Posted on Jul 25, 2022
Indiana may soon ban abortion if Republican lawmakers can agree on how far to go
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Monday, lawmakers in Indiana are gathering at the Statehouse for a special session on banning abortion in the state, among other issues.
If the ban takes place, Indiana would join about a dozen other states that have banned abortion with very few exceptions.
Vice President Kamala Harris is headed to Indianapolis to meet with some of those lawmakers on reproductive rights amid the debate, but the special session could run for a few weeks.
"Our underlying goal is to protect human life, promote more adoption and less abortion by limiting abortion to the life of the mother, rape and incest," said Rodric Bray, the head of the Indiana state Senate, as he unveiled the initial abortion bill last week.
There are deep divisions within the Republican caucuses. Some think the initial bill is too lax, others too harsh.
The Democrats have a superminority, not just a minority, in the Statehouse. However, they could force votes on amendments that could put Republicans in a tough spot. Democrats also see themselves as a voice of warning.
Monday, lawmakers in Indiana are gathering at the Statehouse for a special session on banning abortion in the state, among other issues.
If the ban takes place, Indiana would join about a dozen other states that have banned abortion with very few exceptions.
Vice President Kamala Harris is headed to Indianapolis to meet with some of those lawmakers on reproductive rights amid the debate, but the special session could run for a few weeks.
"Our underlying goal is to protect human life, promote more adoption and less abortion by limiting abortion to the life of the mother, rape and incest," said Rodric Bray, the head of the Indiana state Senate, as he unveiled the initial abortion bill last week.
There are deep divisions within the Republican caucuses. Some think the initial bill is too lax, others too harsh.
The Democrats have a superminority, not just a minority, in the Statehouse. However, they could force votes on amendments that could put Republicans in a tough spot. Democrats also see themselves as a voice of warning.
Indiana may soon ban abortion if Republican lawmakers can agree on how far to go
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She won't go to the Border to actually see her assigned issue concerning the Border being invaded by a brigade division sized group of people per day. She said she had never been to Europe but she went to Europe and was cackling when they were talking about the death and destruction of people trying to escape Ukraine. I have heard her talk and she talks to everybody as if she were a guest on the old Captain Kangaroo children's show. She hasn't been doing very well in anything she is assigned. Let's see if she makes a difference in Indiana. Remember that Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Roe versus Wade was a not very well written case. Hopefully she won't make a fool of herself and won't cackle when talking about the right of a woman to choose abortion or not.
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Not to long ago politics was a vehicle through which we resolved divisive cultural issues; now, politics is primarily fueled by division on those issues. Our "leaders" no longer work to unite or find common ground they now grab power by inflaming the division. The real danger is that the cultural war is becoming increasingly more violent. Violent protest (riots) in major cities across American to Jan 6th to aggressively confronting politicos and judges violence is now the vehicle driving change in America. This is due to the stale mate in our politics which is not focused on control and power skirting the issues that voters want addressed.
Culture wars always precede shooting wars. They don’t necessarily lead to a shooting war, but you never have a shooting war without a culture war prior to it, because culture provides the justifications for violence.
I fear this is how the American experiment ends - fear being monetized by technocrats, truth being censored, corruption being protected by those responsible for fighting it and violence becoming policy.
Culture wars always precede shooting wars. They don’t necessarily lead to a shooting war, but you never have a shooting war without a culture war prior to it, because culture provides the justifications for violence.
I fear this is how the American experiment ends - fear being monetized by technocrats, truth being censored, corruption being protected by those responsible for fighting it and violence becoming policy.
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