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    story645Rachel Vorona Cote
    6/27/16 11:55pm

    To compound the issues, even if they can open their doors, they’ll have a difficult time finding doctors who can perform abortions. NPR had a story just the other day about barriers to training in Texas, which basically boil down to Texas thinks it’s acceptable to make their med students go out of state to learn how to perform abortions.

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      Marzipan in your Pie Platestory645
      6/28/16 12:17am

      I heard that story. And republicans try to pretend these laws and policies are all about the safety of the women. Untrained or poorly trained practitioners are a much greater risk than not having wide hallways. Who do they think they’re fooling?

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      Decepticonradstory645
      6/28/16 12:27am

      A state that allows for very minimal gun control and has citizens offering up threats towards clinics that provide abortions is not exactly where I would wish to go with a medical degree. I’m not a doctor or anything as important as that, but I can imagine this being a thankless task. And it sucks that Texas has made this so difficult.

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    deerlady83Rachel Vorona Cote
    6/27/16 11:53pm

    Glad this was overturned but the damage has already been done. It's going to take years for clinics to reopen or to make new ones. Still women are going to suffer while they rebuild.

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      chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfishdeerlady83
      6/28/16 12:09am

      “Women are going to suffer” is the constant refrain in any state governed by a republican majority. (As I’m sure you know, I’m just venting.)

      Suffer less via todays SCOTUS decision, certainly, but suffer nonetheless.

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      qdanielsdeerlady83
      6/28/16 1:03am

      Yes. And as additional proof that this isn’t over, THREE SCOTUS justices thought this TX law passed constitutional muster. I take that as pretty convincing evidence that they want to completely overturn Roe, as I cannot for the life of me see how anyone could keep Roe as law and at the same time allow this law to stand. Not to mention this would have been 5-4 if Scalia were still on the court. I’m relieved at the ruling, but still a little freaked.

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    Betty SlocombeRachel Vorona Cote
    6/27/16 11:48pm

    Of course it won’t. Opening new clinics isn’t cheap or easy. And they still have to battle with asshole hostile local politicians to get licenses.

    This battle has been won, but the war is far from over.

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      AntisocialJusticeWarrior is not Anti-SJWBetty Slocombe
      6/28/16 12:02am

      That’s exactly what I told my S.O. today. We can’t take this ruling for granted. We have to keep fighting.

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      DunlinBetty Slocombe
      6/28/16 9:12am

      Ironically, when you said “the battle has been won”, I didn’t think of the SCOTUS ruling. I immediately thought of all the clinics that are now closed - the repubs got what they wanted and achieved much of their objective through attrition. Closed clinics, less access. It’s so insidious.

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    Ari Schwartz: Dark Lord of the SnarkRachel Vorona Cote
    6/28/16 12:29am

    The Texas legislature knew exactly what they were doing here, and they knew that even if the law was struck down, they’d win in the mid-term.

    This is, frankly, why there is no giving ground on this issue. Because they’ll take every inch they can get.

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      Volante3192Ari Schwartz: Dark Lord of the Snark
      6/28/16 12:36am

      What’s really needed is punishment for lawmakers who pass laws later deemed unconstitutional. There’s really no deterrent playing the appeals court waiting game outside of backfiring the “fiscal responsibility” claim, but...yeah.

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      Ari Schwartz: Dark Lord of the SnarkVolante3192
      6/28/16 12:38am

      Keep in mind, that can swing both ways though. Imagine if we punished lawmakers who write in laws for gun control later found to overstep the boundaries of the 2nd Amendment.

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    LucilleBallsackRachel Vorona Cote
    6/27/16 11:49pm

    where do we donate to WWH to help them reopen?

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      chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfishLucilleBallsack
      6/28/16 12:38am

      Here’s a link to Seabassy’s comment from earlier today on The Slot:

      http://theslot.jezebel.com/if-anyone-want...

      I sent them something. May it do a little good.

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    AnonymousCivilPersonRachel Vorona Cote
    6/28/16 12:36am

    Plus Texas will probably try to pass every possible law to fuck with them.

    GIF
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      dcgirl13Rachel Vorona Cote
      6/28/16 11:01am

      This was a feature not a bug. Anti choice advocates know that even if they are eventually overturned that the temporary existence of extreme laws can get infrastructure and divert resources.

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        Chinou's castle needs a cleanerRachel Vorona Cote
        6/28/16 12:15am

        And lord, who wants to get shot by opening one?

        Screw these people and their cookie cutter, crappy laws.

        :(

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          LemurLadRachel Vorona Cote
          6/28/16 4:27am

          I think this interview Amy Hagstrom Miller did with Rachel Maddow is a little clearer on the subject. Yes, it’s going to take a lot of work, but she sounds fully committed to making it happen:

          http://on.msnbc.com/29iNeXC

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            titwillowRachel Vorona Cote
            6/28/16 5:13am

            One can only imagine the laws Texas would enact if it really did manage to secede from the United States.

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