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stego-tech ◴[] No.44545563[source]
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CamperBob2 ◴[] No.44545682[source]
These people will never actually ban pornography,

That's what I used to say about Roe v. Wade. "They'll never give up that wedge issue."

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1. stego-tech ◴[] No.44545883[source]
They never banned abortions for themselves, just made it more difficult to get if you’re not getting an “acceptable” one (i.e. have the money to go where it’s legal or have a private family doctor who can make Bastard Fetus go bye-bye).
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2. tialaramex ◴[] No.44546172[source]
You can see how this model worked in Ireland for example.

Historically Abortion was literally prohibited constitutionally in the Republic. That changed†, one of my friends lived there at the time and she's got a picture somebody made (painted? sketched?) on her wall of the group watching the results come in. But for most of my life, abortion was absolutely illegal in the Republic of Ireland.

So, if you were poor, too bad no abortions, they're illegal. But if you're wealthy you just decide to "go on holiday", maybe a long weekend somewhere nice - and miraculously while abroad you stop being pregnant. No problem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_...