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Groundbreaking South Carolina Bill: Compensate People for Forcing Them to Give Birth

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The bill, SB 928, demands that anti-choice lawmakers in South Carolina who have proposed banning abortion at six weeks into pregnancy put their money where their mouth is: If lawmakers are going to force people to carry their pregnancies to term, and if they are going to deem the development of an unborn embryo as more important than the life and rights of pregnant people, then South Carolina should compensate them for acting as a gestational surrogate for the state of South Carolina.

…just as South Carolina may not constitutionally use a citizen’s rental property without just compensation, it may not constitutionally require a woman to incubate a child without appropriate compensation.”

…The compensation suggested in the legislation includes reasonable living, legal, medical, psychological, and psychiatric expenses that are directly related to prenatal, intrapartal, and postpartal periods. In addition, upon detection of a fetal heartbeat, a pregnant person may claim the fetus as a child for purposes of federal or state income tax credits or deductions.

….Compensation also includes automatic eligibility to participate in a program that would pair a pregnant person with a specially trained nurse to provide home visits from early pregnancy through the child’s second birthday. …Pregnant people would also be automatically eligible for any public assistance like TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), and WIC, and the law would prohibit reducing or suspending those benefits until the child is 18 years old.

…If the pregnant person becomes disabled as the result of carrying the fetus to term, then the state must cover all medical expenses associated with the disability. Similarly, if the child is born with a congenital abnormality or disability, the state must cover all medical expenses associated with that disability for the rest of the child’s life.

Also, South Carolina would be required to cover all costs associated with health, dental, and vision insurance until the child turns 18. And if the biological father of the child is unknown or unable to provide support, then the state must provide child support in the biological father’s stead.

….South Carolina must fully fund a college savings plan for the benefit of the child.

Groundbreaking South Carolina Bill: Compensate People for Forcing Them to Give Birth #ABLC

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When Will Iowa Caucus Results Be Released?

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg seemed to claim that he was victorious in Iowa. …“Because by all indications we are going to New Hampshire victorious.” Buttigieg has been adamantly smiling ever since, as in this video where he ignores a CNN reporter’s question about why he prematurely declared victory in Iowa.

Bernie Sanders’s campaign also released internal caucus-result data from 40 percent of Iowa precincts showing him in first place, with 30 percent of the vote. His senior adviser Jeff Weaver cautioned in a statement, “We recognize that this does not replace the full data from the Iowa Democratic Party, but we believe firmly that our supporters worked too hard for too long to have the results of that work delayed.” 

…Elizabeth Warren’s campaign manager Roger Lau told reporters, “I think that every second goes by, every single second that passes where we don’t get a final result is concerning.”

…Biden’s general counsel Dana Remus [criticized] “acute failures” in the state’s reporting process.

When Will Iowa Caucus Results Be Released?

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Iowa democratic caucus vote mess made worse by online political reaction

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From what I recall our country’s hive mind of political junkies and practitioners did not have a collective meltdown the last time there was a delay. But of course, back then our discourse wasn’t nearly as aggressive. We didn’t have an election with stakes this high, or a social media with culture this toxic.

And so, instead of taking those merciful few hours of peace before breaking news broke us again to say, read a book or take a walk or — given the hour — just go to sleep, the news networks, horse-race politics media, and the far-too-online political commentators decided to engage in the following ridiculous behavior:

  • Claim that this delay would force party bosses to push the Iowa caucus later in the calendar year.
  • Claim that this is (or might as well be) a conspiracy against their candidate or questioning the integrity of the results. Two ideas which I’m sure Republicans are delighted to allow the public to continue engaging with throughout this election. (Given the paper trail and public nature of the caucuses, these concerns are foolish.)
  • Call for the ouster of the head of the Democratic National Committee, Tom Perez.
  • Blame Obama.
  • Question if the journalists who covered the events may feel stupid for doing their jobs because they didn’t see the outcome immediately.

 

….All of the conspiracy mongering and hot take throwing is only serving to confuse people outside the internet hive mind and to undermine public trust. 

Iowa democratic caucus vote mess made worse by online political reaction – Business Insider

Seriously though!