▲ 652 ▼ Ohio Republicans Say It's Their 'God Given Right' to Restrict Abortion Access (www.rollingstone.com) submitted 2 years ago by Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments Republicans in Ohio want to undermine the will of voters who approved a measure enshrining reproductive freedom into the state’s constitution
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 child) Your god didn’t give you the right to make laws, the people who overwhelmingly voted to legalize abortion did permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) As a non- American, I straight up don't understand how political representatives are not required to action the collective will of the people who elected them. It should be against the law, or subject to legal penalty in some way. . permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world [S] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) It should be against the law, or subject to legal penalty in some way. . As an American, You are 100% right. Unfortunately these endless fuckholes think otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 2 years ago They're strongly disincentivized to enact policy that allows anyone to hold them accountable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) As a non- American, I straight up don't understand how political representatives are not required to action the collective will of the people who elected them. It should be against the law, or subject to legal penalty in some way. . permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world [S] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) It should be against the law, or subject to legal penalty in some way. . As an American, You are 100% right. Unfortunately these endless fuckholes think otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 2 years ago They're strongly disincentivized to enact policy that allows anyone to hold them accountable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world [S] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) It should be against the law, or subject to legal penalty in some way. . As an American, You are 100% right. Unfortunately these endless fuckholes think otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 2 years ago They're strongly disincentivized to enact policy that allows anyone to hold them accountable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 2 years ago They're strongly disincentivized to enact policy that allows anyone to hold them accountable. permalink fedilink source parent