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by JoeAltmaier 924 days ago
Until his daughter marries and has children. If something goes wrong, they'll let her daughter die before they give medical aid. If she goes somewhere else to get medical aid, they'll jail her on her return.

That's the concern.
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chkaloon 924 days ago
This is exactly it. Doesn't matter how liberal or "hip" Austin is. It's the state-level that's bad.

I have two daughters child-bearing age, and I live in Wisconsin. Same issue. Thankfully one has moved to Oregon. The other is still here. She is on birth control, but is taking a risk as there is a family history of difficult pregnancies.

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broken-kebab 924 days ago
You're talking about abortion then? My friend is a Catholic, so I'm not sure he approves abortions anyway. Also, are you sure your statement is not exaggerated? IANAL, but superficial googling shows that preserving life, and bodily functions impairment is under exemptions.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/24/texas-abortion-law-a...

But in any case, this looks like a very activist thing. In general economy always beats this kind of argument. Objectively, there are no cases where workforce migration happened to an abortion-approving areas with less opportunities.

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belltaco 924 days ago
The 'exemptions' are playing out like this in a case:

https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-ban-supreme-court-...

Earlier:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pregnant-texas-woman-says-...

Imagine being someone going through that, and then having to deal with this nonsense.

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JoeAltmaier 924 days ago
There it is, the conservative game, recast everything as their hot-button issue and claim you're their enemy and all wrong.

No, I meant health care. And I meant, jailed for seeking it.

Be as superficial as you like, if it helps you sleep at night. Some of us have real concerns at the extremism sweeping the country.

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hollerith 924 days ago
>Some of us have real concerns at the extremism sweeping the country.

The country under discussion has always had a large population opposed to abortion. Gradual changes to the Supreme Court have given that population more influence.

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JoeAltmaier 923 days ago
Redefined 'abortion' to mean something particular to a dogma. To score their imaginary points with their imaginary being. And to control women.
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