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Feb 2 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
We're basically hamstringing the medical profession with the laws being passed regarding abortions. Doctors are having to play defense. We have the highest infant mortality rate & the highest maternal mortality rate,& now we're tying doctors' hands in caring for women.
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If abortions are allowed only in the cases of incest or rape, we're forcing women to be liars, to make false accusations, & then to be criminals, simply so they can have control over their bodies.
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In TN, they're proposing an exception for rape. A woman who's raped has to report it, either to the police or to a rape crisis center, which then must report it to the police. (con't)
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(con't) In addition to reporting a rape, the victim must also submit to a forensic exam.Females 12 & under would be able to get an abortion before 10 weeks & females 13+ only up to 8 weeks. I'm told many females don't even know they're pregnant yet in those time frames.
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Feb 4
Bob Ney: I don't think Marjorie Taylor Greene or Gosar will go to a martyr status. Of all the people who could be removed from a committee, there'd be more outrage over Schiff than Omar.
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Fred Wellman: The giant Chinese balloon flew over my house today in Missouri. The idea that someone could fly something over my head & take pictures of us...wait a minute. One of my Repub reps sent out 9 tweets about the balloon.
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Fred Wellman: If we shoot down China's balloon, then they'll shoot down one of ours.
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Feb 3
Emily Andrews: The Family Medical Leave Act is an incredibly important piece of legislation. It's not just the pay, FMLA is flawed--the size of the employer, how long you've worked there, how much you make all affects your ability to take unpaid leave.
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Emily Andrews: There are a number of bills to increase the number of people who can qualify for FMLA. The biggest obstacle to FMLA? People can't afford to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave.
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Emily Andrews: We are the only industrialized nation without paid leave.
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Feb 3
Matías Vernengo: The Fed may say they want a soft landing & not cause a recession, but it looks bad on the Fed if they appear to be weak on inflation. I think Repubs want chaos.
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Matías Vernengo: If the Fed didn't already cause a recession, housing prices may throw us in a recession. If we dodge that bullet, then I think Repubs will want to throw us in a recession & it would be political.
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Rick: The thought of Tucker Carlson getting slapped around a little...
Sarah Burris: He's probably into that. He might even be into wearing diapers or something.
Rick: That's an image I never want to see.
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Lisa Graves: School "choice" is the language they adopted from the actual choice movement. There was an effort to resist racial integration in schools, & in 1954 the Supreme Court said kids couldn't be segregated by race in school.
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Lisa Graves: The school choice schemes we've seen funnel public money into private hands with no oversight, no accountability. They're often taught by people unqualified to teach.
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Lisa Graves: I remember meeting a woman in my geology class, my lab partner, who said she believed the earth was no older than 8000 yrs old. She'd been homeschooled & was taught from the Bible.
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