortion allows the majority of each state to make its own laws of which the majority of its population will be happy to comply with. I also believe that the alleged impacts of this decision have been by far overblown. The states as according to the Washington post listed as going to or likely to ban abortion account for ~20% of all abortions in the U.S.
Some of these people are likely fence sitters who may have not had an abortion, taking out a few of those percentage points, others are able to go to other states, taking out a few more, some would receive the by mail pills some states are unrolling, there goes a few more percent, others still would have been allowed to go ahead. So now we are probably down to single digits of percent of women, and the fact that miscarriages are sometimes considered “abortions” on paperwork, potentially slightly skewing the original numbers, really at the end of the day isn’t effecting all that many people. Unless they were raped, I have a very hard time at this point in my life of pitying them- you got pregnant- that’s on you- time to be accountable for your actions.

At the end of the day- if California wants to slaughter babies and Texas wants to infringe on womens rights- ok whatever

Sargk I understand your concern with the other three decisions but you have to understand that some of the other conservatives in their concurrences disagreed with the conclusion that this may affect the other decisions, meaning that I do not believe that these being overturned is significantly low.

Personally on these issues I believe that same sex marriage being legal is okay, because I believe that marriage in the eyes of the law is separate from marriage in the eyes of religion. I also believe that contraception is also important for preventing the transmission of deadly diseases and in its other uses- i.e. period control.