What Will Be The Punishment For Illegal Abortions? | How To Know If You Still Have Rights

Stephen reacts to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, and introduces a new way for women in the United States to find out what rights they still have. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
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[@lindaterrell5535]

I worked in a hospital before RvW. Several women a week came into our ER suffering from a septic illegal abortions, we barely saved some. After RvW, I never saw another one in the rest of my 46 years in medicine. Imagine that.

[@2Uahoj]

There's no such thing as a "safe" abortion. It's a complete myth. And even if there are no physical effects there is often enormous psychological damage.

[@joegallegos9109]

Well the "pro-lifers" would argue that the woman deserves death 🤷‍♂️

[@TalkLoudSayNothing]

Oh, they've thought of that: several states have laws to punish women for having abortions. So they won't come to you until it's too late.

[@swisskiwi1478]

Although I knew these were the conditions before RvW, and still are in many other countries without adequate healthcare for women, this text made want to cry.

[@mikestarkly9226]

Oh my gosh! WOW. That's like the drug addicts that are harmed by self-treating when the medical system fails to give in and give them drugs illegally. What a shame. We should let them get addicted to legal drugs so the hospitals make money. Human lives are not worth anything unless you're irresponsibly having fun and destroying lives while the money keeps floating up! AMIRITE!? hahaha Why bother with sex education and expecting adults to be responsible for their bodies and to consider the impact of their actions? I think based on that "logic" we should also not penalize drunk drivers etc. If they kill someone/ a pet; that person/pet should have not been such a nuisance and inconvenience. That poor drunk driver that is a victim of the person they run over. OMG IT's horrendous. What will society come to if we don't protect people that just wanna have fun???

[@laalaa99stl]

It should be nothing short of _alarming_ that Clarence Thomas provided a freaking *WISH LIST* of rulings he wants to overturn next!

[@themechanic8643]

Im sure the felons will be happy to get their guns back.

[@jwilk5606]

Which included interracial marriage. Which is -cough cough- ironic, given his marriage of course.

[@franklin9400]

Why? He would need 4 others to agree with him.

[@goahead3995]

He needs to resign.

[@freya8133]

@@franklin9400 He would get it.

[@missfuneralsong]

The fact that these justices still get to sit and make sweeping decisions for other people after flat-out lying in their confirmation hearings (aka committing perjury) is maddening. The fact that Clarence Thomas still gets to act as though he's fit to serve when his wife was caught engaging in sedition, which should completely disqualify him as an unbiased judge. This system is deeply, fundamentally broken. It beggars belief.

[@leavingitblank9363]

Just to be clear, they didn't commit perjury. It wasn't a court of law. Were they even under oath?

[@kevinkelly5780]

@@leavingitblank9363 They were under oath. But that's not the important thing here. The highest judges in the land flat out lied. That is the one and only reason needed to get them the fuck off that bench. Except the founding fathers didn't leave a method for doing that

[@Brandon-bc5um]

REEEEEEEEEEE

[@gloomydaysunshine8656]

A nation destroyed by it’s enemies can rise again…but the one which crumbles from within… that’s dead

[@youarestrongerthanwhatever9619]

Nice one

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

Robin Williams once said that : "Living in Canada is like living in a really nice apartment over a meth lab".

[@twistedfrannie9311]

And we're hoping that it doesn't blow up.

[@JSkyGemini]

@@twistedfrannie9311 We have to make sure the insanity doesn't spill over our border and we don't elect con-servatives. I will not become 'murikkka 2.0. We do have some clowns here that would love to make us that way.

[@The_Original_forresttrump]

You’d think it was one big trailer park.

[@Serenity12ZX]

@@JSkyGemini the unpatriotic covoy headed to Ottawa for Canada Day will be very telling of where we are now. And our ability to end it peacefully or not might be foretelling.

[@jfox9126]

😂😂😂 Thank you for that.

[@cameldung-on-the-walls446]

As a Norwegian, watching what has been (these past few years) and is happening in USA, one gets the queasy feeling that your country is leading the World down on a path towards what would be the Horror version of Idiocracy. Please people; act, and fight this trend, before it is too late.

[@angelopugliese6034]

We now have an Evangelical Fascist Supreme Court.

[@nekonatauzanto1758]

Yes, it is terrible. Can't believe we elected that Biden clown. Hopefully we can correct our wrongs and put Trump back in office in 2024.

[@erikkennedy8725]

It's okay to say it, we're headed for fascism. 😥

[@erikkennedy8725]

@@nekonatauzanto1758 that will be the end of democracy in the US if it happens.

[@generalpublic3744]

Well if the former President had his way, the USA should be full of Norwegians. But I could understand if you didn't want to come. The grass if definitely greener in Norway!

[@amberdsny1124]

I am Pro-Becky who found out at her 20 week anatomy scan that the infant she was so excited to bring into this world had developed without life sustaining organs. I am Pro-Susan who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization that her assailant planted his seed in her when she got a positive pregnancy test result a month later. I am Pro-Theresa who hemorrhaged due to a placental abruption, causing her parents, spouse, and children to make the impossible decision whether to save her or her unborn child. I am Pro-little Cathy who had her innocence ripped away from her by someone she should of been able to trust and her 11 year old body isn't mature enough to bear the consequences of that betrayal. I am Pro-Melissa who's working 2 jobs just to make ends meet who has to choose between bringing a other child into poverty or feeding the children she already has because her spouse walked out on her. I am Pro-Brittany who realizes that she is in no way financially, emotionally or physically able to raise a child. I am Pro-Emily who went through IVF ending up with SIX viable implanted eggs requiring selective reduction in order to ensure the safety of her and a SAFE amount of fetuses. I am Pro-Christina who doesn't want to be a mother, but birth control methods sometimes fail. I am Pro-Jessica who is FINALLY getting the strength to get away from her physically abusive spouce only to find out that she is carrying the monster's child. I am Pro-Vanessa who went into her confirmation appointment after YEARS of trying to conceive only to hear silence where there should be a heartbeat. I am Pro-Lindsay who lost her virginity in her sophomore year with a broken condom and now has to choose whether to be a teenage mom or just a teenager. I am Pro-Courtney who just found out she's already 13 weeks along, but the egg never made it out of the fallopian tube so either she terminates the pregnancy or risks dying from internal bleeding. You can argue and say that I'm pro-choice all you want, but the truth is I'm pro-life. Their lives. Women's lives. You don't get to pick and choose which scenarios should be accepted. Women's rights are meant to protect ALL women, regardless of their situation!

[@ninedaysjane2466]

Pro-Erica, who is schizophrenic and barely able to care for herself, much less a child.

[@bluebutler6787]

Omg thank you!

[@amberdsny1124]

@@bluebutler6787 thank you.

[@amberdsny1124]

@@bluebutler6787 please share

[@Ruthmcleanturner]

So beautifully put. Thank you.

[@sarahs1849]

There were already plenty of restrictive laws that made it hard enough to access an abortion in about half of the country, but taking abortion access away completely even in instances of RAPE, INCEST, OR FAILED CONTRACEPTION is so effing LAME!!!!!! UGH 🤯🤬

[@thomascattington1660]

When I was a teenager in 1983 my mother and aunt took us kids to cemeteries to show us why Roe the other legislation was so important. We saw many gravestones of women who died in childbirth in their 20s after bearing 10 or 12 children. All from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s. That's a big part of what the sixties "revolution" was about: not being home bound and pregnant over and over until she died.

[@karencarl6130]

The average fertility span for women is 35 years. Lots of time for slip-ups to occur. Women need more options, not fewer.

[@canguian]

@@karencarl6130 women can be pregnant at 47 years old ...because they still menstruate

[@Diana1000Smiles]

When I became sick, I reverted back to the 60s. ❤ It was an incredibly interesting time to be on Earth.

[@gailjordan9250]

What wonderful women to have in your life.

[@princessjello]

@@canguian span, not age. 35 years sounds about right. A coworker got pregnant at 52... With twins, no less.

[@frank-bmtz]

Even being a man, I can say I feel disgusted. This is a massive violation of women's rights.

[@freedomofchoicelover3734]

and mens rights too...they can be pregnant too you know...

[@james-xf1ox]

You don't know what rights are clearly. Probably a male feminist, I mean beta rapist.

[@Marijuanifornia]

No one ever had any rights. Now, everyone gets to learn that the hard way. How many Americans know that America legalized "Marihuana" to win World War II? It's on film. Watch the 1942 USDA video, *Hemp for Victory.* The police have been beating and killing Americans over "Marihuana" since the end of World War II because the US Federal government kept *Hemp for Victory* away from the general public for almost 50 years after World War II. Everyone was lied to. Everyone was brainwashed from birth with the despicable lie that "Marijuana will destroy America." Now, the film has been public for over 30 years and there's an official US government link to the video, but no one notices because a lifetime of drug war propaganda has made them incapable of thinking. We the People never had any rights. The Axis lost World War II, but Fascism won.

[@manmakefire4842]

@@freedomofchoicelover3734 ...

[@BrokeredHeart]

Your rights too. They're infringing on your decisions to plan having a family or not, and the next step for the anti-abortion movement is to also ban contraceptives, something their bullshit birthing centers have been preaching for decades. Or imagine the unthinkable - you're soon to be a new parent only to be told by the doctors that your partner's pregnancy has become unviable, and when carried to term, your unborn child will likely die during childbirth, but worse yet, your partner could also die from severe complications. All because you live in a state that has written legislation that made no exceptions for miscarriages or the health of the mother. You could lose a wanted child along with your spouse all because a legislator thinks life begins at conception.

[@dimitraBlissDk]

HIPAA laws made spreading medical info without consent illegal. The odd thing that I noticed as a pharmacist was that it came to be about the same time as Viagra.

[@brendabarnes4052]

And, I am so glad to hear some large corporation that are paying for their employees to travel to have that right!

[@JaXforreals]

They were like “my Body my choice” when we asked them to wear masks… now when abortion comes around they are silent.

[@BigBoogookie]

The way SCOTUS ruled madating face masks during an airborne pandemic as unconstiutional is an insult to this injury I cannot get over.

[@barbaralamprecht5784]

So true!!!!

[@mateoconk]

They were just trying to be cute.

[@TheNefastor]

Just burn down the supreme court. It's clearly doing more harm than good.

[@Swan-rb4yg]

@Auran Crash who are you talking to?

[@reubenvries8807]

Completely shocked at the thinking of American lawmakers!!! Are they competing with the Taliban?? Do they not know that these rights and discussions were had about 6-7 decades ago across the world? How backward is the USA??? As an Australian and a Womens health professional, this is unbelievably shameful.

[@TallboyDave]

I'm not the first to say this, but from my perspective, the only thing that separates the Taleban from the Republican Party, is that the Taleban are brown-skinned muslims- if they were white Christians, then the GOP would be falling over themselves to make common ground with them.

[@Mr.Anonymous1987GS]

Cry me a river

[@mnomadvfx]

Why do you think they hated the Taliban so? They disliked the competition for Americans to compare them to! Next time on Christian Sharia Law Chronicles..... Also some of the Republican majority states are so ass backwards that they are still stuck on the American Civil War which ended in the 1860's. So if you think that 6-7 decades out of date is bad then you should set your wayback machine to a century earlier 😅 The US is somehow both entertaining and horrifying all at the same time, like watching a train derailment in slow motion and trying to look away but not quite managing it.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@Mr.Anonymous1987GS When women just stop opening their legs en masse it'll be all men crying a river. Then robo sex bots will become available to sate their needs and ours - shortly thereafter the populations of the developed world will plummet while India and China take over. It would be super ironic if a bunch of sad, dry old men caused the end of American dominance with this.

[@peggyking9543]

Its the tyranny of the corrupt minority. Religionists installed on the SC are aggressively dragging the country back to the bad old days with their nakedly politicized decisions. I'm afraid our kids will have to fix this, since we seem to keep voting for regressive and un-American politicians and con men criminals who shoved this Court down our throats.

[@samanthachurch]

"Being held harmless" is actually the scary phrase here. They might as well say "held helpless." It means they don't want us in prison. They want us beholden and dependent on men. They want to own us.

[@En-Jon-eer]

I dont think it is correct to assume that abortion was a big issue in either medieval times or Roman times. In general this wasn't a big issue until the evangelical movements made it one. Ben Franklin, for instance, wrote a book which providied (among other things) advice on how to get abortions safely (based on available medical knowledge of the times). I think, for the most part, abortions were just a part of life and what some people did.

[@appleblossomxo]

Jonathan Taylor: A bit misleading, abortions were not "just a part of life", it was/is purposeful death of a child.

[@supercoolbrian]

Actually in ancient Rome men would force women to kill their children in infanticide by leaving them out in the sun so they die of exposure. Other methods, such as abortion by starving oneself, in order to produce stillbirths, were also used. Usually this was because the man wanted only male sons. Christianity altered this by affording woman and their children human dignity. For this reason, many woman converted to Christianity(St Helen, St Monica) and slowly converted the state of the Roman Empire. Human dignity went from being a man's choice, to a protected good, and then to being a woman's choice in our modern times.

[@En-Jon-eer]

@@supercoolbrian you got a source for that? Sure sounds like christian propaganda to me. Edit:. To be clear the thing I want backed up is the idea that men, on a regular basis, would FORCE women to kill their children. Methods are irrelevant and law of that time is pretty clear that abortion wasn't a crime. Sidenote edit: I do find it funny that someone is claiming that Christianity gave women human dignity. Christianity which says women are less than men. Christianity which says that a woman who is raped gets to 'punish' the rapist by requiring them to pay the woman's father a dowry and then the rapist is 'forced' to marry the raped woman. Yeah.... Christianity is great at valuing women and isn't misogynistic at all *eye roll* I'm sure Christianity was a huge improvement to what they had before that in ancient Rome (in case you couldn't tell that's supposed to be dripping in sarcasm).

[@supercoolbrian]

Plutarch in Lives: Lycurgus 16 writes that in State-controlled Sparta: “Nor was it in the power of the father to dispose of the child as he saw fit (as was his right in most societies). He was obliged to carry (the newborn) child before certain men at a place called Lesche; these men were some of the elders of the tribe to which the child belonged; their business was to carefully view the infant, and, if they found it stout and well made, they gave order for its rearing and allotted to it one of the nine thousand shares of land above mentioned for its maintenance, but, if they found it puny and ill-shaped, ordered it to be taken to what was called the Apothetae (“depository”), a (large cave) under Mt. Taygetus (in the Peloponnese); as thinking it neither for the good of the child itself, nor for the public interest, that it should be brought up, if it did not, from the very outset, appear to be healthy and vigorous.”

[@supercoolbrian]

By virtue of mentioning that old elders made the decision, its pretty clear women didn't have a choice in Roman Sparta. By expressing surprise that the father couldn't make the choice, its pretty clear that it was the norm in Roman law for the father to make the choice. All this is written of course by men. I'd be more surprised if you had proof that abortion was afforded specifically to a woman. In ancient Greece, Aristotle spoke about it as a matter compulsory law. “As to exposing or rearing the children born, let there be a law that no deformed child shall be reared; but on the ground of number of children, if the regular customs hinder any of those born being exposed, there must be a limit fixed to the procreation of offspring, and if any people have a child as a result of intercourse in contravention of these regulations, abortion must be practiced on it (the child).”

[@Opus313]

The backlash from this ruling must be felt at the ballot box!

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

And beyond. Voting harder isn't the only thing that solves these issues. Take action. Organize. Help your community. The gov clearly wont...

[@mariaangelova8275]

It better!!!!

[@marysheamahiques3712]

after you fuks steal it again

[@DeepThought420]

One can only hope!

[@theone9705]

Didn't you guys did that last time? Cry harder lol

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

My very conservative dad paid for my abortion when I was a teenager. They're against abortion until it affects them personally, then after the problem is solved, go right back to being against it.

[@joshyaash]

No surprise that God himself is conservative lmao

[@cheisotuliru4445]

Sorry but I call that bulshit, show prof or is fake

[@edub9930]

That makes your "conservative " dad a hypocrite not a true conservative

[@nostrum6410]

unless your dad is now against abortions i dont see your point.

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

@@edub9930 That's a no true Scotsman fallacy. He's extremely conservative, always has been, always will be.

[@EternalSilverDragon]

Thanks for the random shout out at the beginning, Stephen. As someone watching from New Zealand, it's hard to watch what your country is going through right now. Stay strong American brothers and (especially) sisters, kia kaha.

[@crowcrow1032]

Watching across the ditch from New Zealand in Australia love your work man - nice one !! Crow

[@drtyboy]

"deeply rooted in this nations history and tradition" If rights today were only based in what was historical in the US, i can imagine that there's at least one of those judges who would not be allowed to be on the SCOTUS today

[@laduchesse6530]

I'd say the three who were lying to Congress in their hearings. But the beer loving first, I agree 💯%.

[@deltav864]

@@laduchesse6530 I think he meant Clarence Thomas, because you know... people of his color tended to be in chains back then.

[@christyreinders2449]

Exactly. Nor would he have been allowed to be in an interracial marriage.

[@bovinityleak2066]

Id say 3 if you include the women and 4 if you include coney-barrett.

[@natsusatsujinki8342]

Except black Republicans were wealthy and powerful then 😂 so your whole racist straw man just won't work.

[@sometimessiri.8559]

My ex's brother and sister in law had to make the the worst choice in their lives when they decided, with the DR, to terminate the pregnancy. They were told that their son would suffer severe physical defects and more than likely wouldn't have lived through the birthing process. If he did survive his life would have been nothing but pain and nothing could be done to fix him. I'm not pro life (more like pro choice) but I would NEVER put my own standards on a life or situation that isn't my own. To think that a group of old men can tell a woman what do with her own body is beyond vile and this move screams of trying to control us. Those same men want to point their fingers at women who "didn't need to have sex" but where are the men because we don't get pregnant by ourselves. Where are the laws for the women who are left to deal with the fallout and have limited to no resources to make sure that that the child they were forced to bring to term has a good start in life? Now new generations of "free" women are going to be forced to fight all over again. Please stay strong and don't let this bullshit stand because I'm more than just a breeding machine because I was born with a uterus.

[@rebelmouth9349]

The men are legally responsible through child care, what are you even talking about? lmaoo 🤣 Talk about autonomy over your body when "your body, your choice" doesn't have you falling back on the slave labor of the father should you decide to keep it at a whim, instead of killed. You're asked to carry it in your stomach for 9 months worst case scenario, and give it up at a fire station. Worst case scenario men end up paying for 18 years of childhood while their baby mama bangs their best friend.

[@vickywitton1008]

❤

[@2Uahoj]

Kind of strange logic. So, your saying your against murdering a child, but would never impose that view on others.

[@JSkyGemini]

@@rebelmouth9349 I sense an incel.

[@joejacko1587]

the men pay 40% of what they earn to child support, and they don't have the option to abort my mother was told the same thing and the doctors told her she needed to have an abortion that i would never make it through birth and that there is a good chance she would die I was 3 months early and i just turned 40 with no major health issues

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

"How to know if you still have rights?" That's easy. If you are in the U$, you were born in the U$, you are white, you are a man and you are rich, then you have rights. If not, then you have some temporary privileges that could disappear at any moment.

[@rodan9773]

You think all white Men have rights you poor deluded fool the only ones that have rights are the rich because they can afford them.

[@TheDemigodLover]

Also if you are cishet

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

@@TheDemigodLover Of course

[@sarcasticat6979]

I'm so happy I don't live in the US but every time I think about this ruling I still want to cry. It's so unfair and inhumane and cruel. And it's just going to get worse. I keep trying to type more but there's nothing I can say that hasn't been said 100x over and been ignored by the fuckwits in control of the US.

[@fruticetum]

Abortion is pretty unfair, inhumane and cruel to the unborn children who will never see the light of day. Do you want to cry for them?

[@PBNrandom]

Republicans saying that their position on something "should be based in compassion and reason" is the funniest thing I've heard all day.

[@traviskeith3802]

And killing babies is so compassionate.

[@realtimebiblicalinterpreta6972]

This is funny alright. Second to this is the Republican anti abortionist woman on CNN claiming that it is a compromise as other states will provide abortion.

[@NuiYabuko]

That's conveniently lacking with people who have to juggle two or more jobs to get by, the overabundance of guns and resulting mass shootings, minorities of all kinds, the homeless, sick, disabled etc.

[@nigget-tv-videos4135]

love the way you think compassion = aborting babies -- what a lovely person you are.

[@nigget-tv-videos4135]

@@NuiYabuko yesand killing babies in the womb

[@ParahSalin]

As a nurse, I remember a young patient who tried to self-abort and winded up needing a hysterectomy. The floodgates just opened for more events like this to happen. Just wait…

[@michelledryden4378]

My thoughts exactly....just wait

[@deltav864]

Yeah that's the most infuriating part... this is not going to stop abortions, it'll just make them a whole lot messier and dangerous. Don't wait to kneel at the wake though, stand and act for the living to rescue those about to die.

[@natsusatsujinki8342]

Well if you're old enough to get pregnant and having sex maybe you should be smarter than that 🤔 Darwin Award much

[@ParahSalin]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 whoever you are, be quiet and take several seats…obviously, your mom should have made that decision too. I suppose in your fantasy land, birth control methods don’t fail, there’s no baby daddy abandonment, no rape or incest or health reasons for abortions. Let’s all just put all lives in danger now and figure it out later? Keep that Darwin Award. U deserve it more.

[@venficusinfinitum208]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 It's adorable that you say that like rape never happens, or condoms never break, or birth control fails. I guess then you'd just say never to have sex, but I doubt that will ever apply to you, right? If you're a man, you can just skip town, avoid responsibility. But for the girl, oh no, she has to carry that baby to term, lose her next 18 years to childcare, and possibly die in childbirth. Yup, this is totally a fair choice.

[@PerplexedVet]

Just came here to tell you that I can’t wait to see what you say about today’s jan 6 hearing tonight! You could do a whole week worth of shows off of those 2 hours today.

[@somniumisdreaming]

300 mass shootings this year, no medical care, Patriot act and now this, America is a mess. Stay strong you good folks in the USA and reclaim your rights and freedoms.

[@NewMessage]

"Let's ask this politician... who I'm sure never paid for anyone's abortion." I mean... he PROMISED to... but the check just never seemed to get there. 🤷‍♂️

[@kendomyers]

Lol Never _paid_ for an abortion

[@teresathayn5170]

We all know the wealthy men will always be able to provide their mistresses with a timely abortion!!

[@2Uahoj]

We all pay for others' abortions. It comes directly out of our taxes.

[@gladtravis]

@@kendomyers, exactly. After he said women should be criminalized for abortions, Maureen Dowd asked him if he's ever paid for an abortion. He dodged the question and asked her for another question. It was the one time he knew not answering the question was better than his default lying about everything.

[@chenzen1578]

He promised a lot and no one seems to care, not even his cultists he scamed: the broder wall, remember? The "let's-prove- the-election-was-stolen" sceme,. Along list...

[@floatingsara]

It's not only the choice that has been taken away, it's the idea that mother's life comes first when she is in danger. In Europe we have already three cases of women having miscarriages and getting sepsis, while doctors didn't perform abortion of an already lost foetus, because "the baby's heart was still beating". Savita Halappanavar, Valentina Milluzzo and now Andrea Prudente Just to let you all know we are watching American debate on abortion from Italy

[@ryanbrown398]

There is never a time when the mother's life can only be saved by killing the baby.

[@adris432]

@@ryanbrown398 You are simply wrong about that.

[@beastumfan]

In the USA doctors refused to save a baby that was born alive. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnbEZJ-kjdmenc0

[@ryanbrown398]

@@adris432 Can you cite an instance where it was the case?

[@leeik2314]

​ @Ryan Brown Can you not read? "Savita Halappanavar, Valentina Milluzzo and now Andrea Prudente", google any of those names.

[@ForeverMe543]

I know these were well written jokes but my heart is so broken and I'm so scared and angry that I just can't laugh

[@heather2418]

My daughter looked me in the eye, shrugged, and said her career and the ability to have a child when it's the right time for her was more important to her than some nasty old judges' religion and this ruling. She's decided never to date. Not even when she would like to be married, because who in this age wants to do marriage and then sex and she refuses to risk dating. She'll have a sperm donor when she wants a baby. I'm angry right with you. I wanted a son in law someday. But this is now her best choice. Making men obsolete and cut completely out of her life aside from friendship. And I have to wonder just how many other women will decide the same thing.

[@cameroncuchia1664]

We are protesting in Arkansas. We won’t stop💪

[@LaSnob711]

I feel sorry for my American sisters....and my stepdaughter who lives in a country where rights were taken away from women.... Fight for your rights, ladies! Love from EU

[@jaredweiman2987]

So help them move to the EU? Or are you guys full now that you've let all of the Somalis in?

[@buschhuhn9197]

That's part of the problem. If only women have to fight for their rights 🤔. Is it only me believing there are two different people necessary to start a pregnancy???

[@buschhuhn9197]

@@jaredweiman2987 as long as YOU don't come knocking...

[@floatingsara]

S Nob, we Europeans are next ! In Italy bishops are already coming

[@richardparker2555]

The EU is pro freedom?........😄😆😅🤣😂

[@StephBer1]

Barely 2 days after the ruling a woman was emergency airlifted from Texas to Colorado because the hospital wasn't allowed to treat her. She went there for help from the agony and trauma of an Ectopic pregnancy and the doctors weren't allowed to provide lifesaving care for her because it was an abortion of a fetus, even though the fetus would never have been viable. This just shows that Republicans got what they wanted and now don't know what to do with it.

[@wolfiesownx4893]

Ectopic pregnancy is not abortion, mind. It’s a medical emergency. I’m pro choice, but this argument sadly does not contribute i. m .o.

[@james-xf1ox]

Send a link to this story then.

[@williamlee1811]

This is false. Dont buy into lunatic ravings. People need to flat out stop lying.

[@lindahopson5003]

Texas is the armpit of women's freedoms.

[@victoriabaker4400]

That is so fucked up.

[@dnache7553]

So glad I got my tubes tied before THAT becomes illegal too! 😡

[@enviromental2565]

I've started watching KZbin videos for how to live on the cheap in other countries that have more rights for it's citizen's than the US now does. Don't know if I'll ever have the money or opportunity to go, but I can dream.

[@krisscott3154]

I proudly stood in that crowd in SLC. We had three separate protests that night.

[@2Uahoj]

So join the March for Life 🙂

[@TowaruTsura]

@@2Uahoj How about you do? How about you adopt children? How about you vote for people that support childcare options like SNAP? How about you actually care about life, instead of saying you do to feel better about yourself? People like you aren't pro-life. You never were. You're pro-control and always have been. You don't and never have given a shit about children. Happy to watch as children are separated from their parents, locked in cages. Even laughing at the reports of them being raped, and being denied abortions at age 12 because a prison guard knew he wouldn't have any consequences. You are not pro-life. You never were.

[@katiehettinger7857]

Thanks hope your voting block makes a difference.😉👍💙🇺🇸🌊🌊🌊

[@michaelhollett6039]

Thank you for standing up for my daughters rights. She's to young to understand and I'm grateful for strong women like you💖

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Good on you.

[@Shrykespeare]

Six justices - three appointed by a man who tried to overthrow the government, and a fourth whose wife tried to overthrow the government. Yeah.

[@JohnSmith-bx5fg]

Good government is a criminal entity

[@james-xf1ox]

They didn't try to overthrow nothing.

[@davidlundquist1979]

@@james-xf1ox You realize you literally said that they DID try to overthrow something, right? And you're correct!

[@james-xf1ox]

@@davidlundquist1979 If you consider that a government takeover by force then you need help and to stop watching and believing bullshit.

[@JohnOMcJohn]

@@davidlundquist1979 🤣

[@bknrng2706]

That black square on Judge Alito was probably well over sized

[@Denbub]

Awesome thanks everyone ‼️👍💪🍺🇨🇦

[@jassewalton1768]

Here in Australia (where abortion is legal throughout the country, thank heavens), we're all shaking our heads in sadness & horror at this decision. You all need to get very ready to VOTE at the Midterms. But, a question - if the 3 SCOTUS Judges lied about their position on Rowe v Wade at their Confirmation Hearings, under oath, should they not be removed from their positions for perjury under oath? Any Constitution wiggle-room there folks? If men were the ones who got pregnant, then this would not be an issue. Stay strong, US folks!

[@johnathanrhoades7751]

They, unfortunately, didn't technically lie. They made statements that could have been interpreted to mean that they wouldn't overturn the rulings, but never actually said they wouldn't.

[@patsyself9843]

Thank You

[@nicolaj990]

@@johnathanrhoades7751 Any vague or not clearly defined and "up to interpretation" answers should in that case be deemed unconstitutional. Seems more fair.

[@meh8982]

@@johnathanrhoades7751 The real blame should be on the Congresspeople who either weren't paying attention or were willing to let these clowns fudge their way onto the Supreme Court.

[@charlieevergreen3514]

@@johnathanrhoades7751 I think that a legal case can be made that they were intentionally misleading, which translates to legal obfuscation, or some other actionable offense. It may not technically be perjury, but they could have consequences. Seriously doubt anything will happen in that direction however. More likely that SCOTUS will be expanded, with more seats, and no consequences for the deceitful judges.

[@MichaelSeibert]

I am telling you: the most dangerous thing about America is that no matter how idiotic the policies and laws are, people still somehow believe it’s the best country on earth. It’s so incredibly far from reality. So many people in America have no idea how badly they are being screwed over.

[@blackeyedsusan727]

🎯🎯🎯 And that's just how the 1% and its lackeys in the government like it. Land of the free my ass! Consumer choice =|= liberty!!!!

[@spritals]

I’m here, and I absolutely agree with you. What I’m watching, between womyn’s right, these insane pro-gun laws, anti-Vaxer’s and religious fanaticism- I honestly don’t know what country I’m actually in anymore and wish nothing more to put my $$ and efforts into a country that isn’t actively attempting to destroy me.

[@zaqwsxcde54321]

The USA has become a miscarriage country

[@altrag]

@@spritals Christian Iran. Every step Republicans have been taking over the past decade or so has been pushing the country more and more toward a fundamentalist theocracy. The only difference is which book they claim to love, and that difference is irrelevant because they don't actually follow their book - they just use it to justify atrocities, often atrocities that the book in question explicitly argues against (you know, because they're atrocities). How far they'll manage to push it is anyone's guess. One would like to think that the country championing freedom for 200 years would care about you know.. freedom. But one can also look at polling numbers and see that these theocratic policies are not unpopular - or at least not unpopular enough to convince people to stop voting into power those who would destroy freedom in the name of religion.

[@martinphilip8998]

All medical care should be outlawed. Suffering and death is natural. It’s God’s way of saying, “You are in the way.”

[@hanudejong655]

Thanks for the shout out! Watching from Auckland New Zealand!

[@bensayeed953]

Absolutely Ridiculous!! WTF

[@ChainReactionsProductions]

My father and I were getting ice cream yesterday and this girl and her boyfriend in their 20s were in line in front of us talking with an older man about how “this Roe decision hasn’t affected me, so I don’t see the big deal” and I so badly wanted to confront her and say “you mean to say it hasn’t affected you YET, or that you mean to say you have the privilege of it not having to affect you”

[@freya8133]

It doesn't affect me because I am post-menopausal. But I have compassion for my fellow sisterhood! She should too!!

[@grmpEqweer]

Her birth control hasn't failed. YET.

[@generalpublic3744]

A very typical Republican retort. They are only interested in what affects them and don't give a damn how it may affect others. Conservatives are boorish and blinkered, because that suits them and they believe no one has the right to judge them, or make them accountable. That is why get get away with everything they do, whether it be legal or not.

[@katsong3302]

Or, if struggling to become pregnant and in vitro is banned.

[@BigBoogookie]

That's a conservative in a nut shell. "Doesn't affect me so not my problem"

[@billross7245]

Apparently some states can potentially open a criminal investigation for miscarriages, as if the mother doesn't have enough trauma.

[@2Uahoj]

What states? Don't just write nonsense.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

@@2Uahoj El Salvador

[@crankfastle8138]

@@2Uahoj Texas

[@nigget-tv-videos4135]

in the UK and most nations a doctor / mother aborting a 30 week plus baby for no reason is murder

[@italianobserver1350]

I hope the word "immunities" apply to this case, so that the article 4 section 2 of US Constitution will protect those women in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and so on from being arrested and even from any sort of trial: "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States."

[@enikata7349]

*waves from New Zealand* the shock of this decision has shocked the world, even down here in NZ

[@haveagoodday5737]

I live in Salt Lake City the Judge blocked the ban on abortion ruling temporarily here

[@worldcitizeng6507]

I felt that the speed of this ruling is to retaliate the January 6 hearing, showing how bad the GOP were. This ruling upsets me so much that I can only watch it from the comedians point of view 😡🤬

[@italianobserver1350]

Plain retaliation, right. They've lost presidential election, they tried and failed a coup and now seek their revenge using women's body and rights. So sad.

[@highstimulation2497]

I can't even do that.

[@james-xf1ox]

Why does it upset you?

[@glossypots]

I know exactly how you feel, I’ve been avoiding the news ever since because the anger is overwhelming. I just hope people remember mid term elections.

[@ArtGirl82]

If they think this won't drive up mid term voter turn-out in the same way that Trump's bullshit did they're fucking dreaming.

[@rmp9849]

As a young teen I remember in the 70’s having to travel to another state to have an abortion-in the hospital the staff speaking horribly about me in Spanish not knowing I understood them. Years later as a married woman going through it again because my then husband didn’t want to have children, in the procedure room I told the doctor I changed my mind. He said sorry your husband signed the form-he pushed me back down the nurse injected me in my IV as I protested. I woke up hysterical. They had to take me out a side exit because I wouldn’t calm down. I’m in my late 60’s now- I will never ever forget it - his right over mine.

[@meh8982]

That is a terrible story. I'm so sorry you went through both of those experiences.

[@michaelhollett6039]

I'm so sorry you had to suffer through what you did. You never deserved it. Thank you for fighting so long for my daughters rights. I'll fight for her rights and the rights of all other daughters here. Lots of love to you ❤

[@floatingsara]

In what year did that happen ???

[@starstuff5371]

@musoui - perhaps you should read her comment again... she's saying that her HUSBAND (that 'good man', that 'true father') FORCED HER TO HAVE AN ABORTION.

[@starstuff5371]

@musoui - no, and you know better than that. NO WOMAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO EITHER GIVE BIRTH OR HAVE AN ABORTION AGAINST HER WILL. IT IS HER CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT TO CARRY HER PREGNANCY TO TERM GIVEN WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES SHE IS DEALING WITH. PERIOD.

[@RP-or9on]

No longer "the land of the free". Now "the home of the oppressed".

[@winter_s_44]

In the words of Dr. King Schultz, I implore everyone to make their way to a more enlightened area of the country.

[@lindaliriel]

Let's be honest, the USA has not been considered "the land of the free" by most free countries for quite a while. Now, I hope, more Americans will realise just how few liberties they actually have.

[@michelledryden4378]

Yeah you got that right!

[@corbeau-_-]

nah, they are the land of the free. USA! USA! USA! 🙄

[@lindaliriel]

@White Genius they are not babies they are embryos lol

[@faypetrou]

@White Genius: Glad to see you are so concerned about the unborn babies... any concern about the children being killed by your gun laws or the gun lobbyist in the US or the corrupt Republican Party? Or are silent on those subjects. You white male hypocrite.

[@AnneOnymaus]

@White Genius THEY'RE NOT BABIES: THEY ARE FETUSES!

[@Justusson]

Next up, determining wether the miscarriage was an abortion or not: - Throw the people involved in the water. If they float, they are guilty and should be burned. If the sink, they are innocent. Just like people did it back in the 14th century. PS. This has been a message brought to you by irony: “What people turn to when they are sad”,.. Ds.

[@2Uahoj]

Where did you read this?

[@voodoodummie]

also: remember that in US law the actual moment of the start of pregnancy is the last day of the menstrual cycle, meaning that women legally speaking have a 'miscarriage' every month or so.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

Welcome to El Salvador!

[@mnomadvfx]

You are only half right - the miscarriage/abortion trials will happen. As for the punishment it will be life in prison for both the woman and the doctor. Fast forward 20 years - populations plummet, from a lack of women and gynocologists🤣

[@mnomadvfx]

@@voodoodummie That sounds like something written in medieval times. An ultrasound scan can literally date a foetus to within 1-2 days so such a determination is both stupid and pointless. Speaking of ultrasound it's now known that overuse of it during pregnancy can damage the baby. Which means all you need for a home abortion now is a more advanced and mobile ultrasound kit. I can just hear the slogans now..... "Smart babies listened to Mozart - aborted foetuses listened to Technavio!" 🤣

[@JenniferBrown-hm4sx]

Can we talk about the vast number of medications being denied women because a side effect is that it may possibly harm a fetus. So women ,who are not pregnant ,with diseases and disorders previously managed by medication are now being denied that medication because a pregnancy that isn’t real COULD. happen, so she has to suffer pain. Because these lawmakers didn’t and don’t understand what they are legislating. This is America

[@Jeudaos]

As a utahn, born and raised. i'm utterly surprised by how large the crowd in salt lake was. actually slightly mindblowing. (i'm so goddamn sick of this hillbilly backwoods state)

[@54mgtf22]

Time in Mexico: 1am, 6/28/2022 Time in Texas: 2am, 6/28/1752

[@laalaa99stl]

I would submit that if the composition of the court determines whether or not something is constitutional, then perhaps it's not the law that's in question.

[@tassadar7945]

Considering 4 of the justices that overturned our rights by committing perjury to get their position, they should be removed from the bench and disbarred, but the house won't impeach them because our country is fucked

[@meghan42]

@@livewire2202 That's not going to work because women really enjoy sex. Maybe hit them in the wallet by striking. Refuse to go to work!

[@bronztrooper9440]

@@livewire2202 Erm..... I feel like that would cause more harm than good for everyone involved. Also, the "men only want one thing" is rather sexist (not to mention heteronormative as hell).

[@DUES_EX]

@@livewire2202 you are very ignorant, with your statement

[@chase5436]

​@@livewire2202 What a sad life you have if that's all you want from women.

[@brianmusson2789]

So much for being the land of the free. Woman must be allowed to have complete control over their bodies without any political or religious interference. The US is really going down hill.

[@mphmph1198]

What do Republicans call the form of contraception known as The Rhythm Method? A baby.

[@EricDahlstrom]

Greetings from New Zealand! (Thanks for the mention, Stephen!) As US citizens in NZ, we still have rights here. I wish more of those Supreme Court justices had studied law before being appointed to the court.

[@katiehettinger7857]

You may have number of America applying for citizenship soon.

[@Dayandcounting]

@@katiehettinger7857 Running away from issues is how we lost that right to begin with.

[@carlyillingworth5329]

Women have reproductive rights in Australia too, come on down!

[@malkies6341]

@White Genius no more ethics in America

[@kennethmardis2132]

The last four were appointed by republicans

[@jacquelineleitch7050]

“Four years of you was punishment enough” needs to be a bumper sticker.

[@micronut6082]

build back better is going so wellYou own this jerk off

[@TheHomelessDreamer]

4 years, sure.... but he appointed 3 Supreme Court Justices ... the damage is far from over.

[@michaelengel3265]

then my dear liberal you need to get ready for a red wave in November with numbers that have not been seen since Reagan and it will be the end of the democratic party as you know it.....the left is going towards a more socialist bent and that will not work either....

[@markmac2206]

@@TheHomelessDreamer like a fart lingering in the elevator. and its locked. and lasts possibly forever.

[@fsaari]

I guess you would have preferred shillary and her no fly zone over Syria so that we could be going all out against russia??? Total fkn brainwashed mainstream media SUCKERS

[@randomfullywonderful]

Colbert has the right to your money, your self-defense, your freedom, and your brain.

[@abn76280]

LOL... I'm actually watching from New Zealand!

[@butte5359]

Just imagine how many people we could save, if we harvested the organs from our dead without their permission. I mean there are countless of living people who need a new organ. Despite that we choose to respect other peoples wishes regarding their organs, even if they are not alive anymore. That's how much we choose to respect peoples right to decide over their bodies. That is, if you're not a woman. If you are a woman and have a fetus in your womb, then suddenly some people think you no longer get to decide over your own organ. According to these people the state should get to make decisions over your womb, even though it's part of your body. It's wild that some people really want women to have less say over their own bodies than a corpse. I've always felt that people should get to decide over their own organs, I guess I'm just weird like that.

[@michelledryden4378]

Damm good point!! Please scream it from the rooftops...I know I will!!

[@animeartist888]

Something I've been saying about supposed "pro-life" views for a while. And if you ask those pro-lifers their thoughts on welfare and foodstamps and even free public schooling to help support those unwanted babies, they are harshly against them. And they support gun rights to the point of allowing assault and military weapons to get into civilian hands with little background checking or training. They only care about "life" while it's non-sentient.

[@Tony-il8ly]

This whole time I thought I was a person, turns out I'm just one of my mom's organs

[@butte5359]

@@Tony-il8ly Never said the fetus was part of the womans body, the womb is though and the woman should get to decide over it.

[@aks1993kumar]

Imagine comparing baby killing to illegal organ harvesting. Libnuts are wierdos.

[@kshred3043]

Here's a thought: Whatever punishment is meted out to the mother for an newly 'illegal abortion' should also be meted out to the father . No exceptions.

[@mffmoniz2948]

Yes!

[@mnomadvfx]

The problem with that is that the father never had rights before in abortions either - even when they want to prevent it for want to raise the child themselves they have zero power to prevent it. You can't have it both ways - so if you want the father to have that responsibility, you have to afford him equal rights when abortion rights are returned. Something tells me that few single women would support such a legislative change, and vocal feminists would scream the air black and blue until the very mention of it made conversation impossible.

[@J-Hue]

Only if the father was for the abortion. There are a decent bumber of abortions that are instigated by the man and the woman is coerced agsinst her desire to keep the child. There are a decent number that are brought about fully mutually. And there are a decent number that are done by the woman against the man's desire to keep the child. In cases like the last kind, the man should be exempt.

[@J-Hue]

@@mnomadvfx That is 100% true.

[@carlairving]

@@mnomadvfx so would father be forced medically to experience all the physical pain and illness that comes with pregnancy, not to mention the risk of permanent illness and disability and even death? Because this is ultimately why the decision is to the pregnant person. We can fucking die - but I guess that's just the same as sometimes paying for child support, until figuring out they don't even enforce this...

[@TheRubeeRose]

And watching from Australia !!

[@humanoid251]

I think what makes the overturn worse is that literally the day before the SC ruled states can’t regulate guns. But apparently it’s ok for them to regulate women’s bodies

[@NewMessage]

The righties who laughed in our faces and called us paranoid for predicting this are laughing in our faces even harder today. Such good people.

[@jimmyconway356]

At the end of the day the elections won’t be determined by abortion , Guns rights, Russia etc…..if inflation and the economy are not put under control and peoples pockets continue to be ravaged than there is no way the party in power will stay in power

[@grmpEqweer]

They'll destroy the country to own the libs.

[@theone9705]

You lost, get over it'll lol

[@thearmchairjournalist566]

@@theone9705 No you lost - a sister, daughter, aunt, niece, cousin or mother who may die from complications of a dangerous pregnancy or a unsupervised one!

[@JazerMedia]

@@theone9705 Your turn to lose is next.

[@jimgranite]

Take your anger to the ballot box. Elect people who will fix this nonsense!

[@generalpublic3744]

Really? You think so? Nothing is guaranteed when politicians are bought and paid for. It is the corrupt political system in the USA that causes all the problems.

[@MrCplChicken]

Yes, let's get Brandon out of there. Only took him a year and change to put this country in the crapper.

[@2Uahoj]

Nobody cares about abortion. It's the economy, which is tanking under Biden and the Dems, which is why they're in huge trouble in November.

[@thorfinsky1427]

@@MrCplChicken After four years of donnie dipshits disaster, nobody is going to turn it around quickly.

[@karencarl6130]

And take your anger to your church. Threaten to walk out if your church does not support your right to plan your family the way you want.

[@couragekarnga8735]

I fucking love Stephen! He finds humor in even the darkest of subjects! He roasted the SCOTUS beautifully!

[@Tommyoda]

you had me at mandatory only fans 🤣

[@soop5414]

The best way to prevent unwanted pregnancy is homosexuality. Let's see what the GOP thinks about that.

[@kenna163]

They are planning on banning homosexual relations so

[@civil_villain]

Another easy solution: Every man who hasn't had a vasectomy, must have signed notarized paperwork stating he'll care for any potential life created, BEFORE intercourse.

[@micronut6082]

They overturn Rovie Wade next they're going to overturn the side of mites marriage

[@akinpaws]

This court has plans. Thomas specifically wrote that he would like to "revisit" Lawrence, Obergefell, and Griswold.

[@Catch21Manila]

Or abstinence, that's exactly what women are doing now to protest roe v wade. That works!

[@alexanderbonardi4514]

This is disconcerting, it's the 21st century and many other societies have already moved on from such discourses. You have all my sympathy, and for those who can afford it, there are other countries where apparently these freedoms are not even up for discussion.

[@domb8448]

In fact those freedoms are being secured because of this..

[@1bbbbbaaaaa]

Usa was one of 3 countries I believe to have elective abortion up until birth in many states. Barbaric.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@domb8448 Republic of Ireland ironically legalised abortion not so long ago. That is the main EU part of Ireland which is hyper Catholic...... FFS if they can embrace the right to choose why is this even a debate anymore? When even a majority Catholic nation thinks its OK then the nations that don't have clearly got serious issues.

[@schmipkiller]

Abortion is actually a pretty barbaric procedure, literally tearing the unborn child apart and sucking it out with a vacuum. That doesn’t sound very 21st century.

[@helenwood8482]

It's the 21st century, so why are we still using a solution to unwanted pregnancy that was barbaric and primitive in the Bronze Age? There is no problem to which the sane solution is "kill your child."

[@DennisJayDole]

3:44 "In the decision Alito noted that 'Abortion is not "deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition" ... and, therefore, not protected as a right.' " Interesting... Since interracial marriage was only legalized with 'Loving v Virginia' (1967), a MERE SIX YEARS before 'Roe v Wade' (1973). On Alito's MAD SPRINT to STOMP the hell out of women's rights (and general bodily autonomy and medical privacy), he must have burnt the HELL out of his shoe-soles, skidding to not cross the line threatening a right that actually affects his partisan peer, Thomas.

[@MilkieMouse]

I'm just convinced that a large portion of America doesn't know what a baby is.

[@cw4926]

The trigger law that went into effect in Arkansas just six hours after Roe vs Wade was overturned includes a punishment of 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Can't vote against them if you're in jail.

[@Veegirl514]

Imagine if the woman already has children. Yet they believe in the sanctity of life.

[@dino0228]

And in several other red states, can’t vote even after having done your time. They made sure they had a way of forever stripping the right to vote away from certain people while providing a path to regain it (with likelihood of success) for certain other people. Also, it’s an incentive to convict certain people in those states. We are not even close to being the greatest nation on earth when that’s allowed.

[@Tia-gy1ij]

holy shit

[@andrear7181]

@@Veegirl514According to pro choice people like Biiden, they want to make abortion "safe, legal rare". BS. And your own words confirms that our pro life argument: they are using abortion as birth control.

[@shannonfoster5806]

Punishment for the women or the doctor? I’m wondering how this would even be enforced? Who reports it; nurses, Insurance companies, admin?They would have to break privacy laws and to whom are they reporting it to, the cops? I’m not a obgyn but as a physician I’d resolve to keep doing what is best for my patient no matter what, I just don’t see this being enforceable.

[@vickygarnett7623]

Going after birth control next is terrifying. Not least because, quite aside from the entire dismantling of a woman’s right to her own body and sexual choices, medical practice uses the pill for a whole range of gynaecological conditions, including endometriosis, hormone imbalances and menorrhagia. Mostly because no one has bothered trying to come up with something else. If you have endo and want kids, you either suffer with the pain and haemorrhaging while you try to get pregnant, or you go on the pill and don’t have kids, those are your choices. I live in Ireland, and I never thought women here would have more rights than they do in the US. We fought tooth and nail to repeal the 8th and things still are not 100% there, but I feel so much safer here than I would in the US. My heart is broken for you.

[@craftinghome]

It's often overlooked that birth contraceptives can have other uses. I couldn't take the pill, because it made my premenstrual migraines worse, but I did take the mini pill for a short time because I could tolerate it. There are so many options now available but to think that women in the US might have all of that taken away so easily.... Just being able to regulate your cycle helps women get on with their lifes and jobs, but I guess these zealots want them all barefoot and pregnant, chained to the kitchen sink for their entire fertile lives.

[@katstorm13]

I don't think they'd get enough support to get rid of *most* forms of birth control, on a national level. However some states have already tried banning IUD's and morning after pills citing the life begins at conception and one of the ways they can function is to prevent implantation. Which while hard to fully study, research figures conservatively 10-40% of fertilized eggs don't implant. Beyond that 10-50% or more will miscarry. I wonder if they'll tell older women they shouldn't get pregnant, as the likelihood of miscarriage increases with age.

[@venficusinfinitum208]

God, this whole thing is fucked up. First abortion, and then the mere idea of birth control? What are they even thinking? What right do they have to control something so personal? So now, not only can they decide that if an accidental pregnancy happens nothing can be done, but now they don't want people to be able to be safe if they DO have sex with their lover? This nation is fucked.

[@bellablue5285]

Hell I was told Mirena was my only option after 2yrs of hemorrhaging 25d/month every month, nothing more permanent was an option despite being in my mid-30s and primo candidate for ecclampsia, just because I'm not married/do not have a husband or long term boyfriend's consent. Thankfully it's working, for now, but not sure what I should do if I have work travel to a state where IUDs are made illegal....

[@RaptorGoesRAWR]

I have to take it for PCOS, otherwise all sorts of grotesque things happen. And PCOS is quite common (~and~ I don't have symptoms nearly as bad as some do)! It beggars belief that these small-minded old-timey fools feel like they can legislate on something they know literally nothing about. The sheer arrogance of it all astounds me. Thank heavens I don't live in the US, but I truly feel for those who do and have this fight ahead of them.

[@randell9667]

I saw this written somewhere before and I completely agree: "An embryo is little more than a parasitic growth inside of a female, at least in it's nascent stages. It is up to the female to decide whether to have this parasite removed presently or allow the body to remove it naturally at the end of a 9 month cycle. It must be a horrifying experience to have something grow inside you that you do not want to be there, yet forced to endure this life altering experience by people you don't know or haven't even met."

[@waggishsagacity7947]

Tick off Stephen Colbert's writers (including him, of course) and you get an outstanding segment. This time, they were so pissed off that it was super outstanding. Thanks everybody!

[@0MasterOfFates0]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court Decided in a 6-3 ruling to award a School Coach his "right" to a "private prayer session" when in reality he requested all of his team of CHILDREN (who can't really say no) to partake his random Prayer brake at the 50 yard line. Say goodbye to the separation of church and state. If this was a Muslim man demanding his Team of children into a Prayer we would be hearing nonstop calls of Grooming and Rights being violated but because this man is a Christian he is not held accountable. Read up on the Event to get FULL DETAILS.

[@tylr3669]

Separation of church and state...but it was the government who decided to become the schools...they weren't before...soooo....

[@Eeasy-wq4ss]

Supposedly this is a christian nation 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sophiaestella5611]

What part of the Constitutional Right to The Pursuit of Happiness is being forced to carry a rapist or sexual abusers baby to full term, or a life threatening pregnancy to the mother... There is no constitutional right to "abortion" but what about "health (either physical or mental) care" ? Is there no Constitutional right to bodily autonomy, or does that only apply to men ?

[@katsong3302]

Only white males who own land. The 3% Militia members ( one of the various militias who attacked our democracy J6 , use flags with Roman Numerals III ) are fans of that, and of only the first 10 amendments.

[@sylviewalker7560]

Written by white slave owners for white slave owners...needs work???

[@2Uahoj]

There's no constitutional right to health care.

[@deathandcats]

Only men. I think politicians should be bombarded with petitions to enact mandatory vasectomies and ban Viagra

[@sophiaestella5611]

@@2Uahoj If it is "health care" that any person seeks on their own behalf, as opposed to imposed "health care", I think you are wrong.

[@clearfield2009]

There are two ways of analyzing the constitution. I studied this in college. There is interpreting the constitution literally vs. interpreting "the spirit of the constitution" which includes all of the other political papers that were written and filed at the time of the constitution by the founding fathers.

[@oldpossum57]

And Jefferson wrote that the Constitution should be revised from time to time to keep it up to date. No fool was he.

[@pyronymph-868]

I'm glad I got my tubes tied!!

[@jumpingbeans9494]

I'm a Singaporean woman, and while a lot of people like to say our government is authoritarian and our people don't have any 'personal freedom', at least abortion is legal and widely accessible across the city, and has been for more than 50 years. Hells, I feel so, so sorry for all the women in America and my heart goes out to you.

[@deesfreespirityoga4945]

Thank you. We are fighting for our rights, women's rights!

[@yourmomsfantsy8281]

Because your country is so over populated.

[@em_dee10]

As a man, I choose not to have my own opinion on the issue of abortion. Instead I mirror the opinion that my wife holds. Her opinion: Thank God Roe was overturned.

[@manofthehour6856]

Thank you for your thoughts, JumpingBeans. Just to be clear the ruling allows States to have their own laws, so in certain States, nothing will change. That being said, the whole thing is incomprehensible to me because I am challenged in naming a country where abortion is illegal. Even Catholic Ireland lifted its restrictions. I am a man, but it disturbs me how any government can meddle with this personal desicion. It also concerns me that more irrational decisions will be made by the court that affect me directly and personally.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

@@em_dee10 God is not amused because her opinion mirrors an opinion of the midlothian era. Even today's authotarian countries don't opress their women on this regard

[@LordKhabal]

I appreciate the effort being put in to keep me laughing about this… I just don’t feel like laughing. This is hitting me harder than the aftermath of mass shootings. I’m not saying it’s wrong to laugh through it. I’m just not feeling it right now. I’m too angry. The forced birth movement won a victory this past Friday. I intend to do all in my power to ensure the victory is short-lived.

[@2Uahoj]

Don't be angry. Volunteer at a children's hospital.

[@Anpc5747]

This is exactly how I feel.

[@dragomilosevic4823]

Im laughing too.. Im gonna take another victory lap

[@gwenreader6631]

I’m right there with you.

[@codycarless3471]

Forced birth movement? You mean ppl having sex with their free will?? You democrats are ludacris. My body my choice!!!!! Except when it comes to vaccines.... except for the constitutional right to bear arms and protect your family. You probably have bright green hair. Maybe your mom should have taken advantage of this "right" when she could have

[@Liberal_US_Army_Vet]

Colbert monologues have been getting the point across in a very smart & funny way, kudos to his writers staff.

[@appleblossomxo]

Liberal US Army Veteran 57: Abortion is not a laughing matter, the short-sided joking has contributed to numbing the seriousness that needs to be on the subject. Abortion is painful for the child as they are cut apart or sucked out. Men need to be more responsible for the ejaculate.

[@thomasmarkowsky6842]

I keep wondering why this is happening in so many countries all over the world? It seems to me that those who decide these things and those who want abortions totally gone can have no empathy. Abortion is never an easy decision. It is not done out of fun. My grandmother was like many, far too many raped by a Russian soldier in 1945. She got pregnant and had to have the baby and she couldn‘t really love him. What about those who have to endure this today? What about girls that are raped by their fathers or uncles and get pregnant? To those who keep saying that they are pro life: Get rid of your guns and have mercy with those who need a choice!

[@nanszoo3092]

Bravo!

[@funnystuff9998]

From New Zealand, the first country that sees the new day... each day, we look at America now and thank God we're ahead of at least 40% of you on the Pro-Choice answer. Quite how America calls itself a democracy requires several hours of boring conversations around The Constitution, The Two Houses of law makers and the madness that is the lobbying system that has currupted everything from the cradle to the grave and beyond. Surely, the Right will be wrong enough times to even convince idiots to just stop.

[@joegallegos9109]

You underestimate our idiots...

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

You're not the first country to see the new day. I would have led with "we're the first country to give women the vote" (although women weren't allowed to be candidates for office)

[@kshred3043]

Be careful. There are many in NZ who want to take the country way to the right. Fortunately NZ does not have Fox News/propaganda to contend with. Yes, there is Mike Hosking who is a bit of a Tucker Carlson wannabe. But, luckily in terms of sociopathy and hypocrisy, he is not in the same league..

[@nigget-tv-videos4135]

a democracy allows its voters to vote in state to allow those in that state to set the rules. women 50% of voters and can swing a vote for whatever person who fits there views! thats a democracy... not a nation that had President after President to make wade v roe law ( as obama said he would but didnt even with a massive majority) the judges ruled on the fact there is no written law to allow the fed government to force states to abortion. so either u want judges to rule on emotion or law but pal New Zealand is known for its hardline anti freedom covid policies, btw women in usa can abort up-till birth in some places, so think USA gives women later abortions than new zealand

[@gary3074]

New Zealanders don’t believe in God. You know that….

[@PhyllisMasters]

I was a drug addicted mess in my 20's. If I hadn't had access to a safe, legal abortion, that fetus would have been in bad shape. Now I am thinking of all the young women who will be in that position, and I am physically ill. I think being breeding chattel for the government is going to suck a whole lot.

[@ryanbrown398]

Abortion is still legal. This did not change that. You all really don't even know what you are upset over.

[@lukesabin691]

Yep. And the tragic irony is that this ruling is going to cause demand for social services to skyrocket, and widen the wealth gap even more.

[@darkstorm2579]

@@ryanbrown398 HAHAHAHAHAHA! You really think that? That's hilarious. This now allows all Republican states to ban abortions, forcing women to either go to a state where abortion is allowed (which is costly and not easily available) or turn to more shady methods of abortion which could kill them.

[@bluesteel8376]

@@ryanbrown398 Don't be obtuse. Many states are moving forward with bans. Abortion may not be illegal yet, but it will be in many states soon enough.

[@ryanbrown398]

@@bluesteel8376 Probably. But why cry so early?

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Nothing supreme about this court

[@Jacqueline2279]

Thank the, whatever thing above, I live in Oregon!!!

[@Neimfeltrite]

My parents had me in Sunday school all of about 2-3 weekends. I got kicked out. I kept asking questions because what they were teaching me didn't make any flipping sense. And my logical questions were infecting the other kids.

[@Retr0racin]

Same here I ran away after getting beat by some angry holy freak. Kept asking questions and using Gods name in vain lol

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

same here🙋‍♀️

[@jacobreed1303]

Damn guys want to talk about it? God loves you anyways but it's best if you can find it in your heart to believe some of it and figure things out with that logical thinking your talking about.

[@jacobreed1303]

Also sorry about the abuse that kinda shit was somewhat in my parents family too. Well with my dad at least.

[@AngelOfMusic20]

@@jacobreed1303 your beLIEf should be kept to yourself unless asked about. Stfu. And it's you're YOU ARE your is possessive

[@tmac20031]

When a US Court can overturn their own rulings years later, democracy and the court of law mean nothing. Such a sad state of affairs.

[@JM-hn7ju]

Let's back up a second. The SC ruling was a limit on the legislator (or Democracy). It was a flawed way to enable rights for abortion, it wasn't democratic. No other country that has abortion allowed needed a SC ruling. I would urge everyone solve this by electing pro choice members. Make it law, you only think you can't solve it democratically is because people are lying to you. They want you to feel dis-empowered.

[@superflo1977]

I guess you are not aware that case was full of errors and misconduct. Obviously those cases should be overturned whether or not you agree with the outcome.

[@henryw1002]

Seriously , a Campaign has to start to change the words to the US National Anthem ! No longer can Women sing , " that star-spangled banner yet wave Over the land of the Free !!! should be changed to Land of the Oppressed !!! My God , Even IRAN , Yes Iran , has more sympathetic abortion Rights (Google), " Abortion was first legalized in 1977. In April 2005, the Iranian Parliament approved a new bill Easing ( !!! ), the conditions allowing abortion " !! WTF ??? So Angry 🤬

[@marionabbott7173]

Let's hope that the states where people who provide abortions have negative consequences for doing so don't forget to pursue child support from the fathers for any child conceived. The states should be prepared to pursue the fathers just as vigorously as they plan to pursue the providers and the people who aid the mothers.

[@dkinla3408]

Hearing Trump saying that there has to be "Some kind of punishment" for women who have abortions, after he has gotten away with Felony after felony after felony, nearly made me spontaneously combust in indignant fury. #LockHimUp #hypocrite #GodIHateTrump

[@catherinebutler1146]

He is just so special. If you do not agree just ask him and he will tell you.

[@susanrich606]

Thank you so much for saying this for me! ( The last hashtag!!👌) I’m on Facebook.☺️

[@protonneutron9046]

Haven't seen Democrats this upset since their slaves were taken away./..

[@RajenSharma.......]

Trum should come back to America...He is Godly President...

[@kevinkelly5780]

@@protonneutron9046 Hey troll, if you are American, this ruling means the Supreme Court can take a way some of your human rights too. Also, in some states ectopic pregnancy is now a death sentence for the woman unless she can escape the state. Let's hope that doesn't happen to anyone you care about

[@TuxedoMaskMusic]

3:13 "A right is not a right if it can be taken away...Its a privilege and that's all you have in this country are privilege's, you have no rights" - Comic Legend... George Carlin

[@craftinghome]

You can imagine what George would be saying to this bs right now....

[@Baku69895]

Yes. This is a great pro life argument.

[@natinnz6134]

Am watching from New Zealand!

[@cone4302]

People used to joke that purging Trumpers are a legitimate form of self-defense. Its not a joke anymore