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Teen and mom plead guilty to abortion charges based on Facebook data (techcrunch.com)

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[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unlikely. Your political system is broken. One side wants to take it away and the other keeps saying they will prevent it, but when they get in power they do absolutely nothing.

EDIT: Just to clarify. I'm not on Republicans side, but I'm also willing to callout Democrats for their failures. I just hate money in politics and 95% of politicians are on corporate side not idealogical one.

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Wtf do you think they could have done? Plenty of states have had voter initiatives and legislation protecting abortion rights.

I really get sick of the "both sides" garbage.

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip -4 points 1 year ago

Critics responded to Obama's tweets by arguing he had had the ability to codify Roe into federal law during his time as president but failed to do so despite Democrats controlling the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011.

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-blasted-not-codifying-roe-v-wade-democrat-failure-1719156

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah they had the votes and time to pass one major piece of legislation while they held 60 seats and they passed the Affordable Care Act and Patient Protection Plan.

If conservatives weren't fighting literally anything that needs to get done, it would be done. It's not a both sides issue, it never was, this is purely conservative talking points. The Democrats not having enough support and political capital to get past the onslaught of GOP bullshit is only reason to support them even more. Apathy and the need to say "both sides are bad" is exactly why we're in this position.

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not on either side. I'm not even American. And you are in this position because you vote the same people who make the same promises over and over and over again. Vote on someone new, who doesn't have 50 page record on breaking every single promise given. No matter the side you choose. Or just remove money from politics and suddently everyone resigns.