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NullTuples

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5. "...but the [fetus'] heart was still beating" is such fraud foisted by the GOP

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon May 15, 2023, 11:39 AM

May 2023

Here's a video of heart cells grown in a petri dish, happily beating. This attribute does not confer "personhood" (btw, have you noticed the right has abandoned that wording in favor of "life" and "baby" and other such terms? It's because they know they cannot support it).

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Woman said she went into sepsis before she could get lifesaving abortion care in Texas [View all] groundloop May 2023 OP

These bible-thumping pieces of shit Texas legislators need to be run out of this state....ASAP walkingman May 2023 #1

I hope she sues the bejeesus out of them Wicked Blue May 2023 #2

All part of the GOP plan to be as injurious to people as they can. n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #3

Remember, cruelty is a feature, not a bug sakabatou May 2023 #4

Exactly!!!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #7

Even other Rebl2 May 2023 #9

Could be. n/t RKP5637 May 2023 #10

"...but the [fetus'] heart was still beating" is such fraud foisted by the GOP NullTuples May 2023 #5

I hope an organization with resources and funds is archiving a database of these stories sanatanadharma May 2023 #6

Remember Cecile Richards ? Haggis 4 Breakfast May 2023 #16

Info regarding Post Sepsis Syndrome - basically, sepsis can damage your body for a long time NullTuples May 2023 #8

I wonder if Alito sees things like this and has any qualms about what he has done. patricia92243 May 2023 #11

I doubt Alito would have qualms about anything related to abortion or imposing his religious Lonestarblue May 2023 #13

Alito couldn't care less if women died left and right. Haggis 4 Breakfast May 2023 #17

The Catholic Bishops Healthcare Initiative tells him he's doing the right thing. NullTuples May 2023 #15

He gets off on it. His opinion was full of references to medieval torturers. yardwork May 2023 #18

Cruelty is the point Novara May 2023 #12

I Hate these people! I do spend serious time away from this stuff despite being here a lot... electric_blue68 May 2023 #14

Could this qualify as "torture" according to 18 U.S. Code � 2340? diva77 May 2023 #19

That's a federal law. Medical practice is state law. LeftInTX May 2023 #20

Thanks. Found this: Texas Penal Code - PENAL � 42.092. Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals diva77 May 2023 #21

Really! She really needs to sue the doctors etc LeftInTX May 2023 #22

Thanks for this info. diva77 May 2023 #23

Followed up further LeftInTX May 2023 #24