West Virginia’s legislature is considering a bill to prohibit abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Of course it’ll pass; that legislature is over two-thirds Republican (78-22 in the lower house, 23-11 in the senate), and the GOP governor will sign it. Citizen input is a mer[...]
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Texas political ad goes viral
This ad has gone viral, with over 2.7 million views, but it probably doesn’t bother Gov. Abbott, who’s heavily favored in polls. The real problem isn’t Abbott, it’s Texas voters. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Indiana AG bullying abortion doctor hit with lawsuit and bar complaint
Todd Rokita (photo, right), the GOP attorney general who’s harassing a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim, is facing repercussions. Rokita falsely claimed on Fox News that Dr. Caitlin Bernard failed to report the abortion and has “a history” of reporting [...]
GOP abortion warriors victimize innocent doctor and girl
A 10-year-old rape victim and an innocent doctor have been snared by the GOP’s abortion warriors and it’s ugly. First they claimed the girl didn’t exist; then the rapist was arrested. Next, Indiana’s GOP attorney general threatened the doctor for not reporting it; but she did. Now he’s th[...]
Ohio denied abortion to 10-year-old victim; GOPers disputed it happened
This story has been updated. “A 10-year-old child abuse victim was forced to seek an abortion in Indiana after her home state of Ohio barred abortion following the Supreme Court decision to overturn of Roe v. Wade,” the Daily Mail, a U.K.-based tabloid, said in a story published on F[...]
Could abortion trigger a constitutional crisis or worse?
In 1973, the Supreme Court created a right to abortion in Roe v. Wade. On its face, all the court’s 2022 Dobbs decision does is rescind that right. What the court giveth, it taketh away. Which leaves abortion to federal and state legislation. If you follow this string all the way back to the h[...]
Protests, bounty hunters, and the Supreme Court
How do you deal with situations when emotions are running high? Soldiers in combat and airline pilots facing emergencies rely on their training and discipline. In civilian life, well-adjusted adults fall back on principle and social norms to guide their behavior in times of stress. We’ve seen [...]
When ideology trumps health
We saw that happen when Republicans defied health experts and went their own deadly way on Covid-19. On abortion, too, Republicans are sacrificing decency, compassion, and common sense to dogma. In an opinion piece at NBC News (read it here), a law professor diagnosed with breast cancer wrote, R[...]
Is the Supreme Court legitimate?
“Hear ye, hear ye, this dishonorable court is now in session!” “As of 24 June 2022, the US Supreme Court should officially be understood as an illegitimate institution – a tool of minority rule over the majority, and as part of a far-right ideological and authoritarian takeover.” [...]