I'm not a voter but I heard about reproductive autonomy. I'm not a health care professional so I don't know what that means. Does it mean that us, women have our right to abortion and birth control?
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julsbvb1 OP t1_ivsdh6f wrote
Thank you for clearing it up for me 🙂
NotTooWicked t1_ivse1h7 wrote
Of course! Happy to help and I hope this is a great start to a better understanding to your rights
70180268 t1_ivsek9k wrote
Bearing in mind federal laws supersede state laws and constitutions. Federal restrictions would nullify this. So don’t rest to easily
BiggusDickus46 t1_ivt0vp5 wrote
Enforcement of federal is a key component to this though. Recreational cannabis, for example, is against federal law. The feds challenged this in the Supreme Court nearly two decades ago, and the SC ruled in favor of the federal government. However, SC also basically said, “But, it’s your job to go to Cali and enforce your federal laws.”
Of course, such enforcement never came.
The hope, at least, is that VT and any following states would win out in this same manner.
kswagger t1_ivu0ub3 wrote
States that go as far as to enshrine women's rights in their constitutions are not going to enforce a federal ban, and if a GOP controlled government decided to go all in on trying to enforce a federal ban via withholding federal funding from states that refuse, which would include several battleground states, they will just completely surrender the independent/suburban vote they can't afford to lose. These midterms were a fight for that vote and we just saw how that went.
twowheels t1_iw04qqc wrote
Based on your profile you’re old enough to vote, so why aren’t you a voter?
NotTooWicked t1_ivsd901 wrote
The right to make our own medical reproductive choices without control by the government. This can mean birth control, abortion, fertility assistance (in some states there are fears IVF will be banned or restricted because sometimes there are excess embryos that are not transferred), and sterilization.