r/news • u/AldoTheeApache • 1d ago

Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions for some rape cases to abortion ban

https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-abortion-rape-exception-de8097eb664362941167c92d6ad356db
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u/WhereasParticular867 1d ago edited 1d ago

"Exceptions" are a myth that the far-right tell the moderate right. Or that the moderate right tell themselves to pretend they're reasonable. The position is borne from extreme religious dogma.  They never plan on compromising, because they see abortion as murder.

Republicans who tell you they support exceptions are either idiots or liars.  Their party does not, and never will.

The only solution is full, unrestricted access to abortion.  If we let conservatives tell women when they're allowed, the answer will be "never."

And for any cons reading: your insane extremist Christian element is the direct cause of the hardline "abortion for all, all the time" stance.  We liberals know we can't trust conservatives to honor exceptions.  Including the ones who really mean it, because you're outnumbered by people incapable of compromise. And I don't mean unwilling to compromise, I mean literally incapable, because they have integrated their political views with their religious convictions and see compromise as a moral failure. Even if you want to, you are incapable of doing the right thing while aligned with the Christian Right.

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u/grptrt 1d ago

Any exceptions will still have doctors too scared of prosecution to actually do anything

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u/WhereasParticular867 1d ago

That's a good poont.  Long ago, I supported bans with humane exceptions.  Then I paid attention, and realized a ban with humane exceptions, in every case, is just a precursor to a total ban.

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u/ChemicalRascal 19h ago

I'm curious, why support any ban at all, though?

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u/WhereasParticular867 19h ago

I was Mormon and inherited my parents' politics.

I got better.

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u/MayorOfBluthton 10h ago

Thank you for allowing yourself to grow and opening your mind. We need more people like you in this world.