America is Fucked

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    This decision was so extreme that John Roberts, the right-wing, Christian conservative justice appointed by George Bush didn't vote for it.

    Now it's up to American women and anyone on the left or center...are they going to stand for this?

    It could end up galvanizing turnout among Democrats in the 2022 midterms given that abortion will now be decided on state level.

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    • there's definitely still time for sentiment to be turned around before mid-terms, there just needs to be more action. Biden hasn't been particularly effective.BuddhaHat
    • But even his inactivity has been less harmful than the actions Trump took during his tenure.BuddhaHat
    • Shouldn't matter whether Biden is effective or not (which is more result of people failing to vote than Biden). State governments will now decide abortion law,yuekit
    • so this November Americans can either vote for a government that preserves their rights or bans them.yuekit
    • How about the Dems actually come up with a plan and strategy instead of hoping that it 'swings their way' in the midterms and telling people to vote harder.face_melter
    • A fundamental piece of legislation for women's health has been demolished by Opus Dei nutjobs and all the Dems do is scold people for not voting.face_melter
    • Fucking useless. Absolutely fucking useless.face_melter
    • Dems have endless numbers of plans and they did pass some of them -- $1 trillion to upgrade American infrastructure for instance. But your typical American willyuekit
    • vote for the Dems every decade or so, then fall asleep and forget to vote for the midterm elections. Then complain that they didn't get what they want.yuekit
    • The USA isn't a dictatorship, it does require some level of actual participation by both sides. If people spent 1/1000th of the energy they spent whiningyuekit
    • checking a box on a piece of paper every two years... but who knows, maybe American women secretly want to be tradwives or something.yuekit
    • True, but unfortunately in reality his effectiveness is something that has been a constant talking point, and will be a decider for some voters.BuddhaHat
    • I'm not trying to underplay the importance of rights and that a lot of people will come out to vote either for or against it, but in the event that the DemsBuddhaHat
    • maintained control, it wouldn't change the makeup of the supreme court and the decisions the conservative judges will make.BuddhaHat
    • This decision doesn't ban abortion, it delegates it to the state level (the situation before the Roe decision back in the 70s). So every one of the 50 statesyuekit
    • will now have to decide to either ban reproductive rights or preserve them. In the case of ultra-conservative states like Texas, this is a foregone conclusionyuekit
    • but there are many states like Wisconsin, Virginia, Georgia that can go either way. So when I say it nothing to do with Biden, I'm literally just saying it willyuekit
    • be decided by turnout on local/state level.yuekit
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