• zabadoh@ani.social
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    5 months ago

    I was thinking the 72 days they had that fillibuster-proof Senate majority during the Obama presidency.

    Since the Comstock Act would have been obsolete at the time, before Roe v Wade was overturned, it should have been a formality.

    …And they were busy getting ObamaCare passed, for which I am eternally grateful…

    But… Democrats…

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      5 months ago

      I agree they should have codified it. They had since 1973 to do it.

      In the end, I think the dems miscalculated and never thought the republicans would actually kill their golden goose; abortion was a major sticking point for single-issue voters. Hindsight is 20/20.