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Tory MP tweets support for overturning of Roe Vs Wade

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GreenLunchBox · 24/06/2022 22:50

To those who think it couldn't happen over here.....
twitter.com/sunflowersutra1/status/1540363255557799936?t=oFfgeh0xucIIhF8ElGT1sQ&s=19

Rees Mogg is anti-abortion too. This government is heading towards fascism already, changing any laws that stop them doing what they want.

I wish they spoke a different language in America because maybe then we wouldn't keep importing their shit ideas. Europe don't seem to keep copying America like we do

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Luidaeg · 29/06/2022 08:15

GreenLunchBox · 29/06/2022 01:46

I've been on the line to the police 101 number for an hour and am still waiting. This is the state we are in and nobody cares because it's not affected them. I cared before I needed them and I finally need them.

Why are you calling the police?

DownNative · 29/06/2022 08:16

CleverKnot · 25/06/2022 20:50

Good Friday agreement mentions the HRA.
leave HRA and suddenly the GFA is a lot less binding on Uk Govt.
Be careful what you wish for.

No, the GFA mentions the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). But this was not intended to be the only authority since the GFA states the UK Government has complete sovereignty over Northern Ireland as well.

That is why the GFA states ".....and any Bill of Rights". Quite why you think any UK Bill of Rights would both contravene the GFA and/or that Northern Ireland wouldn't be included in it, I don't know. As per the GFA, Northern Ireland would get a section within it to itself which would take account of things there.

I guess this is like those who mistakenly thought that Brexit would breach the GFA until the High Court in Belfast ruled it didn't as the GFA was not actually dependent on continued EU membership. By the same token, the GFA is not dependent on continuing membership of the ECHR and the UK Government can bring in "any Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland" since it has sovereignty here.

So, far from the UK Government being on a path to criminalising abortion, its behaviour is very clearly the opposite as it has legalised abortion in Northern Ireland. And making moves to obligate for their services to be provided.

This is not a case of the US doing something and the UK following like a poodle. The UK has diverged from the United States in many areas over the years.

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