Posted on 07/15/2022 8:46:45 PM PDT by aquila48
In 2016, American liberals threatened—half seriously—that they would move somewhere more progressive if Donald Trump won the presidential election. That spring, Spotify released a tongue-in-cheek playlist called “Moving up to Canada” with the description, “Some of you might choose Canada this November … here’s the perfect soundtrack.” Now that the Supreme Court has issued the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, thus denying women the constitutional right to an abortion, the threat is back. It seems more serious and, at any rate, is much easier to carry out, because somewhere more progressive could be just across state lines, no expatriation required.
The Dobbs decision means that reproductive rights are left up to the states, resulting in drastic variation. In Maryland, most insurers are required to “cover abortion care services without a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement.” California has also removed out-of-pocket costs for abortion services. In Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, and South Dakota, by contrast, abortion is illegal even if the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest; the only exception is if the life of the mother is at risk, a distinction that is easily legislated but deadly in practice.
Since Dobbs, speculation about liberals abandoning anti-abortion states has multiplied on social media. The neuroscientist Bryan William Jones was one of many liberals who declared his intention to leave a red state (in his case, Utah) for one that respects reproductive rights. Such vows aren’t limited to Twitter, however. In a recent Leger/Atlantic poll of 1,001 American adults, 14 percent of respondents said that the end of Roe had them reconsidering where they lived, including 25 percent of people who voted for Joe Biden. Notably, 24 percent of respondents said that the political climate had factored into a previous decision to move.
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Please let it happen.
...”thus denying women the constitutional right to abortion “...
This is precisely why these defacers of Catholic churches and pregnancy centers are so unhinged.
The Atlantic Magazine editors allow this complete lie to go into print.
They should just move to Canada.
Please GTFO.
Money talks and we all know what walks.
These people are so full of bovine excretion. They aren’t moving to a high tax, crime ridden area over this. When it comes to putting their money where their mouths are, they will fold.
Too bad.
Oh wow! Where have I heard THAT before?
But this time they REALLY mean it!
As others asked before, why did none want to move to Mexico?
(((YAWN))) It’s the same old song. The commies aren’t going anywhere. They might shoot themselves in the foot and move to a REAL communist country.
“Please let it happen.”
Absolutely!
Leftists moving to blue states. Hmmm
They never do.
I wish they’d go on hunger/sex strikes. Stop eating valuable food and stop procreating completely. Permanently preferably.
Just as likely as them leaving.
They ain’t going anywhere because they know they’re living in the greatest country ever and that’s doing us a disservice by staying. I want to see them all go........
Interesting. Ispts like God is doing some sorting.
Wheat and tares.
This is precisely why these defacers of Catholic churches and pregnancy centers are so unhinged. The Atlantic Magazine editors allow this complete lie to go into print.
On the contrary, the formulation of the Atlantic Magazine is a fair characterization!
Roe vs. Wade (in my view: incorrectly) enshrined abortion as a right protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Now, the Supreme Court has finally rectified the mistake their predecessors made.
Now, no woman can correctly claim that "abortion rights" are included in the "penumbra" of the Constitution.
Rather, any such rights are now (again) delegated to the Several States.
This is as it should be.
Regards,
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