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From Juice friend Jonahtan Adler:
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INFO CONTACT: Jonathan Adler, LawGuruLaguna@yahoo.com
“2012 Campaigns’ Most Vital Buried Issue: the Supreme Court” is the title of Erwin Chemerinsky’s 5th annual talk to Concerned Citizens, Thursday, August 30, 1:45 pm, in CH 5. UCI law school’s founding dean will leave lots of time for Q&A on the Court’s momentous last term, its term ahead, and more. Guests are welcome (a $3 donation requested).
A leading constitutional law scholar, teacher, litigator, and commentator, Dean Chemerinsky’s book last year for laymen was “The Conservative Assault on the Constitution.” He’ll update the Supreme Court’s recent trends, focusing on its major rulings last term and cases it agreed to hear in 2012-13.
Is the Court’s direction really vital to citizens’ lives? Is its conservative wing still moving right, in light of last term’s major cases – on healthcare, Arizona’s immigration law, “doubling-down” on Citizens United, restricting unions in raising political funds, etc.? Why are the Presidential and Senate candidates silent on the issue of Court appointments?
Those who heard any of Dean Chemerinsky’s four prior talks on the Supreme Court’s direction, rulings and impact on our lives know well why he draws Concerned Citizens’ largest, most appreciative audiences, by far: His talks combine brilliant analysis with simple clarity and down-to-earth wit. Anyone who’s been to a Chemerinsky talk likely will say, “Trust me: Don’t miss it.”
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If you ask me Roe v. Wade is almost gone anyway, but abortions will still happen, only they will be done by butchers and poor women will die. I repeat POOR women will die. Not wealthy women. Wealthy women will ALWAYS have access to safe abortions because they can travel to wherever they need to go. Poor women will also die because planned Parenthood will lose funding, at least in Texas due to yesterdays Supreme Court ruling,
http://news.wsiu.org/post/court-paves-way-texas-planned-parenthood-cuts. Planned Parenthood provides health services to poor women like cancer screening. Has anyone gone to have an annual pap smear who doesn’t have health insurance lately? My last one was 5 years ago at a womens clinic and it cost me $200. Back in the 90s I had one at a private, for profit clinic and it was $500. I can only imagine how much they charge now.
I am angry that women are always the target for attacks. Why? I am not sure. But one thing I am sure of, these politicians are elected by someone and the ones running, like Rick Santourm do not hide what they are about. It was up to the voters, the pro-choice voters to make sure he did not get elected.
You wait and see, this ruling will have a chilling effect to several more states. And in my opinion, people get the government they put up with. Roe v. Wade has been chipped away for years. Women who want safe access to abortions should have been on the front lines of this battle years ago.
It’s not gone; it’s doing well here and in many other states where abortion rights would otherwise be under continual general attack. However, in a lot of other states, it’s pretty much eviscerated. I think that one or two states now literally have no clinics providing abortions. Some “constitutional right”!
Yes, I agree its still available in California but in places like Chico and Modesto its getting harder. I took part in plenty of Pro-Choice actions when I lived in both places that got down right ugly. And we were up against mostly MEN!
Poor women in Texas will not have the money to get a safe abortion because they do not have the money to travel to another state. And that should be criminal!