Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), son of the famous anti-abortion governor whose name adorns Casey v. Planned Parenthood, will support reforming the filibuster to pass abortion protections.
Ted Cruz should not decide when life begins.
When a baby is born, then government can dominate it. Until then, government MAY NOT cripple women’s life, health, family, or careers.
I oppose the morals of the Republican Court
That’s fine, I’m for anything that weakens or chips away at the filibuster – but the long term goal has to be to get rid of it entirely.
The filibuster in its present form is anti-democracy. It’s as simple as that
OK—Listen up, Sinemanchin…
Sen. Casey just showed you what acting for the greater good, despite personal misgivings, looks like.
And I dare either of you to 'bustersplain your weak-ass sauce to Sen. Feinstein, who just called your bullsh-t:
“Let me be clear: If it comes down to protecting the filibuster or protecting a woman’s right to choose, there should be no question that I will vote to protect a woman’s right to choose.”
Sinema- Manchin are about to be brought to earth and demoted. (sniff!)
And 4 months before midterms is enough time to get some things done.
“Either yer fer us, or yer agin us!”
@irasdad … I hardly knew you : - )
“In light of the leaked Supreme Court decision draft overturning Roe v. Wade"
Don’t forget their collaboration with religious groups who are adversarial to other religions in America.
Casey didn’t need to make this statement but it’s timely because it defuses the rabid left’s attempt to change the narrative to attack Biden instead of attacking Republicans. It also entices people to stay focused on Nov '22, because if we Dems show up and we are persuasive enough to generate a 3 to 6 pt shift among white women towards the Dems over the '20 baseline, we’re going to win the midterms and usher in a sea change in US politics.
One thing I see happening if Dems do win the Congressional elections is momentum developing for a bipartisan solution to codify Roe. GOP won’t want to have the issue as a political football any longer because they are stuck in a position of supporting a national ban on abortion and punishing those who get abortions, providers or those who assist in any way. Nobody likes that crap. If white women swing blue on that issue, they’ll throw in the towel.
One potential compromise I could see out of a centrist working group (mind you I support the women’s health protection act) could be the following:
What this proposal does is it lets Mississippi be Mississippi but it can’t force any Mississipian to live by MS standards. Right wing can’t impose on blue America. Blue America can meet or exceed the Roe standard. Women are not criminalized and they receive life saving treatment when they need it.
If we win I see someone like Sinema, Manchin, Murkowsi, Collins forming a working group to codify abortion rights in this manner.
That’s a BIG no. Sorry.
Good.
Now we need to get Sen. King on board and then get two new Democratic Senators committed to filibuster reform and codifying Roe into the Senate in this fall’s mid-terms.
Hopefully, at least two.
It is really quite simple. The 14th Amendment states, as matter of LAW, that citizenship and the rights of the individual START at LIVE birth, PERIOD. The fetus has NO rights except as a component of its mother’s body. One can argue on moral grounds that this is wrong-headed but it is the law. If the Evangelical White Supremacy advocates want to change this, they can try to pass a Constitutional Amendment to do so, HOWEVER, until that day, they should just shut-up about it.
The ACLU should petition the Court on the Right to Choose in Texas, by stating ANY prohibition of abortion for a black woman for any reason is unconstitutional, based on the 13th Amendment, NOT on inferred privacy or “substantive due process.” violations which the court states are not enumerated rights.
OK, here is an “Enumerated Right” for you to consider - The 13th Amendment states that:
"Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Pregnancy is “involuntary servitude” if the mother chooses NOT to carry the fetus, (which has NO rights until live birth), to term. No woman, but especially no Black woman, should be forced to carry a baby to term.
…as 100% irrelevant to the discussion.
They will put something up there to avoid the filibuster being gutted on this issue, as it is key for their brand. What they will sell to the caucus is that a bipartisan bill will have stronger standing with the public and the courts.
Again, if we add two Democratic pro-reform Senators to the Senate, Manchin, Sinema, Collins, et al are IRRELEVANT.
They are not worth wasting a second talking about or giving a shit what they do if we are successful in the mid-terms.
I have grown to love our Senator Casey. I never disliked him, but he was always…just kinda’ milquetoast.
He’s really stepping up to the plate for Pennsylvanians.
Plus, he’s doing his damnedest to get Fetterman and Shapiro elected.
subsequent reports that Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate will introduce legislation to enact a nationwide six-week ban, the real question of the moment is: do you support a categorical ban on abortion?
This is the real question. We can’t let the Republicans get away with the “we just sent it back to the states” nonsense. Their goal is a complete national ban.
If only we could decide when his ends.