Tuesday, November 29, 2016 4:36:14 AM
Donald Trump: Women Will ‘Have To Go To Another State’ For Abortions If Roe V. Wade Is Repealed.
24 News Update
Published on Nov 14, 2016
Affirming his campaign pledge to appoint Supreme Court justices who oppose abortion, President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said that women would “have to go to another state” to get an abortion if the court were to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“Having to do with abortion, if it ever were overturned, it would go back to the states,” he said in his first post-election interview, on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
“Yeah, but then some women won’t be able to get an abortion?” Lesley Stahl asked.
Trump responded: “Yeah, well, they’ll perhaps have to go, they’ll have to go to another state.”
When Stahl asked if he thought that was acceptable, Trump said to wait and see.
“Well, we’ll see what happens,” he said. “It’s got a long way to go, just so you understand. That has a long, long way to go.”
It is unclear exactly what Trump would do for reproductive rights as president, given that he has held a variety of positions on abortion, but the picture does not look bright.
Completely repealing Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that affirmed a woman’s right to an abortion, would take some time because it would likely require several more Supreme Court vacancies to shift the balance of the court.
But as president, Trump could chip away at abortion access. He ran his campaign pledging to appoint “pro-life judges” to the Supreme Court and to allow states to outlaw abortion, frequently saying that the issue “should go back to the states.” In addition, his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R), has a history of opposing abortion and restricting reproductive rights in his state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsaXAvNEBok
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For Women’s Reproductive Freedom, a Chill Wind Blows
Dorothy Samuels
November 28, 2016
Roe v. Wade will stand for now, but the essential right it protects is in Trump’s line of fire.
[.. to the end ..]
As for the Supreme Court, Trump can be expected to nominate someone to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat soon after taking office. But even if that person is confirmed and, as expected, shares Scalia’s opposition to the essential right that Roe guaranteed, it would still leave intact the five-justice majority—the court’s moderate-left flank plus swing justice Anthony Kennedy—that meaningfully bolstered abortion rights only last June by striking down clinic-closing restrictions in Texas for want of a valid health justification.
For abortion-rights advocates, that recent victory makes the ascendance of an anti-Roe GOP majority all the more wrenching. A key question—on abortion, as on many other issues—is how long the group of justices who held sway in the Texas brawl will remain on the court. Three justices have reached an advanced age: Kennedy is 80; Stephen Breyer is 78; and Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 83. Like others apprehensive about Trump-made Supreme Court appointments, abortion-rights advocates are counting on these three to get plenty of rest, eat all their green leafy vegetables, and resist any inclination to retire while they’re still able to perform their court duties. In the meantime, these activists are bracing for an unprecedented assault on reproductive rights and health.
http://prospect.org/article/women%E2%80%99s-reproductive-freedom-chill-wind-blows
.. janice..., putting aside the self-destruct option, Trump, now that his con-job election campaign
is off the table, will want to have establishment politicians onside .. Pence is one of those ..
All of Mike Pence's Awful Positions on Women's Rights
A reminder that the Indiana governor has some of the most extreme anti-abortion stances in the country.
GETTY
By Prachi Gupta Oct 04, 2016
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s views on abortion rights are heavily influenced by his religion as a born-again evangelical Catholic. During
the first (and only) televised vice presidential debate of the 2016 election Tuesday night, he said, "For me, my faith informs my life."
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a4494411/mike-pence-anti-abortion-views/
"I don't think Trump cares deeply about the abortion issue."
I don't think Trump cares deeply about much of anything except money, power and prestige .. and his family.
That said, you have seen much more of him than i have .. :) .. unlucky you.
24 News Update
Published on Nov 14, 2016
Affirming his campaign pledge to appoint Supreme Court justices who oppose abortion, President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said that women would “have to go to another state” to get an abortion if the court were to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“Having to do with abortion, if it ever were overturned, it would go back to the states,” he said in his first post-election interview, on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
“Yeah, but then some women won’t be able to get an abortion?” Lesley Stahl asked.
Trump responded: “Yeah, well, they’ll perhaps have to go, they’ll have to go to another state.”
When Stahl asked if he thought that was acceptable, Trump said to wait and see.
“Well, we’ll see what happens,” he said. “It’s got a long way to go, just so you understand. That has a long, long way to go.”
It is unclear exactly what Trump would do for reproductive rights as president, given that he has held a variety of positions on abortion, but the picture does not look bright.
Completely repealing Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that affirmed a woman’s right to an abortion, would take some time because it would likely require several more Supreme Court vacancies to shift the balance of the court.
But as president, Trump could chip away at abortion access. He ran his campaign pledging to appoint “pro-life judges” to the Supreme Court and to allow states to outlaw abortion, frequently saying that the issue “should go back to the states.” In addition, his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R), has a history of opposing abortion and restricting reproductive rights in his state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsaXAvNEBok
--
For Women’s Reproductive Freedom, a Chill Wind Blows
Dorothy Samuels
November 28, 2016
Roe v. Wade will stand for now, but the essential right it protects is in Trump’s line of fire.
[.. to the end ..]
As for the Supreme Court, Trump can be expected to nominate someone to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat soon after taking office. But even if that person is confirmed and, as expected, shares Scalia’s opposition to the essential right that Roe guaranteed, it would still leave intact the five-justice majority—the court’s moderate-left flank plus swing justice Anthony Kennedy—that meaningfully bolstered abortion rights only last June by striking down clinic-closing restrictions in Texas for want of a valid health justification.
For abortion-rights advocates, that recent victory makes the ascendance of an anti-Roe GOP majority all the more wrenching. A key question—on abortion, as on many other issues—is how long the group of justices who held sway in the Texas brawl will remain on the court. Three justices have reached an advanced age: Kennedy is 80; Stephen Breyer is 78; and Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 83. Like others apprehensive about Trump-made Supreme Court appointments, abortion-rights advocates are counting on these three to get plenty of rest, eat all their green leafy vegetables, and resist any inclination to retire while they’re still able to perform their court duties. In the meantime, these activists are bracing for an unprecedented assault on reproductive rights and health.
http://prospect.org/article/women%E2%80%99s-reproductive-freedom-chill-wind-blows
.. janice..., putting aside the self-destruct option, Trump, now that his con-job election campaign
is off the table, will want to have establishment politicians onside .. Pence is one of those ..
All of Mike Pence's Awful Positions on Women's Rights
A reminder that the Indiana governor has some of the most extreme anti-abortion stances in the country.
GETTY
By Prachi Gupta Oct 04, 2016
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s views on abortion rights are heavily influenced by his religion as a born-again evangelical Catholic. During
the first (and only) televised vice presidential debate of the 2016 election Tuesday night, he said, "For me, my faith informs my life."
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a4494411/mike-pence-anti-abortion-views/
"I don't think Trump cares deeply about the abortion issue."
I don't think Trump cares deeply about much of anything except money, power and prestige .. and his family.
That said, you have seen much more of him than i have .. :) .. unlucky you.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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