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SCantiGOP

(14,299 posts)
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:05 PM Sep 2022

In case you see that SC Senate removed rape and incest provisions from the bill

Please smile and cheer. A victory for our side.
The provision to remove the rape and incest exemptions from the abortion ban passed out of two Senate Committees, 7-4 and 9-8. In both cases, two and then three Republicans, and every one of the Democrats, chose not to vote against it because both sides know it cannot pass the full Senate without those exemptions.
So, a classic poison pill that will doom the full bill when it comes up for a vote, and then they can get to work on the next version. Several GOP leaders even grudgingly commended the Democrats for their underhanded, but successful, use of the process to stop the bill.
And the best response was some haggard looking MAGA loon saying that the liberal Democrats were responsible for the no exemptions ban because they would not agree to any compromises.

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In case you see that SC Senate removed rape and incest provisions from the bill (Original Post) SCantiGOP Sep 2022 OP
Some questions to ask those who oppose abortion, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #1
All excellent questions SCantiGOP Sep 2022 #2
Yes, I could. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #3
Incest/rape... forcing eight or ten year old girls to give birth keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #4

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,802 posts)
1. Some questions to ask those who oppose abortion,
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:07 PM
Sep 2022

especially with no exceptions:

Have you ever been pregnant?

Have you ever been pregnant as a result of rape or incest?

Was your unborn child diagnosed with a condition incompatible with life?

Did you ever have an ectopic pregnancy?

Do you respect other belief systems that don't ban abortion?

SCantiGOP

(14,299 posts)
2. All excellent questions
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 08:54 PM
Sep 2022

But you might could condense it to just one question:
Can you get pregnant?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,802 posts)
3. Yes, I could.
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 09:23 PM
Sep 2022

Most of those who want to ban abortion can't get pregnant, as we've all noticed. But I think a series of questions to hammer that home could be more effective.

keithbvadu2

(40,378 posts)
4. Incest/rape... forcing eight or ten year old girls to give birth
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 10:09 PM
Sep 2022

'The gov't should not be in the business of forcing eight or ten year old girls to give birth.'

That was from another poster but I cannot find it again.

A good comeback. It gives the anti-choicers/forced birthers a chance to verify their beliefs.

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