Sinema left green for red while pretending to be blue long ago. Imo Dems have to be sent the message that this will not be tolerated.Voting Green is the best way to do that followed by staying home imo.I changed my mind about voting republican because that sends the message they need to be more moderate. They should have gotten the message in 2000 when millions of democrats voted for Nader or 2016 when millions of democrats voted for Stein or stayed home.
(inb4: procedural notice period not followed lawsuit): https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bi...ard-access-abortion-contraception-2022-07-08/ Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court 'out of control' WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own party to take action after the landmark decision last month to overturn Roe v Wade, which upended roughly 50 years of protections for women's reproductive rights. The order directs the government's health department to expand access to "medication abortion" - pills prescribed to end pregnancies - and ensure women have access to emergency medical care, family planning services and contraception. It also mentions protecting doctors, women who travel for abortions and mobile abortion clinics at state borders. But it offered few specifics and promises to have limited impact in practice, since U.S. states can make laws restricting abortion and access to medication. "What we're witnessing wasn't a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise in raw political power," Biden told reporters at the White House. "We cannot allow an out of control Supreme Court, working in conjunction with extremist elements of the Republican party, to take away freedoms and our personal autonomy." The White House is not publicly entertaining the idea of reforming the court itself or expanding the nine-member panel. Instead, Biden laid out how abortion rights could be codified into law by voters if they elected "two additional pro-choice senators, and a pro-choice House" and urged women to turn out in record numbers to vote. He said he would veto any law passed by Republicans to ban abortion rights nationwide. Jen Klein, director of the president’s Gender Policy Council at the White House, did not name any specifics when asked what the order would change for women. U.S. President Biden and Vice President Harris host Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley Former providers of abortion care watch a livestream of U.S. President Joe Biden delivering remarks about his executive order which seeks to safeguard abortion access in Texas Biden speaks about protecting access to reproductive health care services at the White House in Washington "You can’t solve by executive action what the Supreme Court has done," she said. 'FIRST STEPS' Still, progressive lawmakers and abortion rights groups welcomed the directive. Senator Elizabeth Warren called it "important first steps," and asked the administration to explore every available option to protect abortion rights. The issue may help drive Democrats to the polls in the November midterm elections, when Republicans have a chance of taking control of Congress. Protecting abortion rights is a top issue for women Democrats, Reuters polling shows, and more than 70% of Americans think the issue should be left to a woman and her doctor. read more In June, Biden proposed that U.S. senators remove a legislative roadblock by temporarily lifting the Senate "filibuster" to restore abortion rights, but the suggestion was shot down by aides to key Democratic senators. read more Earlier in June, sources told Reuters the White House was unlikely to take the bold steps on abortion access that Democratic lawmakers have called for, such as court reform or offering reproductive services on federal lands. read more The Supreme Court's ruling restored states' ability to ban abortion. As a result, women with unwanted pregnancies face the choice of traveling to another state where the procedure remains legal and available, buying abortion pills online, or having a potentially dangerous illegal abortion.
I never really saw him more than a centrist w/a clever PR team. This will never survive SCOTUS challenges
How about urging women and their partners to think hard before having unprotected sex? Oh wait, no, thinking hard is not for the majority...
Lol, how about responsible parents from the beginning. Like, no unprotected sex when pregnancy is not desirable. Don't need an IQ above 80 to understand that concept. Even men and women in the hood or barrio should be able to comprehend that.
Fucking centrist democrats Whats the point of being a democrat if you are going to let this SC stay in place as it is.This is why Im done voting for them forever.