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I struggle to understand such uncompassionate people.

Uncompassionate until it happens to their daughter or wife.

Tired of the "I didn't know until it happened to me" people. Have some empathy. Walk in another person's shoes.

It's called "privileged." They don't know anything about empathy. But one thing about those tables, they always have a way of turning.

If you understand them you're one of them, so embrace your lack of understanding for them.

I've always wanted to know the "why"- can be frustrating as often no answer. Have to have hope they can be born again humans.

Compassion doesn't belong in the discussion WADR...

You're talking about ppl who would sacrifice their last breath for the singular goal of pwning "Dems and Libs"

Can't argue with that, but also don't want to become what they are.

08 May DocManhattan

That's the last thing Democrats have to do, is become like GOPers. Actually opening their mouths and campaigning against GOPer failures have as much as GOPer campaign on everything they want ppl to believe would be enough.

I misread your response. I meant their calculus or concern is never be about compassion but owning libs. So it is a waste of time appealing to them on that level. And certainly don't grovel! That's like begging a serial killer. You're just giving them the pleasure of watching you beg before dying.

I misread your response. I meant their calculus or concern is never about compassion but owning libs. So it is a waste of time appealing to them on that level. And certainly don't grovel! That's like begging a serial killer.

You're just giving them the pleasure of watching you beg before dying.

No worries about the misread.

Do agree about the grovel. They abuse mercy. There are times you've got to know when to draw the line.

08 May DocManhattan

Just need to get elected Democrats to realize drinking single malt away from the cameras with GOPers doesn't mean they won't send a ginned up, delusion mob to try and hang you.😐

Louisiana will soon be a swamp

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Seems like there are a lot of rape defenders in the La. legislature. Now why would that be....?

It stands out like a sore thumb.

I wished they hadn't groveled. Square your jaw and commit to beating them politically.

Groveling to bullies never works nor is it a good look.

The GOP don't care if women suffer, based on all their legislation it is what they want. What gets me is there are women and men who love the women in their lives who vote for these vile people. 😡😡

Sometimes, I really don't believe people understand what they're voting for.

The count on keeping them ignorant by watching Faux News etc.

And they do keep them ignorant.

They, I need edit 🤣

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Don’t any of those republicans have daughters? Unbelievable

Julie O'Donoghue @jsodonoghue.bsky.social

"It will never happen to my family"

08 May Kat

Exactly. Because they’re better than the rest of us.

08 May Nathaniel Downes

The cruelty is the point. You cannot appeal to their humanity, they have none.

11 May barbisblue

No humanity whatsoever. They are like empty shells.

11 May Sharon C Storm

This is certainly an empty shell

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Rape, incest exceptions to Louisiana abortion ban rejected by GOP lawmakers

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Louisiana rejected legislation Wednesday that would add exceptions in cases of rape and incest to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.

apnews.com

07 November 2023

A bill to create exceptions to the Louisiana's abortion ban for children and teenagers 16 and younger who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest was voted down in a Louisiana House committee Tuesday.

lailluminator.com/2024/05/08/r...

Abortion ban exceptions for child rape, incest fail in Louisiana House committee • Louisiana Illuminator

Legislation was scuttled to create exceptions to the state’s abortion ban for minors who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest.

lailluminator.com

Martin Guerre’s Wife @elizabethcatherine.bsky.social

Anti-abortion activists have always been quiet until Dobbs about wanting to ban abortion in all forms including rape, incest, and life of the mother.

30 January

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.bsky.social

Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions of rape and incest to abortion ban www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/louis...

CanadaHealthwatch.ca — Canada's hub for health news 🍁

ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social

Republicans are lying when they claim their abortion restrictions have exceptions for the life and health of the pregnant person or in the cases of rape and incest.

There are NO meaningful exceptions to abortion bans. Fight EVERY restriction.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social

The TX SCT formally vacates the lower court order allowing Kate Cox to get an abortion - making clear they think the state can force a woman to carry an unviable pregnancy at great risk to her. (Cox left the state in order to get an abortion.) www.txcourts.gov/media/145764...

11 December 2023

Demsoc Nucky Thompson @gonebabygone.bsky.social

This is how Democrats used to talk when mainstream Republicans conceded that of COURSE there should be exceptions for rape/incest/health and now that they actually have the power to ban it none of them are making any such exceptions

Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social

Being opposed to "abortion on demand" is just classic Democrat means testing. Much like with aid for the poor, social benefits, welcoming in migrants, etc, a certain threshold of bureaucratically determined suffering must be proven to have been met before they feel comfortable allowing help.

08 February

Megan Dosher Hansen @megateer.bsky.social

Greg Abbott was going to “get rid of rape” as an answer to not having an exception in the abortion ban for pregnancies from rape and incest. And that is…not yet done.

25 April

Brian Hjelle, Virologist @brianhjelle.bsky.social

We're all supposed to feel relieved that some no-abortion jurisdictions have exceptions for such as rape and incest.
That's garbage.
The people who'd need these exceptions are almost always unable to access them.

www.americanprogress.org/article/exce...

11 April

S.J. Falstaff @smallbeersfelony.bsky.social

Texas abortion ban doesn't even include exceptions for rape or incest. Gov. Abbot said that would be okay because he would eliminate cases of rape. Really? I mean, if he could, that would be world changing, but as he said it, it- so dismissive to the point of egregious negligence

05 May

Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social

Arizona Supreme Court has eliminated abortion access including in cases of rape and incest, and criminalized doctors using a law from '64.

1864.

Arizona’s Zombie Abortion Ban Is Back. It’s Every State’s Future If Trump Wins.

On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that its total abortion ban, a seemingly dead law dating back to 1864, is once again enforceable.

slate.com

10 April

Annaleigh Watts 🌹 🪶 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social

Y'all remember when Greg Abbott's response to the media pointing out the cruelty of denying abortion to rape and incest survivors was to say Texas would end rape in their state? #bitterlolsob

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social

Texas saw an estimated 26,313 rape-related pregnancies during the 16 months after the state outlawed all abortions, with no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest, according to a new study

More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says

www.houstonchronicle.com

24 January

Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @hlrowe.bsky.social

But that *is* what it means. Voters are correct, the pro-life people want there to be no more abortions. What am I missing? And don’t come at me with the rape/incest/life of mother exceptions. Who’s adjudicating the rape or incest in time for an abortion? And we’ve already seen how women have…

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social

Influential Republicans are circulating polling and focus groups that show their abortion message is failing badly. And that voters now believe "pro-life" means banning all abortions without exception... which they're pleading with candidates to combat.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

GOP strategists urge congressional candidates to campaign against a national abortion ban

Disturbed by tough election losses on Tuesday, Republicans say the party needs to make clear to voters, in speeches and TV ads, that they don't favor banning all abortions.

www.nbcnews.com

08 November 2023

09 November 2023

Lebanon Link 🌎 ✨ ❤ @lebanonlink.bsky.social

Republicans thwarted an effort to add rape and incest exceptions to Missouri’s near-total abortion ban on Wednesday but were unable to push a bill to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements to a vote.

missouriindependent.com

08 February

Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social

#Trump privately backs 16-week abortion ban with exceptions, report says - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024... "Ex-president favors ban with exceptions for rape, incest and to save mother’s life, NYT says, but won’t discuss until after primary" he know #abortion is a winner for the #democrats

Trump privately backs 16-week abortion ban with exceptions, report says

Ex-president favors ban with exceptions for rape, incest and to save mother’s life, NYT says, but won’t discuss until after primary

www.theguardian.com

16 February

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social

"Bills proposing rape and incest exceptions failed in eight of the states. In Arkansas, lawmakers voted against rape and incest exceptions that were narrowed to apply only to children."

A reminder of how extreme the extremists have become and how much power they have in so many states.

Some Republicans Were Willing to Compromise on Abortion Ban Exceptions. Activists Made Sure They Did...

ProPublica reviewed 12 of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. Few changed in 2023, as state lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health ri...

www.propublica.org

27 November 2023

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.bsky.social

Is it grooming them to lie or grooming them to have a completely ignorant, even uncurious and uncompassionate view of the world...?

Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social

Katie Britt's SOTU response turned out to be much worse than I feared: not merely laughable, but terrifying, one of the most bizarre and insincere performances of propaganda I've ever seen in my life. We need to start talking about how GOP parents like Britt are grooming their kids to lie.

08 March

WEKU @weku.bsky.social

Louisville Democratic Sen. David Yates is set to introduce a bill that would add several exceptions including rape and incest to Kentucky’s ban on abortion, which currently only allows abortion if there’s a life-threatening health risk to the pregnant patient.

Democrat-led bill, Hadley’s Law, would add exceptions to Ky.’s near-total abortion ban

www.weku.org

10 January

KayKinMD @kaykinmd.bsky.social

Akshully* some states do have exceptions for rape and incest in their laws.

*You just can't use the exceptions to get an abortion in those states. Sorry ladeez.😡

18 March

s. e. smith @sesmith.bsky.social

I cannot believe that I have to say it is not acceptable to dismiss reports from rape survivors, AGAIN, in twenty fucking twenty-three. There are ways to talk about how people use rape for political leverage (often against survivors' will) and denying that those rapes happened is not it.

05 December 2023

States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com

A Louisiana House committee rejected a bill that would have allowed persons 16 and younger to have abortions if they became pregnant after sexual assault, as well as three bills seeking to protect doctors from criminal prosecution for miscarriage management

Via Louisiana Illuminator

Abortion ban exceptions for child rape, incest fail in Louisiana Ho...

A Louisiana House of Representatives committee scuttled legislation Tuesday to create exceptions to the state’s abortion ban for minors who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest. Their vote ca...

www.newsfromthestates.com