Sexism by the numbers

• 84% of lawmakers who sponsored state "trigger laws" banning abortion are men.

• The laws had zero women sponsors in five states; 12 of the 13 governors who signed them into law are men.

• 91% of US senators who voted to confirm Supreme Court justices in the anti-Roe majority are men.

• A total of 380 state legislators served as lead sponsor or cosponsor of abortion bans in 13 states that take effect as soon as the high court overturns the landmark decision. They're predominantly men, too — 84%.

• In fact, five of these so-called "trigger laws" — in Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee — had zero women sponsors or co-sponsors. Of the 13 governors who signed them into law, 12 are Republican men. Yet the language in these laws specifically targets women.

The vast majority of political players behind these bans were also Republicans, including 86% of bill sponsors. All of the anti-Roe justices were nominated by Republican men and 94% of the senators who voted to confirm the justices were Republican.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/behind-a-looming-wave-of-state-abortion-bans-there-are-a-lot-of-men/ar-AAX6V1g?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare

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th3r0n · 41-45, M

This tells me women shouldn’t be law makers

Personal convenience over preventing murder shows they can’t be impartial

Graylight · 51-55, F

@th3r0n We don't legislate on the grounds of morality.

Present your "moral" argument against abortion. Then defend the practical and lasting implications such a ban would have.

Then you might be able to defend your point.

th3r0n · 41-45, M

@Graylight murder is legislated against already, for good reason

An exception was made that deprives some of life, which breaks constitutional law

CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M

@th3r0n Is this a human being?

Graylight · 51-55, F

@CorvusBlackthorne Wow, no response. Imagine that.

@th3r0n Murder applies only to living persons. See the above photo, which is an accurate depiction of a fetus in gestation. When did anyone decide the termination of pregnancy was murder?

Montanaman · M

@CorvusBlackthorne @Graylight
Controversial subject I know. I have my beliefs, but those are mine and mine alone. I can't force my beliefs onto another human being, and I respect yours, and everyone else's beliefs. Mine...
Life begins at conception. Period.
But remember, those are My beliefs.

Montanaman · M

@Graylight In many states, if a woman is killed by homicide, and is pregnant, it's often prosecuted as a double homicide.
Which is just. The murderer took the life of another, and deprived the life of another.
But it's a complicated issue. When does life start? Upon birth? First breath? First heartbeat? Or once sperm penatrates the egg and cells divide and thrive? Becoming life.
Just food for thought and debate.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Montanaman 38 states, you're correct. But that speaks to the knowing and intentional harm of someone else's body and whatever is contained within.

Suicide isn't murder just because killing another person is murder. Abortion is not murder simply because no one else is allowed to violently attack your body.

When does life begin? It is a complicated subject and that's why it's one that should be explored by those most directly affected, not by a 90% majority of older white men. Because their legislation has nothing at all to do with the sanctity of life. But just as with any other single issue in court, if one contends that life begins at conception, then evidence must be offered, and there is none. Not in the Bible, not in religious writings, not even in science. But in nature, things are clearer. Until conditions are right to bear children, children are not born, even it it means the body aborting the embryo. And until such time as clearer indication is offered, women should maintain control to do just that. We cannot simultaneously protest women having to wear burqas again but deny women right here access to healthcare they want.

CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M

@Montanaman

But remember, those are My beliefs.

So long as you remember that Yeshua bar-Yosef told his followers to obey the law of the land.