Experts Depict The Grim Reality Of A Post-Roe America 

Stop Blaming Women for Abortions! More often than not the abortion is because of a man. • A man who forced himself • A man who left • A man who won't step up • A man who won't support • A man who won't participate When are we going to hold MEN responsible for abortion?

I grew up in Texas in the 60s and 70s. Women hemorrhaging to death, or getting septic and dying from “back alley abortions”, as they were called, was common. My mother almost died from one. I was forced to have the children of my abuser, even though I was desperate not to. It took me years to recover from my life that began as a teenage mother. My kids deserved an adult as a mother. They deserved not to grow up in poverty. Religious misogyny is alive and well in Texas. I left in 1971, vowing never to return.

'They're not anti-abortion. They're anti-women' - George Carlin. True dat!

I'm not pro-“murdering babies”. I'm pro-Becky who found out at her 20 week anatomy scan that the infant she had been so excited to bring into this world had developed without life sustaining organs. I'm pro-Susan who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization that her assailant planted his seed in her when she got a positive pregnancy test result a month later. I'm pro-Theresa who hemorrhaged due to a placental abruption, causing her parents, spouse, and children to have to make the impossible decision on whether to save her or her unborn child. I'm pro-little Cathy who had her innocence ripped away from her by someone she should have been able to trust and her 11 year old body isn't mature enough to bear the consequence of that betrayal. I'm pro-Melissa who's working two jobs just to make ends meet and has to choose between bringing another child into poverty or feeding the children she already has because her spouse walked out on her. I'm pro-Brittany who realizes that she is in no way financially, emotionally, or physically able to raise a child. I'm pro-Emily who went through IVF, ending up with SIX viable implanted eggs requiring selective reduction in order to ensure the safety of her and a SAFE amount of fetuses. I'm pro-Christina who doesn't want to be a mother, but birth control methods sometimes fail. I'm pro-Jessica who is FINALLY getting the strength to get away from her physically abusive spouse only to find out that she is carrying the monster's child. I'm pro-Vanessa who went into her confirmation appointment after YEARS of trying to conceive only to hear silence where there should be a heartbeat. I'm pro-Lindsay who lost her virginity in her sophomore year with a broken condom and now has to choose whether to be a teenage mom or just a teenager. I'm pro-Courtney who just found out she's already 13 weeks along, but the egg never made it out of her fallopian tube so either she terminates the pregnancy or risks dying from internal bleeding. You can argue and say that I'm pro-choice all you want, but the truth is: I'm pro-life. Their lives. Women's lives. You don't get to pick and choose which scenarios should be accepted. Women's rights are meant to protect ALL women, regardless of their situation!

Facts are facts and the fact of the matter is that there are NO positive benefits to overturning Roe v Wade

Thom Hartman pointed out today that a _corpse_ or a person whose blood is required to save another person's life have more bodily autonomy than women in a lot of states will have under this decision.

If they really cared about saving an innocent baby's life, then republicans wouldn't block or tear down policies and programs that help these babies thrive after they are born. They care so much about babies in the uterus, but as soon as they are born, they could care less. This is obviously not about saving lives.

As an Irish citizen, I am glad you highlighted the changes here. It was not that long ago that pregnant women were denied any pain relief during delivery because of the pain in childbirth drivel in Genesis. Be comforted that the Catholic Church has seen a huge drop in affiliation here and this is set to continue. My thoughts are with the US women who will suffer. Keep fighting!

As a man I cannot comprehend how a woman may feel if her doctor says her baby is not developing right and will not live and she has to take it full term. Inhuman. Witch burning is next.

As an honest man, who knows how men think, I am convinced that if it was men who bore children, abortion would have always been legal.

It's not just about abortion. It's about women's rights to their own bodies. Would America force all men to have vasectomies at puberty until they are married and able to raise a child? Why not? OHHH, because that would take men's rights to their own bodies away now wouldn't it?

The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do. Howard Dean

It's bittersweet to hear "NOW we're awake." As an abortion rights activist who's been screaming into the void about this for 15+ years, it's extremely frustrating that people are "waking up" now that it's too late. MSNBC could have centered this issue years ago, but corporate media just follows what will make them the most money.

I remember a case more than 20 years ago where an Irish teenager had traveled to England for an abortion and the Irish government attempted to extradite her to prevent this happening. This now looms in the US with some states enacting laws to prevent interstate travel for abortion and even to prevent "aide and abetting" of such travel.

I honestly think that The Handmaids Tale did alot to bring the issue of religious extremism to the forefront of people's mind.

If a fetus is a child how come it can't be claimed as a dependent on 1040 income tax return?

Could those behind this ban be corporations who want to insure low wage workers? Some of the kids born into extreme poverty will end up in prisons. Those prisons are for profit prisons with contracts with corporations to supply cheap labor. Many times young people try to escape poverty by joining the military. Could this be more about money and less about "morality "?

To all of the "Let's give Trump a chance" people, BRAVO! You're one step closer to making America great again like it was in the 1800s. Now we just need to get rid of those pesky voting rights since you're too stupid to vote in your own best interests anyway; and voila! The totalitarian society you know you've always wanted.

As I've always said: If men could get pregnant, this would not even be a conversation 🙄

Watching from Canada. This was clear when Trump won and yet so many Americans still lay apathetic during the last election. Please vote! Vote Blue! The world is watching in horror as the American empire declines so rapidly.

Reporting a woman who has an abortion is in breach with the HIPPA and the person involved in such actions should not be allowed in any medical function. No law should be able to undermine the HIPPA in any way, the Oath should be held higher than any law. People who break this oath are a threat to society and to the institutions people need to be able to trust in.

My friend wants kids, and has major health concerns carrying to term. She no longer feels safe trying for kids if things go badly, she can't get the care she would need to save her life.

I watched all of the Handmaids Tale, scared the crap out of me and my firstthought was the republicunts desire for this kind of power

Next it’ll be a felony to have a miscarriage… “how are we to know that she didn’t actually do this to the baby?” 😒

Watching from Europe in disbelieve!! Woman treated like objects or second class people without a saying. Truly medieval times..!

So the supposedly 'forward-thinking' advanced country of America is looking back to the 1700's for their future. From the other side of the world, people are watching this in sadness for the women of America.

No thanks Republicans, we'd rather keep our right to privacy.

You don't have to be an "expert" to see what's coming next.

I am a nurse in RI and I was told by a nurse practioner that I have known or should I say thought I knew ...that abortions should not be allowed....because it's God's will. I lost my mind. And like many in her mindset when faced with facts they can't possibly be accountable or have a valid answer. 💯 done. Medicine is now changed women are not reportable we take an oath in medicine. That would be a violation of HIPPA. BUT. These people are there in the community and I can see this happening easily as evidenced by what I saw in my ultra democratic state of RI tonight. Scared to death for my family and women of all ages and children!!! Of all.ages. This is sick and monstrous we can not allow this to happen. As a nurse and an Army vet please we have to stand up we have to be strong and we have to do what we have to do as great nation to speak out.

I will never understand why people who call themselves Christians try so hard to take away the free will that they are supposed to believe is given to them by God.

NOW HEAR THIS!!! If this goes through, take notice if one of your loved ones dies either by killing themselves or by sepsis, begin suing. It will go to the supreme court, with supreme examples of why Roe is necessary.

As a fellow woman - this is heartbreaking. I feel nothing but sadness and pain. And I am so sorry for all the woman who have to go thru this. It is unfair, amoral and should really not be possible anymore in 21. century.

And so it goes, the insanity of the Religious Right, the hypocrisy and ignorance of smug, patronizing fools. Women will die and these monsters care not one whit.

"Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise." ~Sam Pascoe

This country has taken one more step towards Gilead. Ladies in the US, get out the vote!

You cant give a fetus a right that no other living person has in the US, and thats the right to use an other person's body without their consent to preserve the life of an other. If a friend, family member or stranger needs your blood or organs to live, legally you have the right to refuse even if that means that person dies. We can't even take organs from DEAD people unless we had permission/consent before death saying we can take them. No one has the right to use someone else's body to live without that person's consent. The women who want abortions are NOT consenting to letting their body be used that way.

Since Poland implemented the antiabortion law 2 women have died from sepsis when their fetus's died and doctors faced prison if they intervened by a simple D and C which would have prevented the septis which was the cause of their deaths, including 1 woman carrying twins which 1 died in utero causing the death of the second a week later then the mother. GOOGLE IT! And if a woman has a true miscarriage some ER worker may accuse them of an abortion thus besides the physical and mental stress and pain they may be looking at false criminal charges. And yes there will be a resurgence of "back alley abortions". My grandmother was a nurse in the 1920s and her horror stories of abortions gone wrong were terrible and no happy ending. Death or infertility was the usual outcome.

this is the reality that needs to be talked about. HORRIFYING consequences of these backward-thinking POLITICIANS on the supreme court.

Watching The Handmaid's Tale again seem's even more realistic now.

Please search "RU-vid" for Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" PSA (dated Oct. 22, 2012). It starts with her stating, "I am Lesley Gore and I approve this message." It ends with her saying, "I recorded 'You Don't Own Me' in 1964. It's hard for me to believe but we are still fighting for the same things we were then. Yes, ladies, we have to come together, get out there and vote and protect our bodies. They're ours. Please vote." As a Dr., we need to respect individual decisions and provide accessible quality health care services while protecting those who perform such services. P.S. I am a man who supports women's and other's rights and liberties!

We will not stop fighting for our rights!!! Women STAND UP it's time for us too hit the streets in every state and let our voices be heard!!!

As respectful responsible men of America we need to support, protect & stand bye our Women's rights & freedoms for gosh sakes, after all we are 50% responsible for her circumstances, c'mon ‼ This is not simply a Woman issue, it's a Humanitarian issue of freedoms & rights, & the evil right will come for us next ‼ ☮🌊🌊🌊🤜🤛

Time to add some more judges to the Supreme Court.

A few months back my sister (R)asked me if I was going to vote for my pocket book or my girls (she has all boys)… MY GIRLS and ever other young woman in America! While I’m past the age of child bearing I remember my own inexperience and family pressure. Had I had a child out of wedlock I would have been thrown away as an embarrassment to the family. How do I know this? One of my two brothers was kicked out because of drug addiction at 14. Every one has a story…

My friend was 8 weeks pregnant when she was hit by a motorcycle while on her bicycle on the way home. In their rush to save her, the doctors failed to give her a pregnancy test before they flooded her body with radiation, doing numerous x-rays in consecutive surgeries. When she woke up, she and her husband were faced with an impossible decision - either carry the baby to full term, knowing full well that it suffered life debilitating mutations during the first hours o her accident or terminate the pregnancy peacefully. I am very glad to say that at least here in Israel, her doctors advised her to terminate the pregnancy rather than subject her child to a life of difficulties. It broke both of their hearts, but they did. Over 2 years later they decided they were healed enough to try again and welcomed a healthy baby boy into their family. I shudder to think what would have been the fate of their family, and that of the baby's in the hands of "Post Roe America"

Feckin unreal! Why is half the world regressing?!! I never realised how close we still are to the 18th century in attitudes. 😔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌎

I have a genetic disease that makes carrying a pregnancy to term extremely dangerous for my health and can cause organ damage or blindness. I have a BF I live with and plan on marrying but I can’t imagine being with him in a world where safe legal abortion isn’t provided JUST IN CASE my birth control doesn’t work one day. I’m scared this will ruin my relationship, I can’t risk pregnancy.

Ireland used to be so controlled by conservative Catholics and finally fixed themselves. It's odd to see it happen but it gives me a bit of hope. I follow a trans guy on Twitter from Ireland. He is so badass and an admirable oddball, but because he's from Ireland he Knows, how fragile keeping rights for minorities and women is. The culture has to value afab folks as human beings, not baby machines.

I have had an abortion. It was what was right for me at the time. So now that I've told you my sin, WHAT'S YOURS. Why are people so concerned with the sins of others, focus on your own integrity.

You have no idea how much this information has lifted my spirits in such a dark time. I’m so glad these organizations have stepped up to get some help to women everywhere💜 We will not go back! Stand tall ladies, and men, we need to make our voices heard.

Irish people marched for years to separate Church and state. At last it finally happened. 👍It is so hard to watch America go backwards now and put women's lives an the hands of rightwing religious nuts. 😭

Why is there no national petition to sign?! This should show some massive pro-choice support!

I have said this, even though I haven't read or watched The Handmaid's Tale. The few are trying to rule over what the public actually wants. Making abortion illegal doesn't stop abortions, it creates an underground and dangerous situations. Just because it's legal doesn't mean you have to have one. It's about choice. It's about having a safe procedure.

If the GQP is this scared of women, imagine how powerful we have become! Use your power ladies!

The Federalist Society bought and paid for this Supreme Court. They own the majority of the judges therefore they own you.

The problem with the US political system is that there's no capacity for referenda, no system for direct vote on critical issues.

my head ruptures attempting to understand this issue logically... there is no rational reason the State should make women's health decisions criminal. none. zero. nadda. zilch. fahgetaboutit. The bible doesn't even forbid it. Just plain 'ol common sense that no one should be telling a woman what to do.

Why do men have ANY say in whether or not a woman has an abortion? Imagine if a female majority Supreme Court legislated that all men should be compelled to have vasectomies in order to avoid unwanted pregnancies... You might think that is a poor comparison.... but is it?

This Justice is old enough to remember what it was like prior to Roe vs Wade. Those who forget are condemned to repeat.

Thanks Joy for your coverage of this discouraging and frightening turn of events. Men trying to control women’s lives has come to a very ugly head. Handmaid’s Tale is an appropriate comparison, sadly.

This last lady speaking is straight up giving relevant information to people who might need it - amazing.

Because these judges perjured themselves under oath in hearings, shouldn’t they be prevented from having their opinion counted on this issue? There is a question whether they would be on the Supreme Court if they hadn’t lied and said they would up hold Roe

VOTE BLUE AMERICA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

We don’t need to go to Ireland to know what will happen. We’ve been through this and so many women died from back alley abortions. Why do we never learn from history?

The Catholic Church had also banned contraception 😞. Just stating a fact.

It’s not going to end with Roe. Say goodbye to the last 70 years of progress established by previous courts. So long civil rights. Audios church-state separation. Sayonara LGBTQ equality.

It’s not pro-life, it’s ANTI-CHOICE!!!

I watched the Oklahoma bill being discussed and some legislator white guy wanted to know why ectopic pregnancies were afforded an exception. My God! Ectopic pregnancies are a death sentence if not aborted. Does he know that? Maybe, maybe not. No one asked him. It’s appalling.

Interesting to see our country, the Republic of Ireland, feature here. Abortion here engendered a well-known phrase: "An Irish solution for an Irish problem", referring to abortion being illegal Buuuuuut people didn't care if women went to England instead to get abortions. Problem. Solution. However, given the times we live in, and that the contemporary Republic of Ireland is a modern, Left-leaning state, and a place where religion is all but dead (totally dead, when it comes to any political power/control), the Irish electorate voted in a landslide to back abortion. A couple of issues helped influence the vote - primarily the death of Savita, an Indian immigrant, in a directly related matter, and also the many women who spoke out to say that they desperately wanted to carry to full term the pregnancies they had, but their pregnancies were unviable and/or posed a serious threat to their lives, so they went to England to get abortions instead. They felt abandoned by the Irish state, even though they desperately wanted their pregnancy to complete, yet ended up having to travel to another country and get remains posted back to them. It's shocking that my American niece will soon not only have less rights than her Irish cousins, but will grow up in a country that clearly values women less by the year, and is trying to reverse rights and equality backwards by several decades, largely driven there by far right extremists and deeply, deeply callous Christian fundamentalists, trying to force their standards on everyone. Ultimately, if you don't believe in abortion - that's fine. Don't engage with that, then, and Your rights are still protected. But that doesn't mean you can force everyone else to follow what You want to see, as it's a personal choice, not a mandated thing. Good luck, American women. I know that many Irish women are appalled by this move backwards.

All Judges that are confirmed should have no religious affiliation .

Know what the funny thing is, this "leaked" opinion is perfect timing.. I almost forgot about the GOP cover up in its role in that whole insurrection thing.

Example: Middle school student punches pregnant teacher, teacher goes to prison because the students parents say she told him to hit her.

Must Watch Video: CNN: Why former anti-abortion activist regrets the movement he helped build. The anti-abortion movement helped shape the current Supreme Court Justices and the present day Republican Party.

Roe overturn has always been about anti women. The Texas law will also punish companies that provides travel cost for out of state abortion. Soon the reality will be its legal than deny medical care to women after an illegal or legal abortion. So we would treat a mass murder after he was injured during a crime spree but not a woman after an abortion. Ironic

The fundamental problem now is that our judicial branch became political. This will be so messy...

I personally don't like the concept of abortion. I'd much prefer contraception but I suppose that would be ANYONE's preference. Still I'm NOT going to say women shouldn't have access to safe, legal abortion. People should study what happened in Romania under Ceausecau.

the american taliban party must be defeated by all means i know you can do it! now you know who you are, your worst shadows are in the light and you can fight your worst impulses when you know where you stand! be fierce, kind and determined, let freedom, love and truth grow america ... you can do this

It is time to place term limits on the Supreme Court to end the jockeying that the two major parties perform to get their person in, which affects the next 40 years, in some cases, of judicial decisions. Why can’t we have each president during their term nominate two justices and then have them retire in 18 years. That should be enough to fulfill their desire to be impartial as they could simply retire or teach law or return to a lower bench. Term limits would allow law interpretations based on the prevailing popular opinion that elected the President. It’s time.

I’m Italian and we are alongside with Irish a catholic majority and the Pope is here in Rome, and we have abortion for decades now!!! And if they dare to touch it we’re going to do a revolution! But the majority is overwhelmingly in favour of abortion!!!!!

We need to see how insurance companies will also respond. Our HIPAA rights are at severe risk of being eliminated. We are heading toward the "big brother" society and at risk of initiating a McCarthyism style system of government intervention. We are also likely to see our own generational version of the "underground railroad" to help those who are significant risk.

If only in a fantasy world and it was possible I would like to see what would happen if all the women moved out of these republican states that have these laws. Just something that popped into my head.

Jesus didn't mention abortion once - not once. Amazing that he could forget to mention something so important to him! Just clean slipped his mind....

When did women loose their rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

What happened to my body my choice when it came to wearing a mask during a pandemic but men want to tell a woman what to do with her body!!!?! Drop off your unwanted child on the doorsteps of the republican Surpreme Court justices, republicans in the House and Senate, and judges, governors, etc!! They feel so strongly about PROLIFE but don't care about the child after it's born, let them raise the child!!

No other developed country has this issue. Because no other developed country has the level of religiosity that the United States does. They are not influenced by backward superstitions.

Look Out Republicans - You’re Days Are now Limited. You just Gave Kamala Harris the Keys, To Organize Both Parties over Human Rights

Make no mistake…if roe vs wade is overturned, women who miscarry will risk being arrested/investigated/charged with murder. That’s another reason why this is so scary. It’s happened in other countries, so it’s in no way far fetched.

When they report specific cases of women being reported by hospitals and doctors they should name which hospitals and the name of the doctors that reported these women

How do you think enforcement will play out? Pregnancy will be recorded when you see your OBGYN. Let’s say you miscarry, if after 9 months from the recorded pregnancy a birth isn’t recorded you’ll get a knock on the door. If it’s illegal to abort won’t you have to prove the miscarriage genuine. How would you go about that? What enforcement group would do that enquiry? What form will it take? Will it require an invasive procedure to validate the miscarriage? Do you trust law enforcement & the justice system to get this done right? These are all questions that will have to be answered. This is what enforcement looks like when you criminalise things. Investigation, validation, prosecution & punishment. This is the wish list of your small government party. Remember too that this is all happening while the Republicans aren’t even in office, just imagine how it will be when they are. Thanks

Vote BLUE , get rid of the Gestapo / GQP !

There is an amazing book called The Politics of Duplicity. It outlines where we could be headed as our government takes this first step towards fascism. Romania outlawed abortions and contraception for nearly 20 years. The effect on women and children was devastating. Remember those appalling images of Romanian orphans that were all over the news in the 1980s? We don’t adequately care for our children now, yet adding more kids into the system is supposed to make things better?

It starts here, and more rights will hit the chopping block in short work. This is how Democracy will fall...

It was only in the 1920's (later in some places) that women had a greater right to privacy with their doctors. The Husband or father was given the right to be present so the doctor could tell them what was going on... as it was said women didn't have the capacity? We are moving back to this anti-feminist thinking and we must protect women's rights. We have seen this ignorant thinking before.

We women in Ireland are frightened for you all. If you need help, we are here for you.

i work for an online pharmacy in bamgldesh...and we send prescription medication from India to USA and the demand for misoprostol and other contraceptives have increased on an average 3-4 hundred percent. It goes to our customers in the states through USPS and DHL. We have been sending cheap high quality generic medications to the USA since 2010. I get to talk to so many women every single day and their pain and discomfort is just heartbreaking.

A lot of Republican states have a serious problem with teen and out of wedlock births. Going beyond the discussion in this report-a hypothetical: What if the number of children put up for adoption doubles? A lot of states have a hard time dealing with the foster children they already have and most states are _not_ prepared for a big increase in the number of children put up for adoption. Are Republicans ready to pay billions of dollars _more_ annually for foster and childcare? A broad tax increase for this won't play well politically or economically on the state or federal level. This will take more women out of the workforce at a time of full employment and reduce college completion rates for both men and women. Overthrowing Roe will have _very_ high costs. Republicans, are you willing to pay the costs "to own the libs" on this?

Someone very close to me life was saved by an abortion. She was told if she continued with her wanted pregnancy she would most likely die. How dare they take that choice away from her and many other woman. Why can’t people worry about themselves and leave others alone. If you can’t trust women with making their own decisions how can you trust them to raise a child?

I’m willing to bet that all of the politicians who want to see Roe overturned have someone in their life whose had an abortion. I’m wondering if they’d be willing to prosecute a wife, girlfriend, sister, or daughter if abortion is illegal. They should be asked this question in public so we can hear their answers.

There is NO heartbeat by six weeks of pregnancy, but only an electrical pulse in the area where the heart can form and may start beating by 10 to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

I'm not sure about the rest of the country, but in Washington State most of the Public Hospitals on the Coast anyway are Catholic Institutions and the only Hospitals. There have been cases where they refused to terminate a Pregnancy even though the fetus was dead and Sepsis was infecting the Mother. She almost died before her husband got her care in another State. She was the Mother of 3 that wanted her child, was not Catholic, but it almost killed her and orphaned her other 3 kids. And this in the name of Religion?