This whole discussion is frustrating the fuck out of me. See, I never see people talking about the one way the new Republican government can get rid of Roe v. Wade in a single shot and probably outlaw contraception:
A personhood or heartbeat amendment to the US Constitution.
For those who don't know, these concepts limit abortion by either declaring a zygote a person from conception (personhood amendments) or declaring it illegal to have an abortion after the fetus's heart starts beating, which is often before the woman even knows she's pregnant. There's also fetal pain amendments, though those are a bit more difficult to defend because I don't even think scientists can agree on whether fetuses feel pain.
These could easily outlaw contraception, especially if there's a personhood amendment. Any form of contraception that prevents the zygote from implantation could be twisted into "it's killing a person!" And, let's get real, these people don't understand that most types of contraception actually prevents fertilization, so they can easily ignore the scientists and write the amendment so that all types of contraception outside of the calendar method or the pull out method are illegal.
It's great to support the people who are currently keeping abortion accessible. But why is nobody even mentioning the possibility of a personhood or heartbeat amendment? I think that it's really fucking likely that this is the way they're going to go. The anti-choicers have been trying to push those bills and amendments in many states and it seems to be their current go-to method of attacking abortion. The Republicans may be able to push it through Congress and I know, without a doubt, it would fucking be ratified by 38/50 of the states.
We need to talk about this possibility because I truly believe it is the real danger to reproductive rights here.
argh!!!! (icon aimed towards Republicans.)
A personhood or heartbeat amendment to the US Constitution.
For those who don't know, these concepts limit abortion by either declaring a zygote a person from conception (personhood amendments) or declaring it illegal to have an abortion after the fetus's heart starts beating, which is often before the woman even knows she's pregnant. There's also fetal pain amendments, though those are a bit more difficult to defend because I don't even think scientists can agree on whether fetuses feel pain.
These could easily outlaw contraception, especially if there's a personhood amendment. Any form of contraception that prevents the zygote from implantation could be twisted into "it's killing a person!" And, let's get real, these people don't understand that most types of contraception actually prevents fertilization, so they can easily ignore the scientists and write the amendment so that all types of contraception outside of the calendar method or the pull out method are illegal.
It's great to support the people who are currently keeping abortion accessible. But why is nobody even mentioning the possibility of a personhood or heartbeat amendment? I think that it's really fucking likely that this is the way they're going to go. The anti-choicers have been trying to push those bills and amendments in many states and it seems to be their current go-to method of attacking abortion. The Republicans may be able to push it through Congress and I know, without a doubt, it would fucking be ratified by 38/50 of the states.
We need to talk about this possibility because I truly believe it is the real danger to reproductive rights here.