Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[neil999]

Grim. That said I'm interested how Ireland managed to swerve the same level of criticism the US is currently getting given abortion was illegal there up until 2018 ? I don't really remember anyone being 'Ireland is so backwards' etc. I guess a lot of it was down to ignorance, i didn't even know abortion was illegal there until the referendum popped up in the news. America is bigger news I guess and has more certifiable 'dumb stuff' happening.

Ireland is ace btw, not hating, was just shocked to find out abortion was illegal up until 2018

I guess cos America is going backwards, there was constant attempt at change in Ireland

 

[gonetomorrow]

Even our PM is critical of this.

 

[bluelife]

We are not heading for good things as a species....

 

[Tin-Tin]

We are not heading for good things as a species....

We are doomed as a species

 

[Zezti]

Not to exaggerate anything, or sound like emir, but to me it seems like cultural and political divisions in the US only seem to be getting wider and wider as time goes on. How much further apart can states be before some start to ask the question of independence?

 

[emir]

Thank you God for blessing America.

 

[PhilM]

Grim. That said I'm interested how Ireland managed to swerve the same level of criticism the US is currently getting given abortion was illegal there up until 2018 ? I don't really remember anyone being 'Ireland is so backwards' etc. I guess a lot of it was down to ignorance, i didn't even know abortion was illegal there until the referendum popped up in the news. America is bigger news I guess and has more certifiable 'dumb stuff' happening.

Ireland is ace btw, not hating, was just shocked to find out abortion was illegal up until 2018

They either crossed the Irish Sea for the abortion or the mother and child ended up in horrendous religious homes, which they have been slated for.

 

[PhilM]

Thank you God for blessing America.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Thank you God for blessing America.

If America is pro-life why are there so many gun related homicides?

 

[BlueTX]

I’m sorry, what? Which states?

College kids are in massive, massive trouble if that’s the case.

Texas, Idaho and Louisiana are three I'm familiar with. I'm already aware of some pharmacists in my state not filling requests for morning after medication in fear of legal reprisals.

 

[TN Toffee]

States are literally proposing laws that would ban such things. No importation of birth control or the "morning after pill" and abortion travel out of state to be punished upon return to the state.

White Christian nationalism. Freedom for me, not for thee.

I don’t know if any official proposals have been put forth here just yet as it’s still a protected right for the time being, but Marcia Blackburn was already suggesting an eventual statewide ban on all forms of birth control pretty much hours after the news of this decision leaked a couple months ago.

 

[BlueTX]

Thank you God for blessing America.

God had nothing to do with this, you twit.

All that's happened is to ensure poor, scared women will die. How godly.

 

[neil999]

Thank you God for blessing America.

How do you feel about women dying for a foetus that has ZERO chance of survival?

 

[davmaher]

States are literally proposing laws that would ban such things. No importation of birth control or the "morning after pill" and abortion travel out of state to be punished upon return to the state.

White Christian nationalism. Freedom for me, not for thee.

There is nothing close to the teachings of Christ in this or other diktats from the white nationalists who seem to control America. They are pure Old Testament - an eye for an eye, I am a jealous god etc. They have more in common with the likes of the Taliban than any Christian based set of beliefs. I'm sure things like compulsory teaching of creationism will be widespread there before long unless there is a significant change of political direction. For a supposedly secular state America gives an incredible amount of influence to Christian beliefs. The Handmaids Tale will be in the non-fiction section of US libraries soon - if it's not burnt and banned.

 

[dublinbluenose]

A powerful response



America is F'd