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		By: P Janes		</title>
		<link>https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-531</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 21:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sorry to be such a late entry into this one.  I was a little surprised when I read this line:

&quot;when the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion last summer.&quot;

There has never been a Constitutional right to abortion.  What Roe vs Wade did was not legalize abortion, it protected our right to doctor/patient confidentiality.  The Dallas prosecutor was going to prosecute a woman whose real name I will not mention but was represented by the Roe in this decision, and her argument was that all court records are a matter of public record and that if she were prosecuted, it would violate that doctor/patient confidentiality.  Back then, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed and Roe was not prosecuted.  What it protected was the right of a patient to obtain medical treatment deemed necessary by a physician for the health of the person seeking that treatment - they could not be prosecuted for seeking and getting that treatment.  BUT, there was never a reverse protection for doctors performing the procedures.  There has always been the option for state legislators to write laws that would make prosecution of the doctor performing the procedure legal.  They just never did it until recently.  If you notice, the woman seeking and getting the procedure is still not being prosecuted in any of the laws being enacted out there so, basically, nothing has really changed other than the removal of Roe vs Wade emboldening state legislators to enact these laws.  There is a simple solution to that problem.  Any legislator who votes for such a law can easily be removed from that office in the next election.  If you think these laws are bad for our country, help vote that buttheads out of office.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry to be such a late entry into this one.  I was a little surprised when I read this line:</p>
<p>&#8220;when the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion last summer.&#8221;</p>
<p>There has never been a Constitutional right to abortion.  What Roe vs Wade did was not legalize abortion, it protected our right to doctor/patient confidentiality.  The Dallas prosecutor was going to prosecute a woman whose real name I will not mention but was represented by the Roe in this decision, and her argument was that all court records are a matter of public record and that if she were prosecuted, it would violate that doctor/patient confidentiality.  Back then, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed and Roe was not prosecuted.  What it protected was the right of a patient to obtain medical treatment deemed necessary by a physician for the health of the person seeking that treatment &#8211; they could not be prosecuted for seeking and getting that treatment.  BUT, there was never a reverse protection for doctors performing the procedures.  There has always been the option for state legislators to write laws that would make prosecution of the doctor performing the procedure legal.  They just never did it until recently.  If you notice, the woman seeking and getting the procedure is still not being prosecuted in any of the laws being enacted out there so, basically, nothing has really changed other than the removal of Roe vs Wade emboldening state legislators to enact these laws.  There is a simple solution to that problem.  Any legislator who votes for such a law can easily be removed from that office in the next election.  If you think these laws are bad for our country, help vote that buttheads out of office.</p>
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		By: jzingaro		</title>
		<link>https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-448</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-385&quot;&gt;Christine Mallaband-Brown&lt;/a&gt;.

Perhaps you should be watching the crumbling of your once great nation as peurile liberal/progressive policies and government control are imposed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-385">Christine Mallaband-Brown</a>.</p>
<p>Perhaps you should be watching the crumbling of your once great nation as peurile liberal/progressive policies and government control are imposed.</p>
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		By: Apple Plouton		</title>
		<link>https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-447</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 19:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-393&quot;&gt;L Skeptic&lt;/a&gt;.

Actually, if folks were less childish, less emotional and would instead look at the science and pragmatically consider &quot;when life begins&quot; and agree on something, it might pave the way for a sensible standard.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-393">L Skeptic</a>.</p>
<p>Actually, if folks were less childish, less emotional and would instead look at the science and pragmatically consider &#8220;when life begins&#8221; and agree on something, it might pave the way for a sensible standard.</p>
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		By: L Skeptic		</title>
		<link>https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-393</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;span&gt;The reason we have an anti-abortion movement has nothing to do with a debate over &quot;when life begins&quot;. The reason we have the anti-abortion movement is the Holocaust. Following the Holocaust, Christian preachers could no longer rail against &quot;Jesus Killers&quot; from the pulpit to rile up the congregation and boost collections. They needed a new demon and abortion became that demon. &lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span&gt;Our cemeteries are not full of miscarriage remains. The fact is no major religion has ever considered a failed pregnancy a &quot;death&quot;. The majority of all conceptions, up to 70% according to some studies fail -- most before the woman ever knew she was pregnant. Abortion is an invented issue to increase the coffers of religions and it has worked wondrously in this regard. There is nothing logical about why some Christians have become so focused on abortion until you follow the money.  This issue is a replacement for Jews, for Witches and the pantheon of demons found in the history of Christianity.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span&gt;Until people understand where this craziness came from and why has persisted we are going to have a hard time getting past it.&lt;/span&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>The reason we have an anti-abortion movement has nothing to do with a debate over &#8220;when life begins&#8221;. The reason we have the anti-abortion movement is the Holocaust. Following the Holocaust, Christian preachers could no longer rail against &#8220;Jesus Killers&#8221; from the pulpit to rile up the congregation and boost collections. They needed a new demon and abortion became that demon. </span></p>
<p><span>Our cemeteries are not full of miscarriage remains. The fact is no major religion has ever considered a failed pregnancy a &#8220;death&#8221;. The majority of all conceptions, up to 70% according to some studies fail &#8212; most before the woman ever knew she was pregnant. Abortion is an invented issue to increase the coffers of religions and it has worked wondrously in this regard. There is nothing logical about why some Christians have become so focused on abortion until you follow the money.  This issue is a replacement for Jews, for Witches and the pantheon of demons found in the history of Christianity.</span></p>
<p><span>Until people understand where this craziness came from and why has persisted we are going to have a hard time getting past it.</span></p>
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		By: Becca Lawton		</title>
		<link>https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-386</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Excellent summation, Crista, and your last sentence is spot on.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent summation, Crista, and your last sentence is spot on.</p>
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		By: Christine Mallaband-Brown		</title>
		<link>https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-385</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Watching from the UK I think the decision to overturn abortion rights is stupid and shortsighted.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watching from the UK I think the decision to overturn abortion rights is stupid and shortsighted.</p>
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		By: Not a Subject I have the courage to broach, but&#8230; &#8211; “Summer is the season of inferior sledding” &#8211; Inuit proverb		</title>
		<link>https://writersontherange.org/women-shouldnt-be-second-class-citizens/#comment-384</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Not a Subject I have the courage to broach, but&#8230; &#8211; “Summer is the season of inferior sledding” &#8211; Inuit proverb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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