Posted on 06/30/2022 12:29:39 AM PDT by Morgana
Australians living in the United States have been left shocked by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling - with some even considering a move back Down Under.
The landmark decision had recognised Americans' constitutional right to abortion and legalised it nationwide.
But as of last Friday, federal protection for abortion in the US is removed, meaning the decision of abortion legality is in the hands of the states.
Australians both at home and living in the US shared their reaction to the news.
Freelance writer Sophie Hanson, who moved to New York City in 2019, told Crikey that she was 'sickened'.
'The fact that only six unelected people can make a religious-based ruling that impacts half the country is horrid, dangerous and hypocritical,' she said.
'When a gun has more rights in this country than my uterus, that's pretty messed up.'
While Ms Hanson and her husband have chosen to remain childless, the news has still made her frightened for the future of the country.
She explained that if the government implemented a nationwide abortion ban she'd consider moving back to Australia.
'I am terrified of a future where hardline Christian Republican Mike Pence, who’s right now calling for a national abortion ban, wins the presidency. If he does, that might convince me to move,' she told Crikey.
Digital strategist Michael Chaitow, who also moved to the US in 2019, expressed his view that America was heading 'in the wrong direction' after overturning Roe v. Wade and still persisting with lax gun laws.
He described the US as heading towards a 'less safe, less equal and less healthy society'.
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Don’t just “consider”it; do it.
No one asked you to come here anyway. It is not a threat to me if you decide to leave.
That threat instead of worrying makes me happy
Yeah, but then they have to stay in a COVID concentration camp
I generally like Australians. I guess there are some on the planet I should not be liking.
We watch a lot of Australian TV. It is better by leaps and bounds than anything currently produced in the USA.
It can be found streaming from Acorn, Britbox and even Prime and Netflix
Abortion is regulated in Australia much the same way as it is now (post Dobbs) regulated in the U.S., at the state level. As a general rule, in Australia, abortion is legal during the first term and either highly regulated or banned (with exceptions) later in the pregnancy.
AMF!
That “inflexible mandate from the 1930s” was a duly passed Constitutional Amendment backed up by enabling legislation that was subsequently signed into Law.
Abortion has no such history. It was a “right” created out of whole cloth.
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Roo bangers who make lousy wine. I’ve found that immigrants from the Anglosphere are mostly liberal twats, and I will include any Irish who’ve come in the past 30 years from my experience.
Does anyone give a hoot about the laws in other countries?
EXCELLENT! Take along as many US wokies as you can!
Australia is not a free country.
Well, bye.
As I understand it, no, that swimming stroke is not “freestyle”. It is still the “Australian crawl.” Freestyle is where the competitors can choose whatever stroke they wish which moves them the fastest, hence: freestyle. But since the Australian crawl has proved itself to be the fastest stroke for the majority of competitors, it has now become the default chosen swim stroke for the “freestyle” race.
‘When a gun has more rights in this country than my uterus, that’s pretty messed up.’
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Try keeping ‘guns’ out of your ‘holster’.
I saw this thread and wondered how far I would get before someone else said what I was thinking.
You win!
(Well, Bye)
The federal government has no Constitutional authority to do such a thing. Similarly, the Federal government has no Constitutional authority to invent out of nothing a "right" to abortion. You know perfectly well that the Constitution is utterly silent on the matter. So did that unmitigated, power hungry scoundrel Harry Blackmun. Roe v. Wad was BAD CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Only an enemy of the Constitution would support it.
10-15 years ago, it wouldn’t have taken that long. You had to be QUICK on stuff like that!
Buh-bye, ghouls !
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