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[-] Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 162 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you look at the ruling, the judge went in HARD:

*Women are not some piece of collectively owned community property the disposition of which is decided by majority vote. Forcing a woman to carry an unwanted, not-yet-viable fetus to term violates her constitutional rights to liberty and privacy, even taking into consideration whatever bundle of rights the not-yet-viable fetus may have.

And:

For these women, the liberty of privacy means that they alone should choose whether they serve as human incubators for the five months leading up to viability. It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could -- or should -- force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another. 

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[-] callouscomic@lemm.ee 99 points 1 month ago

This bits great too:

While the State’s interest in protecting “unborn” life is compelling, until that life can be sustained by the State -- and not solely by the woman compelled by the Act to do the State’s work -- the balance of rights favors the woman.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

My dude came out and said "If ya aint paying for the unborn ya dont have nothing of value to say"

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Holy crap that's amazing!

[-] thejoker954@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Sounds like a good judge.

[-] VoterFrog@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

... any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another.

This fact is why abortion restrictions are unethical period. In no other situation do we allow the government to force a person to give up parts of their body to keep someone else alive, even their own child. But most people aren't ready to hear that.

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Most people are ready to hear that, which is why the right tries to distract with arguments over personhood.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 13 points 1 month ago

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney

Everyone say his name.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

The literal hero we need right now.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Beautiful. Thank you.

[-] spiritsong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is very powerful. I mean the entire phrasing. The judge certainly did not muck around! (BTW, non American here, but I like the choice of words and phrases he used in his sentencing)

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