a lot of women (over 60%) feel pressured to get abortions
"Respondents to a survey of women who had contacted crisis pregnancy centers for post-abortion care "
So out of women who contacted a crisis center after the abortion, many felt pressure beforehand. That isn't surprising. What percentage of women getting an abortion contacted a crisis center afterward?
Oh, and the excuse about carrying a rapist's baby is just that, and it ignores (just like those who push it) the very real fact that the baby is an innocent.
So is the rape victim.
But it's also wrong to demonize and belittle anyone who feels that some form of regulation is in order
Nobody is doing that. It's perfectly fine to regulate abortion, just like any medical or surgical procedure. You know how you end up with unregulated abortions, performed out of the public eye with no oversight? Ban them (which is essentially what this Texas law does).
If your actual goal is to reduce the number of abortions, there are proven methods to do that, and they don't involve making abortions illegal or even harder to get. Anyone who claims to be pro life and anti abortion should be out there fighting for comprehensive sex ed and free contraception, because that is what actually works to cut down on abortions.
taking the fifth tanks the case because it can legally be assumed by the court the reason the fifth was taken in a civil case, known as an adverse inference
They can't just assume whatever they want though:
'In federal civil litigation, however, an adverse inference may be “drawn when independent evidence exists of the fact to which the party refuses to answer”'.
Should the court have - hastily, without briefing - granted the injunction?
Yes. On one side is the possibility of imminent and severe harm, and on the other side is... maintaining the status quo. Clearly the right thing would be to put the law on hold (not strike it down) until its constitutionality could be determined.
Statistically,that is pretty much not happening in America.
How many 13 year old rape victims forced to bear their rapists' babies would be too many?
And just yesterday I read a story from someone whose mother was forced to carry him to term after being raped by her brother at age 11. So yeah, it happens.
There will never be a civil war between the establishment political parties, because they both have too much to lose. If there's a war, at least one side will be not only angry but desperate. The hungry vs the rich for example.
I don't think I've even heard of a project being offshored to India that went well. Bangalore has been able to do software remotely for years and years, and it hasn't impacted the domestic job market much yet. The programmers who do a great job can move to Europe or the US and get higher paying jobs there, so it's always the bottom tier doing the offshoring projects.
When it comes to criminal obstruction, one youtube video I saw once says that a parent can be prosecuted under Sabanes Oxley for flushing their childrens drugs down the toilet, which a lot of parents do.
Only if there could be a federal investigation in process or anticipated.
Not that I agree with the trademark bully, but it does seem strange to make the picture of the asphalt highway yellow, and then claim you weren't thinking about the yellow brick road at all.
I believe you can only be put on the sex offender registry if you are found (or plead) guilty to a sex crime. So you would first have to be arrested, charged, tried, and convicted. The police or city cannot just decide you need to be on a list without due process.
going the other direction, towards stalking and harrassment.
Minnesota has stalking and harassment laws, so either she's not violating them, or the problem is with law enforcement refusing to do anything about it. Since the city went as far as creating a new law to stop what she was doing, the former seems more likely. Is it possible the state law is inadequate? Sure, but this ordinance is clearly not the right solution.
Correct. But that doesn't mean she's wrong. I have no idea if she is right or wrong (it seems more likely she is wrong if she's been doing this for years and the school continues to operate), but her motivations don't make her accusations any less correct.
A Muslim community’s right to exercise their freedom of religion and go about their daily lives without fear should outweigh the right for bigoted people or individuals to engage in a years-long fear-stoking campaign that involves recording and surveilling them constantly.
So now you set up a mechanism where one group can say "those bad people are making us afraid", and the government shuts down the other group's speech. Hopefully you can see how ripe for abuse that would be.
In this case, some PETA supporters were noticing that certain comments they were posting on the NIH Facebook and Instagram pages didn't appear to be showing up.
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No it isn't.
"Respondents to a survey of women who had contacted crisis pregnancy centers for post-abortion care "
So out of women who contacted a crisis center after the abortion, many felt pressure beforehand. That isn't surprising. What percentage of women getting an abortion contacted a crisis center afterward?
So is the rape victim.
Nobody is doing that. It's perfectly fine to regulate abortion, just like any medical or surgical procedure. You know how you end up with unregulated abortions, performed out of the public eye with no oversight? Ban them (which is essentially what this Texas law does).
If your actual goal is to reduce the number of abortions, there are proven methods to do that, and they don't involve making abortions illegal or even harder to get. Anyone who claims to be pro life and anti abortion should be out there fighting for comprehensive sex ed and free contraception, because that is what actually works to cut down on abortions.
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They can't just assume whatever they want though:
'In federal civil litigation, however, an adverse inference may be “drawn when independent evidence exists of the fact to which the party refuses to answer”'.
https://www.lanepowell.com/Our-Insights/221205/Taking-the-Fifth-in-a-Civil-Context
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Yes. On one side is the possibility of imminent and severe harm, and on the other side is... maintaining the status quo. Clearly the right thing would be to put the law on hold (not strike it down) until its constitutionality could be determined.
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How many 13 year old rape victims forced to bear their rapists' babies would be too many?
And just yesterday I read a story from someone whose mother was forced to carry him to term after being raped by her brother at age 11. So yeah, it happens.
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There will never be a civil war between the establishment political parties, because they both have too much to lose. If there's a war, at least one side will be not only angry but desperate. The hungry vs the rich for example.
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CCP propagandist, or idiot? Hard to tell but I'm going with A.
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I don't think I've even heard of a project being offshored to India that went well. Bangalore has been able to do software remotely for years and years, and it hasn't impacted the domestic job market much yet. The programmers who do a great job can move to Europe or the US and get higher paying jobs there, so it's always the bottom tier doing the offshoring projects.
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Only if there's an extension you really really need that is only available for Chrome.
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Only if there could be a federal investigation in process or anticipated.
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Did it get suspended? I would have thought I would hear about something like that.
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That would be a capital offense btw. A capitol offense would be like what happened on January 6.
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TikTok is Chinese owned, so that day may never come.
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No. When was that, exactly?
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Yellow road
Not that I agree with the trademark bully, but it does seem strange to make the picture of the asphalt highway yellow, and then claim you weren't thinking about the yellow brick road at all.
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I believe you can only be put on the sex offender registry if you are found (or plead) guilty to a sex crime. So you would first have to be arrested, charged, tried, and convicted. The police or city cannot just decide you need to be on a list without due process.
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Minnesota has stalking and harassment laws, so either she's not violating them, or the problem is with law enforcement refusing to do anything about it. Since the city went as far as creating a new law to stop what she was doing, the former seems more likely. Is it possible the state law is inadequate? Sure, but this ordinance is clearly not the right solution.
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Correct. But that doesn't mean she's wrong. I have no idea if she is right or wrong (it seems more likely she is wrong if she's been doing this for years and the school continues to operate), but her motivations don't make her accusations any less correct.
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It's definitely not stalking under Minnesota law, but could possibly be harassment.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.749
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So now you set up a mechanism where one group can say "those bad people are making us afraid", and the government shuts down the other group's speech. Hopefully you can see how ripe for abuse that would be.
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Did you just read the headline and stop there?
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