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Arkansas

TomSlick

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4. The purpose of the legislation is not to stop abortions.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Mar 4, 2021, 11:24 PM

Mar 2021

The purpose is not even to create a test case for SCOTUS. The purpose is grandstanding for the religious right that controls Arkansas politics.

The shame is that the GQP Arkansas General Assembly is perfectly content to kill women on Arkansas for political points.

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Lawmakers send governor a near-total abortion ban [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP

So, they think they can stop abortion? How wrong they are. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #1

the "party of "limited government" Skittles Mar 2021 #2

I'm guessing that prior to Roe v Wade women never had abortions. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #3

The purpose of the legislation is not to stop abortions. TomSlick Mar 2021 #4