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by rfd4sgmk8u 1455 days ago
Buck vs Bell is a fucking travesty. You consider it acceptable that the State can sterilize 'feeble minds' because an old man in 1927 said it was cool?

How about the realization that the law is an ass, and we need to stand up for human rights?
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endisneigh 1455 days ago
Do you believe prison in general to be acceptable? Why or why not?
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rfd4sgmk8u 1455 days ago
I wasn't aware that having a baby was a crime, but yet, failing to birth it appears to be now. nb: Women have gone to jail for miscarriages as a result of such women-hating laws.

My thoughts on the prison system are not relevant to supporting that a women can do whatever she wants with her body.

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endisneigh 1455 days ago
Women can and do already choose what to do with their body. And rape is already illegal. The current blind spot is that abortion is not federally allowed in the case of rape.

And if you’re talking about bodily autonomy of course prison is relevant.

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/acres-sk...

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