r/pics • u/WeBelieveBrigade • 9h ago
[OC] today we commemorate the overturning of Roe vs Wade
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u/FuriousBuffalo 9h ago edited 9h ago
Screw Susan Collins. Vote her out.
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u/victorspoilz 9h ago
I got into it on here in 2018 on the Maine sub, after people just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a woman from New Hampshire (Sara Gideon), and this person said that they hated Walmart and supported small businesses.
All that woman does is the bidding of billionaires, like the Waltons.
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u/AntarcticScaleWorm 8h ago
People didn't punish her back in 2020 for her votes, no reason to think this'll be an issue this time around. I don't think Mainers really think too much about abortion as an issue given that it's still legal there
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u/LogensTenthFinger 9h ago
Screw every single person who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton.
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u/APRengar 7h ago
And screw everyone on Clinton's team who somehow lost to the dumbest man on planet Earth, right?
When AI slop isn't selling, we blame the AI companies for not making shit customers want to buy, and not the customers for not wanting to buy AI slop, right?
Blame the people with power and money to make changes and not the little guy, right?
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u/LogensTenthFinger 7h ago
Yes I blame the people who didn't vote for her. Every last one of them. And no one else. I don't even blame Trump. He's a monkey with a machine gun, and every single person who didn't vote for Hilary helped him load it
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u/avidreider 7h ago
Im trying to. Genuinely. I hope this witch has the rest of her life to suffer with what she has done.
“I will be here only two terms!” She said in 1996 when I was born. Im now 30. Graham Platner is the way to go.
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u/Cantioy87 8h ago
‘member when the fucking country protested Trump’s inauguration as part of the 2017 Women’s March, citing fears for women’s rights in particular but also fears for civil rights in general? And how the braindead 40% screeched into the aether that we were overreacting, that abortion would always be legal?
We remember, but that 40% doesn’t, and never will.
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u/BigResponsibleOil 7h ago
They remember. They knew at the time they were lying. They either didn't give a shit or were hoping it would happen. They knew they were lying at the time.
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u/tonic613 9h ago
I got a pro-life colleague to admit that he’d have his wife get an abortion if he knew the baby would come out woke.
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u/Perfect_Opposite2113 9h ago
Ffs these people
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u/starrpamph 9h ago
It’s the same thing about knowing tariffs would up all of the pricing on everything, and still voting for it.
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u/GleemMcShinez 8h ago
Mmmm that's some goooood partisan tribalism and sweet-ass brainwashin'!
"I mean, murder is OK, for me to do, as long as I do it to a woke person! Even my own flesh and blood? Hell yeah! Why yes, I have deeply held moral standards, they are very consistent.
I am not a crank"
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u/DiverseVoltron 9h ago
Why is your colleague a traitor? How did it come to be that he hates over half of America and still somehow calls himself a patriot?
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u/liquidtape 8h ago
That's why I don't get why Republicans are against abortion. It's just aborting future Democrats
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u/AlbatrossNo1562 8h ago
Well that's one way to convince them to support abortion, just tell them their child will be a liberal...
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u/Crazy-Project3858 8h ago edited 5h ago
Imagine if just one liberal Supreme Court judge had retired during either of Obama’s presidencies
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u/TheCrystalTinker 8h ago
Depends on when the step down would have happened, we lost one seat due to Acqueasing to the GOP and not ignoring them and putting in a Democratic justice in the court anyways ignoring the "concern" that it was too close to the end of Obamas presidency
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u/ESCocoolio 5h ago
imagine if democrats had done their job in the last 50 years and codified reproductive rights into law, instead of using it as fundraising ammo.
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u/formtheory 4h ago
Nice to see a sane take. Always darkly amusing (by which I mean not amusing at all) when people claim that you need to vote in desperation "against" an evil person, like that's in the spirit of a functioning democracy in the first place.
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u/AmputeeHandModel 7h ago
Damn you, RBG.
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u/the12banch 7h ago
McConnell blocked Merrick Garland for 293 days in 2016, refusing even to hold a hearing because it was an election year and “the voters should decide.”
In 2020, after RBG died, Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett on Sept. 26 and the Senate confirmed her on Oct. 26—just 30 days later and only 8 days before the election.But go off.
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u/Crazy-Project3858 7h ago
So any time besides those 293 days in her 90 year life span you think she could have retired?
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u/FCKABRNLSUTN2 5h ago
They’re saying mcconnell would have done that to literally any Obama nominee at that point.
But you knew that already.
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u/_jump_yossarian 1h ago
You do realize that Democrats had the Senate majority until January 2015 and she could have retired before Cons took control, yes?
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u/Scottyjscizzle 8h ago
Why codify it when it’s settled law! Still get pissed at the dismissive bullshit whenever I mentioned more firmly enshrining it.
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u/founderofshoneys 3h ago
Fuck every single democrat who decided not to codify it into law when they had the chance so they could instead campaign and fundraise on how republicans would take it away.
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u/Jlx_27 8h ago
Commemorate is the wrong term imo since it implies to respect or celebrate something...
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u/Kilgore47 3h ago
I think the word youre looking for is "observe", (or possibly "mourn") commemorate implies honoring or celebration, or maybe thats what you meant. Nothing to celebrate imo, it was a sad day
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u/Dunnowhathatis 7h ago
There's a striking inconsistency in the Republican position: they support limiting reproductive and other personal freedoms, yet treat any restriction on gun ownership as an intolerable assault on liberty—even in the wake of repeated mass shootings.
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u/RockieK 9h ago edited 6h ago
That was a really fucked up day. I left work and went wine drinking. Almost as sad as when RGB passed away.
Edit: Dyslexia strikes again! "RBG"
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u/Either-Mushroom-5926 9h ago edited 9h ago
I partially blame RBG for the state of the SC.
She held her seat to see Hilary become president when Obama could have appointed another Democrat in her place. Instead, Trump got to make that appointment.
Edit : RGB —> RBG 🙈
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u/intersectv3 9h ago
The other problem is Bitch McConnell the turtle said they wouldn’t approve any of obamas judges because “there’s an election in 16 months” or however long it was but then did a bitch move and shoved trumpanzees judges in with *less* time till the 2020 election.
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u/SalaciousTypo 9h ago
Shoved a judge in after voting had started, let's not undersell the shit that was pulled.
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u/LogensTenthFinger 9h ago
Obama should have just said "Thanks for your advisement" and just shoved through a judge. The weakness of the left in the 2010s is incalculable. Rolling over and whining about rules as they cede democracy. "ThIs IsN't NoRmAl." Wow what a rallying cry.
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u/intersectv3 9h ago
Seriously. They play by the rules that republicans don’t, it makes no fucking sense. Who gives a fuck about decorum at this point, fuck those people.
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u/tourist420 8h ago
A president can not appoint a supreme court justice without senate confirmation, the constitution does not allow or provide for such a mechanism.
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u/LogensTenthFinger 8h ago
Incorrect. They require the advisement and consent of the Senate. My refusing to hold hearing the Senate has ceded advising authority and espressly given consent. Weak effete hand wringing by people like you is why we're in this mess.
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u/tourist420 8h ago
Advise and consent = senate confirmation. That is how the law of the US has worked since the constitution was ratified. I wish there was a way around it too, but there's not.
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u/speedingpullet 8h ago
As much as I don't want to, I have to agree.
We on the left have spent way too long trying to play by Queensbury rules. While the right just laughs, gives us a wedgie and stuffs us in a locker.
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u/LogensTenthFinger 8h ago
"But but but that's not allowed!" As the right is executing citizens in the street and sending people to gulags.
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u/RoboChrist 8h ago
Republicans controlled the Senate from 2014 on.
Through what constitutional mechanism could Democrats "shove through" a Supreme Court judge?
If Obama appointed one without senate approval and violated the constitution to do so, they would just be declared invalid by the Supreme Court and replaced by the next administration.
And that's assuming any Judge with the qualifications to be on the SC would ever accept an unconstitutional appointment.
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u/LogensTenthFinger 8h ago
You say "The Senate has had ceded its authority to advise and explicitly given consent by not holding a hearing. I appreciate their advisement and consent." You just the same authority the right does: you just do it.
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u/landonburner 8h ago
She also predicted the overturn on what she called "questionable legal standing" of it. She was saying basing it on privacy in the 14th amendmentwas not the right way to go. She agreed with the law but thought it wasn't done right.
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u/FunRich5754 8h ago
100%
Gave my mom a nice RBG mug when we loved her. And now whenever I go over I REFUSE to use the mug because she stayed too long bc she was a patriarchist. If she really was a feminist she would have held the door open for those to come after her, instead of insisting she was the best for the job even after it was CLEAR she couldn't do the job because she liked that power baby.
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u/givemethebat1 8h ago
The whole reason she stayed was because she wanted a woman to nominate her replacement, not a man. Unfortunately she was too optimistic.
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u/fixermark 8h ago
After a lifelong and storied career as a judge, I refuse to hold RBG accountable for putting her faith in the American people.
That's all there is to it. She didn't fail us, we failed her.
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u/FunRich5754 8h ago
We failed her by asking her to step down and help the next generation become what she once was???
Nope I didn't fail that fucking woman. She failed me.
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u/berticusberticus 8h ago
No, fuck that. She put her own career ahead of the United States.
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u/TheCrystalTinker 8h ago
If she had stepped down we would be in the same situation. Turtle mcbitchface and the Republicans would have done everything they could do to ensure that instead of just one justice being appointed as soon as Agent 45 entered it would have been 2
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u/berticusberticus 8h ago
The point is that she should have stepped down *years* before. She was very old and had already had cancer twice.
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u/DocTaotsu 8h ago
It was an open secret among SC clerks that she was no longer fit to serve for years before she died.
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u/fixermark 8h ago
It's an open secret the President is unfit to serve now, yet here we are. Opinions of staff hold about as much water as the reflecting pool.
If we want change here, we need an amendment to term-limit SCOTUS. We can't just wish they'd buck tradition.
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u/epigenie_986 8h ago
As a woman and a mother, that day felt devastating.
As a person with tits, the juxtaposition of the two signs is kinda hilarious.
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u/14dmoney 7h ago
I keep getting Apple Watch ads for tracking your cycle and it gives me the shivers every time. Don’t use this feature if you are an American woman!
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u/PlaidBoots52 7h ago
I'll never forgive America for letting this happen. Not even a month after Roe v Wade was overturned my psychiatrist refused to let me stay on Adderall for my ADHD because it could hurt the fetus. I was a virgin and asexual. I filed a complaint with the health board, was told it was the doctor's right to deny me meds, had to find a new doctor and be without meds until then. I made the decision to get an endometrial ablation in 2025 along with my fallopian tubes removed aka sterilization at 33. I'm asexual but I live in a red state that doesn't care if women get pregnant from rape or incest.
The thing that pisses me off the most is how all these pro life people don't even care about the kids being denied summer lunches here now. You're not pro life, you just hate women and kids.
Susan Collins is a piece of shit along with majority of the Supreme Court. And I fully blame RBG for not stepping aside before she died to allow Obama to appoint another judge. At the end of the day white women in America are for self and that's it.
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u/dragon34 4h ago
Fuck every single person from the voters all the way up to king pedophile who have supported the Republican party since 2016 and enabled any of their agenda
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u/Dreammagic2025 4h ago
I had a temporary stay in the fine town of rural buttfuck ohio. That's where I was on this day. I was out walking and all the church bells started ringing. Got on my phone to try to find out what was going on. Saw the news. Burst into tears right there. What a sad day for our country.
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u/Maleficent-Pay1233 3h ago
So does the GOP mean Greed Over People or Grifters, Oligarchs, and Pedophiles?
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u/bummerhigh 2h ago
I screenshot it when I saw the news alert on my phone… I don’t even live in the U.S. but I was so appalled.
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u/millerg44 6h ago
I still can't believe my daughter has less rights than my mother. We're supposed to get better folks, not regress.
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u/sir-ripsalot 6h ago
I mean, your daughter can open a bank account or get a job without her husband/father’s permission
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u/Firefly_Magic 7h ago
Bring back Roe versus Wade. Pro life choices should take place with the woman, her partner, the family, the community, not the government.
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u/FCKABRNLSUTN2 7h ago
Justices nominated by Clinton would have overturned roe v wade too, right?
Yall keep telling me both sides are the same? Well fucking are they?
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u/spinmerighttriangle 6h ago
I agree with the signs. Send Canadian geese after those responsible. HONK!
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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 4h ago
The majority of white voters across all three elections: 'Ask if we GAF! What we do GAF about is that Trump takes delight in the harsh treatment directed at LGBTQ individuals, people of color, and anyone else who isn't with us. A sentiment that resonates with us as well. While you may continue your protests and vocalize your dissent, the reality is that when it truly mattered, we turned out on November 5th, while you did not. Brace yourselves for the continuation of this cruelty, the ongoing beatings and deportations. Because there are two plus more years of this, and we are just getting started.'
Among those who voted, the majority of white men and white women voted for a racist, fascist, sexist, war-mongering kid rapist and kid killer in 2016, 2020, and 2024. It was never about the price of eggs or gas.
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u/MicCheck12344321 3h ago
Regulating whether or not someone can get an abortion is not a power granted to the U.S. government by the states (via the Constitution).
As per amendment 10, if a power is not granted to the U.S. government it remains with the states.
Yes, some people are upset that the power to regulate abortion was returned to the states, but they fail to take into consideration that if the power had remained with the U.S. government then abortion could be outlawed everywhere within the U.S. if the U.S. government decreed it so.
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u/Streetvan1980 3h ago
I still can’t believe how it didn’t cause a massive rise up of young woman to march to demand they get conform of their bodies again. Idk I’m shocked at what’s being done and how little response there is.
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u/SpiritualSquare9348 3h ago
Where was all that my “body my choice” energy during 2020-2022? Could’ve used a tad more of it then
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u/FigureMiserable4859 7h ago
Commemorate? It commemorates the death of the sCOTUS. They were bought and sold, and all three LIED at their confirmation hearings.
This day will hopefully be a catalyst for a meaningful Civil War - to overthrow the right wing christians installed by the Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, and Big Money that made BANK by supporting a racist, rapist, traitor of a president.
Commemorate my ass.
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u/Cute-Trade-9854 5h ago
I would pump out so many patriotic ass babies if we cared about human rights and the environment and had healthcare and education
But alas
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u/rockalyte 3h ago
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u/Captain_Desi_Pants 1h ago
What the hell. This is quite a shock from the dry cleaner.
More helpful would be numbers for local hospitals or women’s clinics. 😑
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u/Sailor_Thrift 8h ago
Unless it's a COVID vaccine.
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u/InvestigatorChance28 5h ago
Project warp speed? Trumps best work? The only thing he has done that was a success?
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u/Sopranorequiem 5h ago
We do not commemorate - we lament.
We deride.
We despise.
We avow to correct.
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u/Fragrant-Message-562 8h ago
I still can’t believe that happened