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San Francisco's latest cracks me up.  

I had heard that they were adding states to ban themselves from traveling to, to make it 22 states.  I didn't realize they were also banning themselves from doing business with any company with a headquarters in those states.   It would be hilarious if those 22 states got together to ban doing business in San Francisco.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-16/san-francisco-blacklists-22-states-for-restrictive-abortion-laws

San Francisco blacklists 22 states for restrictive abortion laws

The city of San Francisco blacklisted 22 states.
The city of San Francisco blacklisted 22 states. 
(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
By COLLEEN SHALBYSTAFF WRITER 
OCT. 16, 2019
 
12:22 PM

San Francisco is blacklisting 22 states that have restrictive abortion policies, saying that it will no longer do business with those states “because of their severe anti-choice policies.” Nine of the states were already on the city’s banned list based on LGBTQ laws that the city deemed to be discriminatory in July.

Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Vallie Brown, the author of the ordinance, announced the decision Wednesday. In addition to travel restrictions to those states, the city will not enter into any new contracts with companies headquartered in any of the 22 states.

“Every day in this country, women’s reproductive rights are threatened, and we have to fight back. Just as we restricted spending with states that have laws that discriminate against LGBTQ people, we are standing up against states that put women’s health at risk and that are actively working to limit reproductive freedoms,” Breed said in a statement. “By limiting travel and contracting with certain states, we are sending a clear message to states that disregard the right to abortion.”

The blacklisted states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas already were on the city administrator’s list due to their LGBTQ laws and policies.

 

The targeted states are those that ban abortion before a fetus reaches viability -- the point when a fetus can live outside the womb. A fetus generally reaches viability between 24 and 28 weeks.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit that focuses on abortion rights and women’s health, all 22 states ban abortion after between 13 and 24 weeks. Two of those states have attempted to ban abortion throughout pregnancy, and five have attempted to ban abortion at six weeks, based on the presence of a fetal heartbeat.

More than 1,000 abortion restrictions have been enacted by various states since Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision upholding the right to an abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, one-third of those restrictions were made between 2011 and 2017. Several states have laws that could be used to restrict abortion in the absence of Roe vs. Wade, and eight states have laws that would trigger partial or full bans if Roe vs. Wade were overturned.

The city is aware that its decision alone may not have a severe impact on any one state, but hopes that it may influence other municipal or national entities to join.

 
 

“Although tax revenue from San Francisco alone may not be sufficient to encourage states to rethink their laws, if other cities and states follow San Francisco’s lead, the financial pressure might be enough to prompt policy changes,” the mayor’s office said.

The ban will go into effect on Jan. 1.

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10 minutes ago, workswithseed said:

So you're not disagreeing that San Francisco is doing something dumb?

They’re both dumb but also Texas and SF are well within their rights to be dumb. 

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3 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

The answer to this thread title is that they generate all the economic activity for the country, right?

Which is why conservatives are going to war with them. Progressive, economic engines of diversity? BAD! 

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We moved to Colorado from Texas 3 years ago because I’ve got a kid with special needs and the Republican run state of Texas views kids with special needs simply as a financial liability.

”Texas is the only state that has ever set a target for special education enrollment, records show.

It has been remarkably effective.

In the years since its implementation, the rate of Texas kids receiving special education has plummeted from near the national average of 13 percent to the lowest in the country — by far.

In 2015, for the first time, it fell to exactly 8.5 percent.

If Texas provided services at the same rate as the rest of the U.S., 250,000 more kids would be getting critical services such as therapy, counseling and one-on-one tutoring.”

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/denied/1/

Out of the gate with only the same data to guide them, our Colorado school offered us all of the services (behavioral intervention, occupational therapy, etc...) that is their right by law and that was denied to us for two years attempting to work with Deer Creek elementary in Cedar Park.

After 3 years here, my son has shown dramatic growth and stabilization.  He s able to function and thrive in a normal classroom setting and my wife and I no longer fear that he will not be able to grow into a functional adult.  That is directly attributable to the services he has received specifically and the different philosophical views of education.by the political leadership in Colorado vs Texas.

Now, I’m sure some will say that’s nice and all, but it’s not my financial responsibility to provide such services to your children.  You can certainly take that short term view of things.  But society pays for its children one way or another — to give them educational opportunity early or to control their crime and homelessness later.

Tldr; thank you Democrat run state of Colorado!  Fuck you red-assed Republican run Texas!!  Tonight I’ll light up a joint and thank Jobu we live where the powers that be give a shit about all of its citizens’ children.

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I started thinking about this. How many red states would you consider nice? I've lived/spent significant time in the red states of Oklahoma, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Louisiana, and let's be honest those states are shitholes. Other places I've lived/spent significant time are Texas (Red), North Carolina (Purple?), Indiana (Red), Colorado (Blue), Michigan (Blue), and Wisconsin (Blue). Out of those states, based on my experience, I'd only consider living in Texas, which is my home, and Colorado and Wisconsin. Maybe North Carolina. Based on USNWR, Colorado and Wisconsin are the 10th and 11th best states, respectively, based on health care, education, economy, infrastructure, opportunity, fiscal stability, crime, and natural environment. http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings. North Carolina is #18. Texas is #38, just ahead of Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.

According to USNWR, the best states are:

1. Washington (Blue)

2. New Hampshire (Blue)

3. Minnesota (Blue)

4. Utah (Red)

5. Vermont (Blue)

6. Maryland (Blue)

7. Virginia (Blue)

8. Massachusetts (Blue)

9. Nebraska (Red)

10. Colorado (Blue)

And if you're curious about the differences in state legislation between red and blue states, here's an article. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-republicans-and-democrats-are-doing-in-the-states-where-they-have-total-power/.

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9 hours ago, Goredho said:

Now, I’m sure some will say that’s nice and all, but it’s not my financial responsibility to provide such services to your children.

And those people can go fuck themselves. 
 

I’m very glad that the move paid off for your son. 

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The Democrats used to have a monopoly on idiotic policy mandated excesses in legislation that defy the philosophy of free markets.

But the Republicans have quickly followed suit, and now we have two parties racing each other to pass dumbfuck unnecessary laws. 

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23 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

republicans are real big on states rights and letting states and local governments do their own thing, until they do.

Republicans are real big on framing racist and sexist polices as 'states' rights' and pro-wealther/anti-middle/lower class economic policies as 'free market economics.'  In short, they are full of shit and they take advantage of stupid and hateful people to pass policies that hurt a majority of those stupid and hateful people.

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