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WOMEN OF WISCONSIN: Get ready to vote tomorrow in one of the biggest elections in modern U.S. history that no one's ever heard of. The swing vote on the State Supreme Court is up for grabs, where a victory for liberal JANET PROTASIEWICZ will almost certainly overturn the state's total abortion ban
Here's an article going into more about what's at stake:
apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-abortion-redistricting-trump-df0a7e5cfec1cd3bf08f14270a1c9615
After Roe v. Wade fell last year, a trigger law from the year 1849 - over a decade before the start of the American Civil War that ended Chattel Slavery - banned abortion in the state. Despite a Democratic Governor ready to sign a repeal, the Republican controlled state legislature has opposed it, and a 4-3 conservative State Supreme Court slow walked the legal challenge.
However, one of the 4 conservative justices, Patience D. Roggensack, is term limited, and the state elects SCOTUS judges by a vote so the race tomorrow will effectively determine control of the now deadlocked 3-3 court. A win for Judge Janet will give liberals a majority for the first time in 15 years, ensuring a liberal majority court will now have the final say on the legal challenge to the 1849 abortion ban, and in almost 100% likelihood, throw it in the trash.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL
Wisconsin is victim to the worst Republican gerrymander in the country, where the maps are so rigged that Republicans only need 40% of the vote to control a majority of the state legislature, while Democrats need a 60% supermajority! Watchdogs have called it one of the most dangerous affronts to democracy in the Developed World. The conservative State Supreme Court has done nothing to address this, but a new liberal court majority is very likely to lead to a legal challenge against the maps. If overturned, Democrats would go to having a fair chance of winning a majority in the state legislature and turning the state fully blue like Michigan and Minnesota recently did. It would ensure that not only the monstrous 1849 abortion ban would be overturned, but Republicans would struggle to get back the legislature to ban it all over again. Right now all they need is the Governor's Mansion.
Janet's opponent, Dan Kelly, is a hardline conservative backed by the three biggest anti-abortion groups in the state. He was part of a scheme to throw out Joe Biden's victory in Wisconsin in 2020 by sending an alternative slate of electors to vote for Donald Trump instead. He is a mad man, and is very likely to uphold the 1849 ban as well as the maps.
Ladies, however you can, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR JANET!!!
www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/12aq6pe/women_of_wisconsin_get_ready_to_vote_tomorrow_in/ source
Here's an article going into more about what's at stake:
apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-abortion-redistricting-trump-df0a7e5cfec1cd3bf08f14270a1c9615
After Roe v. Wade fell last year, a trigger law from the year 1849 - over a decade before the start of the American Civil War that ended Chattel Slavery - banned abortion in the state. Despite a Democratic Governor ready to sign a repeal, the Republican controlled state legislature has opposed it, and a 4-3 conservative State Supreme Court slow walked the legal challenge.
However, one of the 4 conservative justices, Patience D. Roggensack, is term limited, and the state elects SCOTUS judges by a vote so the race tomorrow will effectively determine control of the now deadlocked 3-3 court. A win for Judge Janet will give liberals a majority for the first time in 15 years, ensuring a liberal majority court will now have the final say on the legal challenge to the 1849 abortion ban, and in almost 100% likelihood, throw it in the trash.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL
Wisconsin is victim to the worst Republican gerrymander in the country, where the maps are so rigged that Republicans only need 40% of the vote to control a majority of the state legislature, while Democrats need a 60% supermajority! Watchdogs have called it one of the most dangerous affronts to democracy in the Developed World. The conservative State Supreme Court has done nothing to address this, but a new liberal court majority is very likely to lead to a legal challenge against the maps. If overturned, Democrats would go to having a fair chance of winning a majority in the state legislature and turning the state fully blue like Michigan and Minnesota recently did. It would ensure that not only the monstrous 1849 abortion ban would be overturned, but Republicans would struggle to get back the legislature to ban it all over again. Right now all they need is the Governor's Mansion.
Janet's opponent, Dan Kelly, is a hardline conservative backed by the three biggest anti-abortion groups in the state. He was part of a scheme to throw out Joe Biden's victory in Wisconsin in 2020 by sending an alternative slate of electors to vote for Donald Trump instead. He is a mad man, and is very likely to uphold the 1849 ban as well as the maps.
Ladies, however you can, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR JANET!!!
www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/12aq6pe/women_of_wisconsin_get_ready_to_vote_tomorrow_in/ source
AP News
Wisconsin Supreme Court control, abortion access at stake
Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and likely the future of abortion access, Republican-drawn legislative maps and years of GOP policies, rests with the outcome of Tuesday’s election in the key swing state.
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TX woman forced to give birth to baby with anencephaly now can't even afford funeral
"Amy O'Donnell, director of communications for the Texas Alliance for Life, calls Casiano's situation "heartbreaking," but says she supports the abortion bans and opposes creating exceptions for fetal anomalies... "I do believe the Texas laws are working as designed"
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www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/06/1168399423/a-good-friday-funeral-in-texas-baby-halos-parents-had-few-choices-in-post-roe-te source
"Amy O'Donnell, director of communications for the Texas Alliance for Life, calls Casiano's situation "heartbreaking," but says she supports the abortion bans and opposes creating exceptions for fetal anomalies... "I do believe the Texas laws are working as designed"
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www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/06/1168399423/a-good-friday-funeral-in-texas-baby-halos-parents-had-few-choices-in-post-roe-te source
NPR
A Good Friday funeral in Texas. Baby Halo's parents had few choices in post-Roe Texas
When she gave birth to her baby with a fatal condition two months early, Samantha Casiano scrambled to raise funds for the funeral. Anti-abortion advocates say Texas laws are "working as designed."
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I am pregnant by one of my rapists and I am heartbroken
I posted a few weeks ago about being gangraped and my PTSD nightmares, I am now in therapy and it is going well so far and I’ve been to the doctor and hospital after what happened. My doctor told me to come back in a few weeks for a blood test and I was dreading it but I went in for it yesterday. I just had a mental breakdown after getting the results back that I am pregnant and I am absolutely furious and heartbroken and I keep asking why tf does this stuff happen to me. I have such conflicting feelings, I do maybe want a baby one day but it can’t be like this. My options right now are to either to give birth and give the baby up for adoption(helps people who do want a baby) or abortion because I hate to say this, but it would mentally destroy me to keep one of my rapist’s baby. I have never been pregnant before and I despise that it is under these circumstances as well. I really need advice, what would you all do in this situation? My doctor says that it is completely up to me for the next steps going forward.
Edit: Thank you all so much for the support from the bottom of my heart, I seriously have a lot to consider
www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/12di2yc/i_am_pregnant_by_one_of_my_rapists_and_i_am/ source
I posted a few weeks ago about being gangraped and my PTSD nightmares, I am now in therapy and it is going well so far and I’ve been to the doctor and hospital after what happened. My doctor told me to come back in a few weeks for a blood test and I was dreading it but I went in for it yesterday. I just had a mental breakdown after getting the results back that I am pregnant and I am absolutely furious and heartbroken and I keep asking why tf does this stuff happen to me. I have such conflicting feelings, I do maybe want a baby one day but it can’t be like this. My options right now are to either to give birth and give the baby up for adoption(helps people who do want a baby) or abortion because I hate to say this, but it would mentally destroy me to keep one of my rapist’s baby. I have never been pregnant before and I despise that it is under these circumstances as well. I really need advice, what would you all do in this situation? My doctor says that it is completely up to me for the next steps going forward.
Edit: Thank you all so much for the support from the bottom of my heart, I seriously have a lot to consider
www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/12di2yc/i_am_pregnant_by_one_of_my_rapists_and_i_am/ source
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