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@tessarakt@mastodon.social @NBAnthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al @QasimRashid@mastodon.social If you’re asking “can she pack her possessions, sell her house, buy or rent a new one in another state, and move herself away from her job, friends, and family, all fast enough to have an abortion before the fetus’ health condition worsens”, then, yea maybe. Can you imagine needing an emergency healthcare procedure and having to MOVE to another state beforehand? It’s intentionally cruel. 2/2

@CatDragon@mastodon.world @QasimRashid@mastodon.social @NBAnthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al @wondrng1@masto.ai I’m so sorry your DIL (and S) had to go through that. Pregnancy is an emotional roller coaster even when everyone is healthy. Anti choice people think they’re pro life, but they’ve been fed over-simplified propaganda—or they just don’t realize how many situations they are making unnecessarily cruel.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social @NBAnthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al according to Texas law, if she leaves the state and gets an abortion, then anyone who knows that she got an abortion is entitled to sue her for $10k. (It isn’t clear to me whether there’s a limit to the number of people who can sue for $10k each.) So it’s bankruptcy for her. I vaguely remember that there is liability for anyone who helps her in any way. Including an Uber driver, for example.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social @NBAnthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al imagine having to prove your miscarriage was natural, while the lawyers argue you caused it with intent. Lawyers have been shredding women’s credibility in court for centuries (eg rape victims, Salem witch trials, etc). It is shitty and cruel, and only republicans pass laws like this.

@tessarakt@mastodon.social @NBAnthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al @QasimRashid@mastodon.social Oh, I’m sorry. They asked, “is she able to leave the state”. I interpreted that as “drive to another state to get the abortion and then come home”. The law is written such that she can be sued even if she had the procedure done out of state. Even if “the procedure” consists of “swallow these two pills”. (Ridiculous to drive for hours and stay overnight just to swallow a couple of pills.) 1/2

@CatDragon@mastodon.world @QasimRashid@mastodon.social @NBAnthony2k@mastodo.neoliber.al omg you’re right! I was just thinking about the cruelty to the baby by causing it excessive pain, and to the parents for living through that… But also the treatments that are pointless and costly, on top of the costs for the birth itself, which is 5 figures because “American capitalism”.

@skaverat@skaverat.net those people are… epoch. 🤣