• Storksforlegs@beehaw.org
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    21 days ago

    No. Please stop lying about this stuff. Biden didnt sit idly by and “let them get away with it” as you say. He did as much as a president could do in this position at the federal level.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/politics/biden-abortion-idaho-lawsuit.html

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp-video/mmvo146984005558

    But again, its the GOP (federal, state, Supreme Court) who are ending abortion access here.
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/biden-effort-to-protect-abortion-access-hindered-by-strict-state-laws

    Your logic to NOT prevent a GOP victory (when they are obviously the ones who made this happen, and will make it go further if elected) makes no sense here. Its coming off as a bad faith attempt to discourage voting.

    If you actually care about abortion rights, then you should be telling people to vote against the party of forced birth in every election. The democrats need to be cajoled into doing more to help people, but they are in fact much better for reproductive rights.

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      21 days ago

      He did as much as a president could do in this position at the federal level.

      Patently false.

      He has the constitutional power to keep Congress in session if he wants to. He could have held military funding hostage. He could have used his position as the leader of the party to divert campaign funding away from the politicians who vote conservative.

      Etc. Etc. Etc.

      Respectfully, the excuses don’t matter. The Democrats are not powerless. They’re profiting off the issue, and I think that is why they do not act, and it doesn’t matter how you vote. We’re never getting nationwide legal abortion back.

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        21 days ago

        When Idaho criminalized abortion in 2022, the governor, both US Senators, and both US Congressmen were Republican, and the state legislature maintained a GOP supermajority.

        Biden and Democrats did everything possible to fight it, short of violating the Constitution and declaring war on a ruby red state. But sure, funds could have been withheld from the tiny island of Democratic legislators because they should be … undermined? Great plan!