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An emotional Sen. Eva Burch described, in a speech Monday on the Senate floor, the hoops she has had to jump through to secure an abortion, after finding out her pregnancy is not viable. Despite knowing for weeks that her pregnancy is likely to result in a miscarriage, the Democrat from Mesa has not yet received the care she needs.

“I don’t think people should have to justify their abortions,” she said, her voice shaking. “But I’m choosing to talk about why I made this decision because I want us to have meaningful conversations about the reality of how the work that we do in this body impacts people in the real world.”

Burch was forced to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound, hear a list of mandated recommendations from her provider — including advice to avail herself of foster care or adoption alternatives, despite the fact that her fetus has no chance of survival — and wait 24 hours before receiving an abortion. All of those requirements are mandated by state laws approved by GOP lawmakers.

Burch said the legislature shouldn’t be enacting restrictive laws around abortions, because doing so ties the hands of providers and is detrimental to women. She pointed to the state-mandated information her doctor was forced to give her, despite it clearly not applying in her case, as “cruel” proof that the laws are harmful.

“The only reason I had to hear those things was a cruel and uninformed attempt by outside forces to shame and coerce and frighten me into making a different decision other than the one I knew was right for me,” she said. “There’s no one-size-fits-all script for people seeking abortion care, and the legislature doesn’t have any right to assign one.”

And while Burch, who is about 8 weeks along in her pregnancy, is still legally able to obtain an abortion, she acknowledged that not all women in Arizona can — and access to the procedure is still in flux.

Burch herself was nearly prevented from accessing reproductive health care two years ago when Arizona was teetering between the 15-week ban and the 1864 law, amid legal uncertainty shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

At the time, Burch was devastated to learn that a much-wanted pregnancy would result in a miscarriage, requiring an abortion to keep her safe. When she began miscarrying the night before her scheduled abortion, doctors were only willing to give her medication to speed up her miscarriage, hesitant to greenlight an emergency abortion until she was in a critical state.

The next day, she had an abortion. Just two weeks later, abortion clinics across the state paused services in the aftermath of the high court’s ruling.

Burch on Monday denounced legislative restrictions on abortions, saying that lawmakers have no place making decisions that should be reserved for women and their medical teams.

twit666 posted:

So what did Navarro not want to tell Congress?

kazil posted:

u kno what they say about guys that read big text

FuturePastNow posted:

I thought Louie Anderson would have made a perfect Trump but sadly that opportunity has passed

Jelly posted:

Still time for Trump to do a Louie Anderson impression though

FuturePastNow posted:

I thought Louie Anderson would have made a perfect Trump but sadly that opportunity has passed

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

The bravery it must have took

https://twitter.com/cwebbonline/status/1770110216199401809?s=20

Nocheez posted:

I want him to do an Elvis impersonation.

Nocheez posted:

I want him to do an Elvis impersonation.

kw0134 posted:

First Amendment profs are taking notes on a slamdunk usage of anti-SLAPP laws here.

Serious_Cyclone posted:

It wouldn't surprise me if Trump had choice TRUMP properties in NY set on fire, rather than hand them over

pixaal posted:

He still has to do the Superman one

LifeSunDeath posted:

Remember when trumb was president and he played golf like 3/4ths of the days he was in office or some poo poo, LOL.

Froghammer posted:

Anything having to do with January 6th. There's a legitimate chance that he's a true believer and is betting the farm on Trump pardoning him once he's the president.

Ralph Hurley posted:

I’ve thought for a while now that no human actor should play Trump in a biopic. He should be done entirely with CG and AI. I think that a state of the art Uncanny Valley Trump played totally seriously and not for laughs, along with real actors in all the other roles would be incredible and really the only way to properly capture the frightening surreality of living in this era of US history. Also with no human actor to consider (besides maybe Andy Serkis in a mocap suit) there would be no one celebrity for the right to either attack or praise for his performance, no Oscar nomination or anything. Just JarJar Trump doing his jackoff dance with toilet paper on his shoe.

idiotsavant posted:

Hey now let’s be fair, I think it was only 2/3 of the days. And the other third he was WORKING HARD!!

Mons Hubris posted:

He only got four months, he'll be out long before Trump could be back in the White House

John Wick of Dogs posted:

But it wouldn't result in any of Home Alone 3 or 4 having happened.

Pope Corky the IX posted:

So one of the things Trump wants to do immediately upon getting reelected is deport Prince Harry for admitting to having used drugs in the past.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Fishmasher posted:

real "DO SOMETHING!" vibes, and "DO SOMETHING!" tweets become even funnier when like only 100 people read them

just screaming into a void of like 86 bots, 10 leftists laughing, 2 old ladies, a child molester and a nazi teenager

Serious_Cyclone posted:

It wouldn't surprise me if Trump had choice TRUMP properties in NY set on fire, rather than hand them over

Random Stranger posted:

This is going to be one of the craziest seized property auctions in history. You'll have tons of people bidding things up because it's part of history so the state is going to get a ton of money on poo poo like Trump's fax machine or the cutlery he used in the taco bowl picture. But the big ticket items that need to cover the bulk of the judgment will go for pennies on the dollar, except maybe the jet which a chud will definitely turn into a museum.

Fishmasher posted:

real "DO SOMETHING!" vibes, and "DO SOMETHING!" tweets become even funnier when like only 100 people read them

just screaming into a void of like 86 bots, 10 leftists laughing, 2 old ladies, a child molester and a nazi teenager

MrQwerty posted:

poo poo, I wasn't even thinking about that. The clearinghouse auction for Lindell was hilarious.
Oh god I wanna see it so bad.

Random Stranger posted:

I would be good with this outcome. Trump still owes the $400 million, doesn't have his buildings, has to fight for years with insurance companies, and might get another criminal investigation before it's done. It's a perfect way to make everything worse.

Something for people to keep in mind going into next week is there are multiple overlapping judgments. The Trump Org is the big one with no chance to dodge it if Donnie can't find someone to rip off in the next few days. That one could see property seizures happen effectively overnight, though I think they'll probably want a bit more ramp up time than that. Still, all the Trump stuff from the offices and buildings could be up for auction in as little as fifteen days. When that happens we will have such a bounty of lols that we may never stop.

Trump's personal debt from this might actually get stalled a bit since he would be required to provide a list of assets to the court and you know he'll drag his feet. But some big personal belongings like boxes of classified documents might already be known and identified for seizure. So don't be surprised if there's stuff that's initially off limits and more court poo poo on that aspect of the judgment. At the org, though, there's somebody who's already assessing the value of the light fixtures.

This is going to be one of the craziest seized property auctions in history. You'll have tons of people bidding things up because it's part of history so the state is going to get a ton of money on poo poo like Trump's fax machine or the cutlery he used in the taco bowl picture. But the big ticket items that need to cover the bulk of the judgment will go for pennies on the dollar, except maybe the jet which a chud will definitely turn into a museum.

Goons, what are you going to bid on at the Trump going out of business sale? I think I want a pallet of stagnent Trump water from the utility closet.

Random Stranger posted:

If I was in New York I would absolutely go. I might not buy anything, I'd just want to be in the room.

pop fly to McGillicutty posted:

You beat trump by saying "he's going to increase your taxes by 100%" and don't elaborate at all.

That's how the GOP wins, do the same poo poo.

Scare idiots

Vakal posted:

I'm surprised someone hasn't broke the glass on the "legalize weed nationally" case yet for a easy win.

Worked here in Canada.

MrQwerty posted:

All that poo poo happens online now, you just need to know which obscure industrial/corporate clearinghouse is running the auction you're looking for.