Since the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not protect the right to abortion, furious legal scrambling is underway on both sides over what state constitutions say about abortion access.
I like the idea of offshore abortion clinics in Texas.
Excerpt:
An Australian woman who planned to house-sit in Canada during a holiday has said she was detained, fingerprinted, interrogated about her abortion history and quickly deported during a stopover in the US.
Madolline Gourley, a Brisbane resident, says she was treated like a criminal during her transit through Los Angeles on 30 June, where she was detained at the border due to suspicions about her intention to house- and cat-sit in exchange for accommodation while holidaying in Canada.
Gourley was held in a detention room, interrogated twice, patted down, fingerprinted and photographed.
At one point a US border official asked Gourley, who was wearing a loose-fitting dress, whether she was pregnant. The same question was repeated as she was moved between rooms. When she again told the US officials she was not pregnant, Gourley was asked whether she had had an abortion.
When I was a kid I thought Petticoat Junction was pretty risqué because of the opening.
My MoThEr maDe me tuRn oFf this ShoW aNd green Acres beCause thEy were ‘stupid’.
It was. Corrupted the morals of an entire generation. It’s hardly a surprise that the Roe decision came after nearly a decade of that show running in prime time. /s
Your mom was right!
For peat’s sake. Really. Peat bogs, an important carbon sink, are not just an arctic deal, there are vast tropical peat bogs in Southeast Asia, Africa and Central and South America. Of course, the dangers to classic northern peat bogs have been widely discussed, and often the subject of very wrong-headed rural development schemes. Now suddenly, a “tipping point” has been reached. We live in a society accustomed to breezing past tipping points on a near daily basis with very little comment. Of course, what passes for discourse on a planet with 8 billion humans is debating the wisdom of forcing some humans to bear more humans against their will.
What about the fantasy of being on a secluded island with Ginger AND Mary Ann?
When I was a kid I thought Petticoat Junction was pretty risqué because of the opening.
I’m guessing you got past ‘‘risque’’ soon after that? Not that it matters.
Coming soon to a Federal Supreme Court near you, fetuses have personhood and states my not permit abortion. Decision 5-4.
I loved that opening because it got my imagination churning. Later in life, the disturbing reality dawned on me. They were bathing in a community tank. People downstream were drinking their ick.
I like opening up Military bases to civilians needing reproductive health services myself
Depends on when this gets to the SC. Could be a 9-4 decision for fetal personhood after Republicans expand the court in 2025 (because if we don’t they will if given the numbers to do so)
In Minnesota, a state judge on Monday knocked down a slew of abortion restrictions…
One might even say that the state judge slew a slew of abortion restrictions.
Rest easy my friend.
They were bathing in a water tank intended for steam locomotives. 
Pretty “steamy” opening for the time.
ETA: beat you to it @rascal_crone
This was covered on Rachel the other night. And I thought why hadn’t this been pursued before? Mostly because of the ads for the charity Mercy Ships that I keep seeing.
The interesting apart will be getting women from shore to ship. With one of the crazy MO Reps, now running for state senator, who wants to ban women from traveling across state lines to get an abortion, if this becomes a thing getting women in the South to federal waters for procedures could be interesting.
There’s no paywall
PBS, Nova, season 49, episode 1"Artic Sinkholes".
Eye opening about permafrost melting and the effects of methane escaping.
