Mike Luckovich for September 02, 2021

Who needs to pray for whom? Republicans and conservatives who are crying crocodile tears over the what the Taliban will do to women in Afghanistan would have a lot more credibility if they first showed the slightest concern for the rights of women in THIS country, now under unprecedented assault in Texas (aka the Caliphate of Gilead; Y’all Qaeda) as the Supreme Court goes silent on an emergency request to put the law on on hold until it can be fully litigated, and allows a law to effectively outlaw all abortions as of 12:01 a.m. September 1.

By just going silent, not even issuing a ruling or providing an explanation, they effectively allow Roe v. Wade — which has been SETTLED LAW for almost 50 years — to die a silent death in a midnight massacre.

When Roe v. Wade was decided in January of 1973, it was not legally controversial. It was decided 7-2 — not even close — and written by Harry Blackmun, a REPUBLICAN appointee of Richard Nixon, citing personal liberty issues and based on the “intent of the Founders,” since abortion had been legal in all 13 colonies at the time of this nation’s independence, and continuing legal in all states for almost 50 years, until Connecticut became the first to outlaw it in 1821.

I have provided a detailed analysis of the legal issues in Roe, including a link to the actual text of the Roe v. Wade decision at my site:

http://emerald7tfb.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/legal-aspects-of-reproductive-rights/

Texas now protects the legal rights of a virus, but not the legal rights of women.

What’s the difference between the Taliban and the republicans? The republicans aren’t allowed to stone their enemies, yet.

Next on the Texas’ legislative agenda is the RU-486 abortion pill, aka Mifeprex!! Welcome to the Republic of the American Taliban, nee the Republic of Texas!!

/SHEESH/

I can see it now. Coat hangers in back alleys so the woman can self-abort as they did before.

Pray for women everywhere!

These are scary times for women. You nailed it, sir.

We renaming Texas DUMBF*CKISTAN. Other than Afghanistan, where else can you see gun-toting a$$holes riding around in pickup trucks with their flag waving off the back all while denying women any rights to be human.

Thanks, Mike. I was thinking the same thing.

The legal definition of death is the cessation of brain activity. Instead of a heart beat, perhaps we should use brain waves as a definition of life.

Starting with politicians.

The Texass Christaliban strikes again…

And now Texans can carry guns without training. What’s the worst that could happen?

Women in Afghanistan may not have freedom, but at least they have empathy.

In Texas a virus receives more protection than a person (especially a woman), “open carry” for firearms is the law, and their power grid could fail at any time. I read that tourism is way down in Texas. I wonder why? /s

Texas has also allowed open carry of guns without training. There are going to be lot more cases of accidental discharge or just random rage shootings. They have a really convoluted view of what ‘sanctity of life’ is.

A pretty sad truth.. disgusting actually

Sure. Nothing fails quite like prayer. Yes, I know. You too!

New Texas Taliban Tourism and Chamber of Commerce poster.

https://i.imgur.com/SjPDE2V.jpeg

And now Doctor Coathanger will resume practice.

And you, also.

R now stands for Rapists’ Reproduction Rights.

conservatives are the American Taliban.

Liberals hate personal responsibility.

I realize that cartoons only have just so much space to work with and thus are forced into simplifying complexities, but commenters on them have no such excuse. Anyone who rails on “Texas” (rather than the Texas state government or the Texas Republican Party or specific named Texans) is overlooking the demographic reality of the Lone Star State.

2020 Presidential votes for Democrats in Texas: 5,259,126.

That’s more Democrats in Texas than in these states actually won by Democrats: Arizona (1,672,143), Colorado (1,804,352), Connecticut (1,080,831), Delaware (296,268), DC (317,323), Georgia (2,473,633), Hawaii (366,130), Illinois (3,471,915), Maine (435,072), Maryland (1,985,023), Massachusetts (2,382,202), Michigan (2,804,040), Minnesota (1,717,077), Nevada (703,486), New Hampshire (424,937), New Jersey (2,608,335), New Mexico (501,614), New York (5,230,985), Oregon (1,340,383), Pennsylvania (3,458,229), Rhode Island (307,486), Vermont (242,820), Virginia (2,413,568), Washington (2,369,612), and Wisconsin (1,630,866).

In a comment regarding another cartoon, I said that Gov. Abbott was taking a page from the Taliban playbook. He also hates anyone who is LGBTQ, so I guess he might be right at home in Afghanistan.

Nice.

Pray for all women

Republicans are going to use Trump’s Law to spread this Texas law to every state. Trump’s Law: 1) Do the most insidious and deplorable thing you can think of.2) If there are no consequences go to 1.

Texas republican women voted themselves into slavery.

Dems govern, Republicans take away American rights.

Texas: Where a virus has reproductive rights but women do not.

Texas: Where women are livestock.

Is abortion just another method of birth control?

totally right my friend. Women of the USA need to realize what is going on!

The Afghan ladies are in hiding!

Whose praying or all those Murdered babies?>

What are the babies legal rights? Who protects them?