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    JenniferMcFlyLauren Evans
    6/26/16 1:55pm

    I have a ridiculously stupid question. I have never understood why you can’t go to your gynecologist, or urgent care facility, or even just a hospital to have an abortion.
    A few years ago I was pregnant and was faced with a potentially unviable fetus. When I told my gyno that if the tests showed it was, in fact, unviable, I would like to abort, and can they do it in their clinic, or would they refer me to a hospital? Their response was, ‘oh, we can’t do it and we won’t refer you anywhere. You’ll have to find something on your own’.
    I was totally shocked.
    Are there laws that don’t allow them performed in more common medical facilities, or does it all come down to that it’s a taboo procedure?

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      the evil queenJenniferMcFly
      6/26/16 2:03pm

      I believe that doctor’s need training to perform abortions that not every gynocologist recieves and it is also possible that your gyno is opposed to abortions and wouldn’t give you a reference for ideological reasons

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      MujerJenniferMcFly
      6/26/16 2:05pm

      That’s strange they wouldn’t refer you to someone since there are private doctors that provide abortion services but I’m wondering if it’s different in each state.

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    McScuseMeBitchLauren Evans
    6/26/16 1:46pm

    “Every baby is a blessing”

    I bet Han Solo and Princess Leia thought so too and look how that turned out for them.

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      Adrastra predicts "Low Key" title for Taylor's new albumMcScuseMeBitch
      6/26/16 1:58pm
      GIF
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      McScuseMeBitchAdrastra predicts "Low Key" title for Taylor's new album
      6/26/16 2:05pm

      Oh my God your user name is the best thing ever.

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    BadPosterLauren Evans
    6/26/16 1:46pm

    It’s going to be 4-4. Sorry kiddos :(

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      MujerBadPoster
      6/26/16 2:01pm

      I don’t know, the arguments against these laws were compelling since the RBG, Kagan and Sotomayor went all in on the idiocy of the laws.

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      accordingtoMujer
      6/26/16 2:05pm

      Kennedy did ask if the laws might just be counterproductive. I think he gets it.

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    chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfishLauren Evans
    6/26/16 4:03pm

    Always repost. This is the world they want to return us to, the world of back-alley abortions and desperate women doing desperate things, and often dying as a result:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/hea...

    “It is important to remember that Roe v. Wade did not mean that abortions could be performed. They have always been done, dating from ancient Greek days.

    What Roe said was that ending a pregnancy could be carried out by medical personnel, in a medically accepted setting, thus conferring on women, finally, the full rights of first-class citizens — and freeing their doctors to treat them as such.”

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      brightersideoflifechritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish
      6/26/16 6:50pm

      The stats on all the diy abortions in Texas since this went into effect are disturbing as fuck, and demonstrate your point.

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      chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfishchritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish
      6/26/16 6:51pm

      Never forget these are their aims.

      GIF
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    1965gtoLauren Evans
    6/26/16 1:59pm

    So the same Republicans who want to repeal the ACA and focus on controlling health care costs are making a simple, safe procedure more difficult, complicated and expensive. I am sick to death of their hypocrisy. They claim government is too intrusive, but it has the right to tell my wife, daughters, and, when they grow up, grand daughters what they can and can’t do with their bodies. Fingers crossed for a good result, and remember this in November. Millennials the future is now and it’s in your hands.

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      Mayotonilla1965gto
      6/26/16 2:41pm

      Excellent point on yet another way in which republicans are hypocritical.

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      snugglefuck1965gto
      6/26/16 2:54pm

      For me the ridiculous part of all this is that the people who have enacted these laws openly acknowledge their reason for creating them: to prevent women from accessing abortion services. They’re not even bothering to cover their asses and they might get away with it!

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    TheDrDonna, Paid Shillary Killinton SupporterLauren Evans
    6/26/16 2:12pm

    FantasySCOTUS predicts a reversal (which is what we want) 5-3. {Marshall}+ predicts a reversal of 7-1. So, I'm hopeful.

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      accordingtoTheDrDonna, Paid Shillary Killinton Supporter
      6/26/16 2:31pm

      7-1? really? Explain! Explain! Explain!

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      dontcallmemimiTheDrDonna, Paid Shillary Killinton Supporter
      6/26/16 2:42pm

      Excuse me, FantasySCOTUS?!?! Is this a real thing?

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    deerlady83Lauren Evans
    6/26/16 1:48pm

    I'm nervous about this. I'm not sure which way it's going to go.

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      redkoolaiddeerlady83
      6/26/16 2:37pm

      I’ve already decided to take a social media break if it goes badly. I’d either be angrily ranting and raving, or starting some serious FB feuds with anyone who disagrees.

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      ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDdeerlady83
      6/26/16 3:00pm

      The worst case scenario is 4-4, and even if that happens, it’s not Court precedent. It would awful for Texas women in the short term, but then Hillary appoints a liberal and when another case inevitably comes up, it gets thoroughly eviscerated.

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    crankylittlephotonLauren Evans
    6/26/16 1:53pm

    The defendant, a male pediatrician, knows damned well that this has nothing to do with “patient safety” and everything to do with controlling women.

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      HellishHarlotcrankylittlephoton
      6/26/16 4:26pm

      Fuck this guy! He’s not even an ob/gyn?!

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      Annie from the Grog Boothcrankylittlephoton
      6/26/16 4:34pm

      Also abortions equal less kids so this douchebag is prolly just pissed he’s losing out on future business.

      /s

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    WhimsicalEthnographiesLauren Evans
    6/26/16 2:16pm

    This is why whenever anyone tells me that using the SCOTUS as a point in the election is a “fear tactic” I want to literally murder them. I’m terrified how this may go.

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      DecemberRainWhimsicalEthnographies
      6/26/16 4:35pm

      Yes, I can’t stand those whiny brats who think somehow it’s okay to let Trump win because Trump and Hillary aren’t that different. Um fucking NO.

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      Annie from the Grog BoothWhimsicalEthnographies
      6/26/16 4:38pm

      I think this is my biggest point of contentio with all these #neverhillary chumps.

      The SCOTUS isn't a joke or a game, they actually can get shit done and potentially make long lasting impacts for all US Citizens. It's sickening to me that people aren't taking the SCOTUS and its future more seriously.

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    imaginaryfriendLauren Evans
    6/26/16 2:11pm

    Well, let’s hope the barrage of facts laid down by Kagan, Sotomayor and RBG during the hearing a couple of months ago penetrated the skulls of at least one of the male justices.

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      accordingtoimaginaryfriend
      6/26/16 2:29pm

      Breyer typically votes pro-choice. Kennedy is the one we have to worry about. You can find the PDF transcripts of the SCOTUS arguments here:

      http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cas...

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      No1CurrAboutYourBoneraccordingto
      6/26/16 3:03pm

      Thank you for this link!

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