[fwdude]

This is just another example of the radical polarization of the stark ideological poles that have developed. Not really “developed,” because conservatives have pretty much believed what nearly everyone has always believed throughout the nation’s history. It’s the left that has radicalized.

Conservatives are the stationary train platform that he leftist trains is accusing of moving.

[Steely Tom]

Ah, finally something Washington believes shouldn’t be regulated.

[cotton1706]

So it’s ok for the DC legislature to make abortion decisions but not Louisiana’s.

As long as it goes only a certain way, ya see.

[ptsal]

Please defund DC.

Let the operation of the corrupt colony go to the highest bidder.

[Svartalfiar]

In a little-noticed unanimous vote just days earlier, all 12 members of D.C. Council approved a wholly new legal paradigm: banning altogether any regulation that relates to reproductive healthcare.

The bill, introduced by Councilmember David Grosso, awaits signing by Mayor Muriel Bowser. The Strengthening Reproductive Health Protections Amendment Act, despite its name, does not in fact alter access to abortion in D.C., where the procedure is available on-demand and without apology, up to nine months, for any reason.

What it does do is ban D.C. Council or municipal officials from “regulating” or “interfering” with reproductive health care.

I'm pretty sure that Congress has exclusive jurisdiction over DC. The City Council shouldn't have any power at all, just sit there and look pretty.

On a side note, DC shouldn't have any residents anyway. Maybe the First/Second families, and that's it. Every part of DC that has housing or apartments needs to be given back to Maryland. Plus, then they can't complain about not getting a vote/being represented in Congress..

[daniel1212]

Unintended pregnancy and maternal mortality rates are significantly higher in Washington, DC than in the rest of the US. According to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in 2014, maternal mortality rates in DC are nearly twice the US average, at 41 deaths per 100,000 births. And that is from https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-metropolitan-washington-dc/blog/access-to-abortion-and-dc-statehood-are-the-same-fight

DC Has Highest Percentage of Food Stamp Recipients - https://www.newsmax.com/us/washington-dc-highest-food-stamp/2015/01/17/id/619202/

DC Has a Bigger Welfare State than Any European Country besides Denmark - https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/dc-has-bigger-welfare-state-any-european-country-besides-denmark

In fiscal 2015, the District of Columbia sent the fewest people into the military, - https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/lifestyle/where-do-military-recruits-come-from-not-the-district/2229/