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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Reading through Trump's platform, it becomes increasingly apparent that America is in for a very long and regressive four years.
I hate to think what that sentence can mean with regards to Roe v. Wade. The fact that while many other nations are looking towards physician assisted suicide America may be going in the opposite direction.
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While I'm still pretty well horrified at everything that happened last night (and more and more waves of the repercussions keep hitting me), I got some reassurance today with regards to Roe v Wade. A president cannot just change an old SCOTUS decision, a large case, with new facts and evidence, would have to come before the SCOTUS, and they would have to explain what it was about that case that would supercede the old cases.
It doesn't stop states from furthering their anti-choice platforms to make abortions harder (or impossible) to obtain, and it doesn't stop the GOP from entirely defunding Planned Parenthood (leaving millions of women in this country without adequate healthcare)--but neither the GOP nor Trump can reverse Roe v Wade.
I'm still just trying to find whatever silver linings I can grasp onto.