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applegrove

(118,828 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 03:07 PM Apr 19

Abortion Will Be On The Ballot In Nevada

Abortion Will Be On The Ballot In Nevada

April 19, 2024 at 10:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 146 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/19/abortion-will-be-on-the-ballot-in-nevada/

"SNIP............

“A petition to protect reproductive freedoms in the Nevada Constitution can advance to the November ballot, the State Supreme Court ruled Thursday,” the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.

“The initiative petition would grant every individual a right to make their own decisions regarding all matters related to a pregnancy, including prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, vasectomy, tubal ligation, abortion, abortion care, management of a miscarriage, and infertility care.”

...........SNIP"

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Abortion Will Be On The Ballot In Nevada (Original Post) applegrove Apr 19 OP
Excellent! Spazito Apr 19 #1
I'm still furious that a majority selects my rights for me lindysalsagal Apr 19 #2
Even worse that it is a minority doing it...nt Wounded Bear Apr 19 #3
That's what we do in a democracy MadameButterfly Apr 19 #4
Noone's voting on men's bodily autonomy. lindysalsagal Apr 20 #5
And no one voted on whether White people could be slaves in the US MadameButterfly Apr 20 #6

MadameButterfly

(1,067 posts)
4. That's what we do in a democracy
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 07:41 PM
Apr 19

The majority protects the rights of individuals whether they are a minority or a majority. The majority says a guy can't take a gun and shoot you. We shouldn't have to make such a law, but without it....The White majority had to decide at some point that the Black minority can vote, in fact that they can't be slaves, and then laws after that to enforce it. It shouldn't have been necessary, but it was--and is.

MadameButterfly

(1,067 posts)
6. And no one voted on whether White people could be slaves in the US
Sat Apr 20, 2024, 04:35 PM
Apr 20

If I had my way, men would be excluded from voting or sitting as judges or legislators on any issues pertaining to women's health and fertility. But since that's not the way it works, thank God women have the vote (which they didn't in 1864) and here's hoping we'll continue to have the vote under the next president, so we can put things to right.

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