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Ruth Bader Ginsburg says first-trimester abortion is 'far-safer than childbirth' while eviscerating controversial Louisiana bill
The Independent via Yahoo! News ^ | March 6, 2020 | by Chris Riotta

Posted on 03/06/2020 11:36:09 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Ruth Bader Ginsburg dismantled a controversial Louisiana abortion bill during an hour of arguments at the US Supreme Court this week, systematically striking down components of the law she previously opposed during a preliminary vote.

The 86-year-old Supreme Court justice seemed to aggressively push back against demands from lawyers representing the Trump administration and state of Louisiana to approve the legislation during Wednesday’s arguments.

“If the woman has a problem, it will be her local hospital that she will need to go to for the care, not something 30 miles from the clinic, which does not have a necessary relationship to where she lives”, she said.

Moreover, the justice argued that women who have abortions rarely ever require medical treatment afterwards.

“Most of the people who get abortions never have any need to go to a hospital, isn't that so?" she asked the attorneys, later adding: “You don't dispute … that among medical procedures, first-trimester abortion is among the safest, far safer than childbirth."

The attorneys acknowledged that, while women occasionally require hospitalization after having an abortion, it’s “often true” that they do not.

The justice reminded attorneys that the Supreme Court “already held that admitting privileges served no medical benefit”.

“There is not even a plausible conflict in this case”, she said, according to a transcript of the arguments.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; childbirth; ginsburg; life; proaborts; rbg; scotus
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1 posted on 03/06/2020 11:36:09 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

F her


2 posted on 03/06/2020 11:37:30 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow! Using the word eviscerate in the same sentence with abortion is pretty sick stuff


3 posted on 03/06/2020 11:38:09 AM PST by z3n
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There has to be a special place in Hell for people who use the words “safe” and “abortion” in the same sentence.


4 posted on 03/06/2020 11:38:24 AM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Has there been a vote of the Nine though? Who expected anything else from RBG.


5 posted on 03/06/2020 11:38:33 AM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: z3n

To whom is it safer?


6 posted on 03/06/2020 11:38:55 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Medically, that may be true. But it doesn’t change the fact that’s patently wrong.


7 posted on 03/06/2020 11:39:18 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This would be a better nation had her mother taken that advice.


8 posted on 03/06/2020 11:39:37 AM PST by datura
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not too much bias in this news report.


9 posted on 03/06/2020 11:40:57 AM PST by Ted Grant
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

First tri-semester abortion is far safer than child birth for who, Madam Justice - the child or the mother?


10 posted on 03/06/2020 11:41:15 AM PST by llevrok (Vote while it is still legal)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Remember that RBG says you need abortion so you don’t have too many people of the types you don’t want.


11 posted on 03/06/2020 11:41:34 AM PST by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: al baby

Yup...her, Sotomeyer, Bryer, and Kagan Not a testicle in the bunch.


12 posted on 03/06/2020 11:42:25 AM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Virginity even safer.


13 posted on 03/06/2020 11:42:39 AM PST by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Safer for who, Ruth?


14 posted on 03/06/2020 11:42:45 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ruthie,

That knock on your door is Robert Redford and he needs help.

No way it is DEATH. Please let him in.


15 posted on 03/06/2020 11:43:13 AM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“If the woman has a problem, it will be her local hospital that she will need to go to for the care, not something 30 miles from the clinic, which does not have a necessary relationship to where she lives”, she said.

Gee, I didn't know RBG was a medical professional! Is she board certified, too?

16 posted on 03/06/2020 11:43:37 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Though not, of course, for the child.


17 posted on 03/06/2020 11:43:57 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: proust
There has to be a special place in Hell for people who use the words “safe” and “abortion” in the same sentence.

Yes and at 86 she is terrifyingly close to seeing it if she doesn't change her ways.


18 posted on 03/06/2020 11:44:19 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not safer for the child, Evil Weeotch.

MILLIONS of babies would love to chime in, but they are, sadly, unavailable for comment, to this vile specimin.


19 posted on 03/06/2020 11:44:47 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

““Most of the people who get abortions never have any need to go to a hospital, isn’t that so?”


Have you noticed the left is now referring to “people” when discussing pregnancy issues rather than “women”? And they call us the “science deniers”.


20 posted on 03/06/2020 11:45:26 AM PST by hanamizu
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