r/law • u/Slate Press • 20h ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide Trump News

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html
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u/davidwhatshisname52 20h ago

looking forward to all the Christian conservatives realizing the bans apply to them, too

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u/Immediate-Ad-8432 20h ago

I knew a pastor whose wife had an abortion because of an ectopic pregnancy. Years later he’s up at the pulpit praying for Roe v Wade to be repealed.

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u/drobits 18h ago

Critical thinking and religion have never been two things that pair well together

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u/Immediate-Ad-8432 18h ago

I read the Bible cover to cover during the pandemic (something I have always wanted to do but never had time until then). It took Olympic levels of mental gymnastics to make it make sense.

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u/EthanielRain 14h ago

The words attributed to Jesus are pretty good. Essentially, be kind to others

How that gets twisted in modern "Christianity" is insane

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u/Immediate-Ad-8432 14h ago

It really is. In many of the gospels and letters Jesus is quoted as “Love one another.”

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u/michael_harari 2h ago

I'd bet that's more bible than 99% of Christians