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used2b

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  1. nvm.
  2. She.
  3. IF (big if) he wins in November he has to fill out his term until 2024 because otherwise he'd be replaced by a Republican since the Governor gets to appoint. He can't abandon us or the Senate. That said I predict a Hispanic Dem (I know he's not Hispanic) wins in 2020.
  4. Your avatar makes you even more ridiculous in this thread.
  5. Women by far bear the brunt of childcare in America, get paid less, have fewer job opportunities and suffer career/job setbacks when becoming parents. Forcing them to bear the 'consequence' of the actions of 2 people is both wrong and poor public policy especially when all other policies and structures in our society don't allow for universal Prek or childcare and health care access is shitty and expensive and I could go on. So, yeah, millions of people 'think about abortion' or will be affected by the lack of the ability to get one. And they aren't affluent white males who unfortunately hold most of the power in America. That said, I think we need stronger legislative protections on both the state and federal level and that will only happen when Roe is threatened or overturned. And Dems will being to take back these seats.
  6. https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states Nearly half (45%) of all pregnancies among U.S. women in 2011 were unintended, and about four in 10 of these were terminated by abortion.1 Nineteen percent of pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) in 2014 ended in abortion.1 Approximately 926,200 abortions were performed in 2014, down 12% from 1.06 million in 2011. In 2014, some 1.5% of women aged 15–44 had an abortion.2 Just under half of these women (45%) reported having a previous abortion.3 The abortion rate in 2014 was 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44, down 14% from 16.9 per 1,000 in 2011.2 This is the lowest rate ever observed in the United States; in 1973, the year abortion became legal, the rate was 16.3.4 At 2014 abortion rates, one in 20 women (5%) will have an abortion by age 20, about one in five (19%) by age 30 and about one in four (24%) by age 45.5 More than half of all U.S. abortion patients in 2014 were in their 20s: Patients aged 20–24 obtained 34% of all abortions, and patients aged 25–29 obtained 27%.6 Twelve percent of abortion patients in 2014 were adolescents: Those aged 18–19 accounted for 8% of all abortions, 15–17-year-olds for 3% and those younger than 15 for 0.2%.6 White patients accounted for 39% of abortion procedures in 2014, blacks for 28%, Hispanics for 25% and patients of other races and ethnicities for 9%.6 Seventeen percent of abortion patients in 2014 identified as mainline Protestant, 13% as evangelical Protestant and 24% as Catholic; 38% reported no religious affiliation and the remaining 8% reported some other affiliation.6 The vast majority (94%) of abortion patients in 2014 identified as heterosexual or straight. Four percent of patients said they were bisexual, while 0.3% identified as homosexual, gay or lesbian and 1% identified as “something else.”6 In 2014, some 46% of all abortion patients had never married and were not cohabiting. However, nearly half were living with a male partner in the month they became pregnant, including 14% who were married and 31% who were cohabiting.6 Fifty-nine percent of abortions in 2014 were obtained by patients who had had at least one birth.6 Some 75% of abortion patients in 2014 were poor or low-income. Twenty-six percent of patients had incomes of 100–199% of the federal poverty level, and 49% had incomes of less than 100% of the federal poverty level ($15,730 for a family of two).*6 The reasons patients gave for having an abortion underscored their understanding of the responsibilities of parenthood and family life. The three most common reasons—each cited by three-fourths of patients—were concern for or responsibility to other individuals; the inability to afford raising a child; and the belief that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability to care for dependents. Half said they did not want to be a single parent or were having problems with their husband or partner.7 Fifty-one percent of abortion patients in 2014 were using a contraceptive method in the month they became pregnant, most commonly condoms (24%) or a hormonal method (13%).8
  7. Avatar definitely doesn't check out.
  8. The people I know who vote on this single issue truly believe they will go to hell if they vote any other way.
  9. Maybe a stricter constructionist SCOTUS will eventually get more people to vote for Dems who will pass laws relating to the protections they take for granted because of the courts. Trump is packing the lower courts with conservatives right now anyway. Also - keeping his seat open and delaying the vote will just get more R's to the polls in November IMO. That is how Trump won.
  10. Correct.
  11. Warren, Bernie, Gabbard, etc will not win a General Election. I like Biden against Trump in terms of odds. Could take some of Trump's older white male base. Would rather have someone else but I am thinking practical here.
  12. By the way those are both great candidates. I am not trying to be negative at all. Just preparing myself. Maybe one of the Castros. We seems to have a history of electing presidents who make up for the previous president's wrongs.
  13. Yeah but I'd prefer he stay in the Senate (if he wins) so Greg Abbott can't replace him with an R.
  14. While I think it's hilarious she was thrown out of a place in Kentucky where she thought she was safe, I also agree we can't make a habit of this lest the Trumpians feel persecuted and motivated to vote.
  15. Yeah. That will get racial really fast. Forget sexist. I feel like we are just getting warmed up to the crazy that is coming.
  16. Who will get to run against this incumbent wannabe dictator who has smashed all political norms (and more)?
  17. Women are becoming more politically active.
  18. Beto has been to Georgetown twice in the last few weeks.
  19. Only Midlanders know what Eskimo Hut is, apparently.
  20. I told myself that shaggy's end was a sign for me to make a clean break. Then 10 minutes later I signed up here. Lost my avatar, but that is probably for the best since he's in trouble now.
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