‘I’m Doing It for the Babies’: Inside the Ground Game to Reverse Roe v. Wade

MSN NYTimes ^ | July 20, 2018

[SMGFan]

AVON, Ind. — Armed with sunscreen, doorknob fliers and a mission 50 years in the making, the team of activists sporting blue “I Vote Pro-Life” T-shirts fanned out into a web of cul-de-sacs in a subdivision just west of Indianapolis, undeterred by towering rain clouds and 90-degree heat.

It was exactly a week after President Trump had named Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to be his nominee for the Supreme Court, and the group was joking that they had a new sport: Extreme Canvassing.

In short surveys, the teams ask voters about their hopes for Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation and their opposition to abortion funding. Canvassers have knocked at nearly 1.2 million homes nationwide in recent months, and by November, they are slated to reach their goal of 2 million.

“Whenever I’m feeling tired, I say, ‘I’m doing it for the babies,’” said Kaiti Shannon, 19, as she consulted a mobile app to determine which porch with wind chimes to approach.

These are the ground troops of the social conservative movement, who have long dreamed of a nation where abortion is illegal. Ahead of the midterm elections, the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion political group, has dispatched hundreds of these canvassers across six battleground states. They aim to galvanize Americans who oppose abortion but who rarely vote outside presidential races, and to pressure red state Democrats, like Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana, to support Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

[familyop]

;-)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hysteria \Hys*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst['e]rie. See
     Hysteric.] (Med.)
     A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women,
     in which the emotional and reflex excitability is
     exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished,
     so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes
     the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into
     paroxism or fits.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of
           the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing,
           and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the
           throat. The affection presents the most varied
           symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest
           diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment
           alone. Hysteric

[ClearCase_guy]

I saw someone characterize Whoopi Goldberg’s performance on “The View” yesterday as: “I don’t usually get hysterical, but you accused me of being hysterical, so I became hysterical. Now get the f*ck out of this building.”

[Jim Noble]

The problem with Roe v. Wade is not the abortions. As soon as Roe is overturned, abortion will be legal before 12 weeks in all 50 states by direct legislation.

The problem is the Supreme Court's claim of authority. THAT is what needs to be overturned.

[richardtavor]

The leftists are so obvious. They don’t even try to hide it anymore. This will reach a crescendo until the vote for Kavanaugh happens. The Borking has begun.

[jiggyboy]

If there’s a more recent SCOTUS abortion case than Planned Parenthood vs Casey, from 1992, 26 years ago, could somebody post it.

Many, many pundits and political operatives on both sides want us to think that lawyers are already waiting at the SCOTUS door with any number of perfect cases that will each surely result in overturning Roe v Wade.