SCOTUS Declines to Hear Emergency Abortion Case

Monday, October 07, 2024

The decision leaves intact a ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Texas on the question of whether a federal law concerning emergency room care in some cases trumps state abortion restrictions.

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They already decided, it's up to the states. Take it up with the Texas legislature. I'm pro choice and in my state it's no problem getting an abortion. This story is simply about politics, the fake indian no less.

#1 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 02:26 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

This story is simply about politics

#1 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

A political story about life and death.

How like MAGA to pretend that no flesh and blood people are involved. Like all pod people, you look forward to a world devoid of compassion.

If Trump goes down next month, forced-birth and dead mothers are the lead that sinks him.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 02:35 PM | Reply

One supposes that we should also leave race discrimination up to the states.

That would make Red States glow!

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-07 02:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

@#1 ... This story is simply about politics, ...

The story is about white Christian men wanting to control women.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-07 02:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

#2 and #3

Have a convention and write an amendment to the constitution regarding abortion. Or send it to Congress and have them address it doing - you know - what the legislative branch is there for.

Otherwise, it's a state's issue.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-07 02:41 PM | Reply | Funny: 2 | Newsworthy 2

Otherwise, it's a state's issue.

#5 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Fundamental human rights can never be a state's issue.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 02:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 7

A political story about life and death.

How like MAGA to pretend that no flesh and blood people are involved. Like all pod people, you look forward to a world devoid of compassion.

If Trump goes down next month, forced-birth and dead mothers are the lead that sinks him.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 02:35 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Did you know that abortions are up since R v Wade was reversed?

#7 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 02:46 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Willie Nelson salutes Trump voters.... with one finger.

www.youtube.com

yt short

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-07 02:47 PM | Reply

"Otherwise, it's a state's issue."

Can you name any state laws which only have jurisdiction over men?

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-10-07 02:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 7

Otherwise, it's a state's issue.

#5 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Then, of course, there's the glaring hypocrisy----The Forced Birth Movement---More than adequately represented in the Supreme Court--- will have a total, nationwide ban on abortion no manner how many states object

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 02:49 PM | Reply

Wait until state's start discriminating against low IQ people... then the Trumpers will howl!

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-07 02:50 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Did you know that abortions are up since R v Wade was reversed?

#7 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Your point?

Please make one this time.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 02:50 PM | Reply

Did you know that abortions are up since R v Wade was reversed?

#7 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

???

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 02:53 PM | Reply

Fundamental human rights can never be a state's issue.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.*

*Except in red states which decide the above is no longer operational within their borders. Laws that only applied to women - not men - through the denial and illegalization of certain personal healthcare services and procedures, rendering 'equality under the law' to a laughable joke for those living in (or visiting and traveling through) such states with restrictive laws - rendering constitutional rights subordinate to states' rights.

#14 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-07 02:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

#2 and #3

Have a convention and write an amendment to the constitution regarding abortion. Or send it to Congress and have them address it doing - you know - what the legislative branch is there for.

Otherwise, it's a state's issue.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Why didn't you do that instead of appointing Republican Justices who had to lie to Congress about Roe v. Wade to get votes?

#15 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-10-07 02:58 PM | Reply

For ----- Sake! Why don't they just cut to the chase legalize compassionate life termination of women?

#16 | Posted by moder8 at 2024-10-07 03:04 PM | Reply

- Can you name any state laws which only have jurisdiction over men?
#9 | Posted by Danforth

"Run away! Run away! Run away!"

#17 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-07 03:06 PM | Reply

" Otherwise, it's a state's issue."

How about we leave it up to women? crazy, right?

#18 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-07 03:06 PM | Reply

If they can't breed, we've no need (for women).
~the Incel Death Cult

#19 | Posted by horstngraben at 2024-10-07 03:07 PM | Reply

Otherwise, it's a state's issue.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The christofascists who picked trump's supreme court judges are cool with babies being murdered in some states as long as it's not all states?

#20 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-07 03:19 PM | Reply

"- Can you name any state laws which only have jurisdiction over men?"
#9 | Posted by Danforth

I didn't know you were transphobic, Danforth.

#21 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-07 03:25 PM | Reply

Did you know that abortions are up since R v Wade was reversed?

#7 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

???

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 02:53 PM | Reply | Flag:
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I remember during every Presidential election the left makes it all about abortion. "If the GOP wins woman won't be able to get an abortion!" And after R v Wade was overturned you and the left screamed "oh no, no one is going to be able to get an abortion." So how can it be that after R v W was overturned abortions increased in this country? It shows that you were full of ---- again. What a surprise.

#22 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 03:31 PM | Reply

Why didn't you do that instead of appointing Republican Justices who had to lie to Congress about Roe v. Wade to get votes?

#15 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-10-07 02:58 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Why didn't Dems codify R v Wade when they had the votes? I'll help you out, because if they did they couldn't fund raise off it.

#23 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 03:34 PM | Reply

I remember during every Presidential election the left makes it all about abortion. "If the GOP wins woman won't be able to get an abortion!"

#22 | Posted by fishpaw

And they were proven right.

Maybe you should start to listen to the people who are so good at predicting the future.

#24 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-07 03:35 PM | Reply

Can you name any state laws which only have jurisdiction over men?

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-10-07 02:47 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Wait a minute, I thought men could get pregnant according to your party?

#25 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 03:37 PM | Reply

#24 So how are abortions up since it was overruled?

#26 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 03:38 PM | Reply

- I thought men could get pregnant

No... but that's no reason for you to quit trying!

#27 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-07 03:39 PM | Reply

Why didn't you do that instead of appointing Republican Justices who had to lie to Congress about Roe v. Wade to get votes?

#15 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-10-07 02:58 PM | Reply | Flag

Because I don't appoint justices. Even If I did, it isn't their job to legislate from a judge's bench. Go read a book or take a gov't/economics class at your local junior college.

#28 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-07 03:40 PM | Reply

- I thought men could get pregnant

No... but that's no reason for you to quit trying!

#27 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-07 03:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Bad Corky, Bad. Transgender and Non binary men most certainly can. You need to re-read the Democrat manual.

#29 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 03:44 PM | Reply

Goodbye MAGATS. You suck ass.

#30 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-10-07 03:48 PM | Reply

And after R v Wade was overturned you and the left screamed "oh no, no one is going to be able to get an abortion."

#22 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

No woman gets an abortion in Texas. If they do, you've made them criminals. If they travel for one, you attempt to follow them. If they get one in a Free American State, you want to make them criminals anyway.

You people can't defend this nonsense, and yet here you are. As I've said countless times, there's something wrong with you. If Forced Birth sinks Trump, it's comeuppance, and cry me a river.

#31 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-07 03:56 PM | Reply

"I didn't know you were transphobic"

I'll take that as a no, you can't name a single law.

#32 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-10-07 04:08 PM | Reply

"At a time when transgender and nonbinary Americans are gaining visibility in the media and among the public, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that 1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary " that is, their gender differs from the sex they were assigned at birth."

So laughable that Trumpers can be so riled up about what 1.6 percent of the population choses to do with their bodies.

They should stick to worrying about what women do with their bodies, right?

Oh, wait... maybe they should, Mind Your Own Damn Business!

#33 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-07 04:15 PM | Reply

Just like you can't name a single law that only applies to women.

#34 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-07 04:15 PM | Reply

#24 So how are abortions up since it was overruled?

#26 | Posted by fishpaw

Theyre not up for the women who are no longer allowed to get them. Just as liberals predicted would happen if people vote for republicans.

#35 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-07 04:30 PM | Reply

Because I don't appoint justices. Even If I did, it isn't their job to legislate from a judge's bench. Go read a book or take a gov't/economics class at your local junior college.

#28 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You vote for leaders who campaign on and appoint abortion banning judges.

Same thing.

#36 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-07 04:32 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

You vote for leaders who campaign on and appoint abortion banning judges.

Same thing.

#36 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-07 04:32 PM | Reply

Again, Judges don't legislate.... They also didn't ban abortion. You're just pissed because they quit stepping all over state's rights. Even Ginsburg tried to tell you this was a schitty way of handling abortion.

#37 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-07 04:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Just like you can't name a single law that only applies to women."

Every abortion law in the country.

#38 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-10-07 04:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Just like you can't name a single law that only applies to women.

#34 | POSTED BY SENTINEL AT 2024-10-07 04:15 PM | REPLY

woof, you are a moron.

#39 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-07 04:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"They also didn't ban abortion."

Nonsense.

They did as soon as they didn't stay the Texas bounty law.

Certainly for Texans who are young, poor, and pregnant.

#40 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-10-07 04:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Supreme Court just assured that abortion rights will remain the #1 issue in those states, like Texas, where their legislatures have created an environment where women are bleeding-out in their cars, while sitting in the parking lot outside of their local ER. If your argument is that life is so sacred that abortion for any reason is not only wrong but a criminal offense, how about the life of the mother?

BTW, lets look at that concern for sacredness of life in those same states when it comes to capital punishment. You can't have it both ways, if life at conception is to be protected, then ALL LIFE is to be protected, period. You claim that only God has the power of life and death, OK, then do away with capital punishment, since that is nothing more than state-sanctioned murder. Either all life is sacred or it's not.

OCU

#41 | Posted by OCUser at 2024-10-07 04:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Nonsense.

They did as soon as they didn't stay the Texas bounty law.

Certainly for Texans who are young, poor, and pregnant.

#40 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-10-07 04:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

-------. It's not in their wheelhouse. You lost this argument a long time ago and your still think stomping your feet and crying about it is going to change things.

#42 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-07 04:57 PM | Reply

Here is judges doing what lfthnd says they dont do ...

www.huffpost.com

#43 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-07 05:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Here is judges doing what lfthnd says they dont do ...

www.huffpost.com

#43 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-07 05:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

LOL That's a state court, numb nuts.

#44 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-07 05:14 PM | Reply

"Every abortion law in the country."

*whoosh*

Thanks for proving my point.

BTW, did you know that the word "bigot" is semantically equivalent to the word hypocrite?

#45 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-07 05:37 PM | Reply

ABSOLUTE TRUE FACTS ABOUT ABORTION

#46 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-07 05:54 PM | Reply

#37 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-07 04:42 PM | Reply | Flag: This is an either/or... it cannot be both

#47 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-07 05:58 PM | Reply

"I thought men could get pregnant according to your party?" - #25 | Posted by fishpaw at 2024-10-07 03:37 PM

People say that when fishpaw asked, "What's a woman?", our host is said to have replied:

"A woman is someone who covers her drink when you walk by."

At least that's what some people say.

#48 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-07 06:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#37 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You voted for people who said abortion was murder and that they would stop it if you vote for them. Then they did.

You can play whatever semantic games you want but that's the bottom line and the truth.

Republicans banned abortion, and they will keep doing so.

#49 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-07 06:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Again, Judges don't legislate....
{SNIP}

#37 | Posted by lfthndthrds

LOL too farking funny

Perhaps you could point to the Major Questions Doctrine in the Constitution or name the injured party in the student loan decision.

Do I need to explain to you how that is legislating?

#50 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-10-07 06:18 PM | Reply | Funny: 2 | Newsworthy 1

America's Supreme Court is now an instrument of the Catholic Church, in particular Opus Dei. Once they deal with all of us inferiors, I expect that the war between Opus Dei and the Evangelicals will make the 30 Years War and our previous Civil War look like mild arguments. There can only be one true faith.

The Republican Party has become the party that George Wallace attempted to create, and at the same time it is being used to kill the Republic on behalf of Putin, being used by Opus Dei to force us to kneel to the Pope, and being used by Evangelical heretics to twist the arm of God in order to force the End Times on their terms. Oh and then there are antivaxers and assorted twaddle merchants all gathered around hoping to feed. It is become a collective of madness and stupidity...all to get Billionaires more.

There are two kinds of Republican's left, the stupid and the evil. If you are not one, then you are the other, though you could be both.

#51 | Posted by Killjoy at 2024-10-07 06:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 5

"You lost this argument a long time ago"

Why? Because you stuck your head in the sand?

Stop pretending their aren't places and situations where the woman has no say AT ALL. Part of it, of course, is money: abortion is never a problem for those with means.

#52 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-10-07 06:37 PM | Reply

"two kinds of Republican's"

Stop trolling.

#53 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-07 06:40 PM | Reply

Sentinelsaying stop reolljng? Isn t that cute?

#54 | Posted by danni at 2024-10-08 05:57 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Sentinelsaying stop reolljng? Isn t that cute?

#55 | Posted by danni at 2024-10-08 05:57 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Sentinelsaying stop reolljng? Isn t that cute?

#56 | Posted by danni at 2024-10-08 05:57 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Yes.

#57 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-08 06:58 AM | Reply

"Isn t that cute?"

See? This is what happens when people abuse apostrophes. There aren't enough to go around for people who actually need them.

Punctuation insecurity is real, people!

#58 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-08 08:08 AM | Reply

SCOTUS allows Texas to let women die.

This is how religion destroys humanity.

#59 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-08 09:25 AM | Reply

"Otherwise, it's a state's issue."

Why don't the men who use the sky man myth to justify women dying from easily remedied conditions just put it up for a vote?

#60 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-08 09:29 AM | Reply

Is SCOTUS supposed to jump in and adjudicate every case that's presented to them as an "emergency"? The hyperbole here is really rich, and if/when the right uses the same tactic for some other issue, the left will be quick to cry foul.

#61 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-08 10:05 AM | Reply

You mean like allowing 'ghost guns' to be sold without any restrictions or oversight?

OCU

#62 | Posted by OCUser at 2024-10-08 01:07 PM | Reply

Is SCOTUS supposed to jump in and adjudicate every case that's presented to them as an "emergency"?

Yup. That's their frickin job.

You think maybe they should have thought of that BEFORE deciding that individual states get to determine what civil rights women have regarding their emergency health care?

When a state law conflicts with federal law then it goes to the Supreme Court.

This is why the Roe decision was made in the first place. So now we have to go through this process all over again.

#63 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-09 11:47 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Can you define women?

#64 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-09 10:18 PM | Reply

Can you define women?

A USan female human with no rights?

#65 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-10-09 10:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Can you define women?" - #64 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-10-09 10:18 PM

Sure: