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paleotn

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12. In TX, yes. In NY, he has no power. Comstock or not, NY won't cooperate.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 08:52 AM

Dec 14

No different than the Fugitive Slave Act. We will not cooperate. And without state cooperation, his suits are mute. He knows all that and he knows his stance is hugely unpopular throughout the country. He's hand waving. Disturbing, yes, but still just handwaving.

On edit: My better half informed me that NY has a shield law protecting NY residents when it comes to situations like this involving reproductive healthcare. Paxton filed in TX state court. It's going exactly nowhere. Handwaving.

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Ken Paxton sues New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to Texas woman [View all] highplainsdem Dec 13 OP

Paxton/Abbot really think women in/from Texas are their personal property and breeding stock Attilatheblond Dec 13 #1

OB/GYNs of both genders already are... And good luck getting residents to come to train at their med hlthe2b Dec 13 #4

Texas is a serious threat to the rest of us ... and why is Paxton still free? NotHardly Dec 13 #5

His wife is in the Tx Senate and didn't vote to Ilsa Dec 13 #8

White, male, monied, connected Attilatheblond Dec 14 #13

GO kick sand, Paxton. I'll take NY, CA, CO, NM, OR, WA and all the other DEM AG's and their pro-choice hlthe2b Dec 13 #2

That's infuriating, they really can't mind their own damn business. Dave Bowman Dec 13 #3

By this reasoning SCantiGOP Dec 13 #6

That dog just won't hunt, Ken. paleotn Dec 13 #7

It stops being Kabuki theater when women start dying -- and they are Hekate Dec 13 #9

In TX, yes. In NY, he has no power. Comstock or not, NY won't cooperate. paleotn Dec 14 #12

Paxton... LudwigPastorius Dec 13 #10

What about clamping down on the online sites providing boner pills? A pregnancy cannot Ziggysmom Dec 14 #11

It is staggering... GiqueCee Dec 14 #14

I hope that the NY court will throw it out. How can he sue outside his state? question everything Dec 14 #15