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It's early days and already 22% of obgyns have left the state. And what makes that worse is that Idaho is one of the fastest growing states in the US. Idaho was second-fastest growing state in the U.S. in 2022 https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/01/04/idaho-was-second-fastest-growing-state-in-the-u-s-in-2022/ And did you notice this? The boldface is mine: Idaho's restrictive abortion laws are fueling an exodus of OB/GYNs, with more than half of those who specialize in high-risk pregnancies expected to leave the state by the end of the year.

The state of Idaho is in the beginning stages of a grand exodus. Doctors – specifically, those who care for pregnant women and perform abortions – are fleeing the state due to new abortion restrictions. Doctors like Lauren Miller, who has been treating women and performing abortions in Boise for the last five years. Her greatest fear? “Being tried as a felon simply for saving someone’s life,” she told CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/13/us/idaho-abortion-doctors-drain/index.html Idaho's restrictive abortion laws are fueling an exodus of OB/GYNs, with more than half of those who specialize in high-risk pregnancies expected to leave the state by the end of the year. Doctors CBS News spoke with said treating non-viable pregnancies, in which the fetus is not expected to survive, puts them and their patients in what they call an impossible position. Dr. Anne Feighner, an OB/GYN in Boise, said she felt sad and frustrated upon hearing what one of her patients went through: delivering a baby in a hotel bathroom after traveling out of state for an abortion. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/idaho-near-total-abortion-ban-driving-doctors-out-of-the-state/

I don't know. Sometimes, when I contemplate the quality of this posting from thaibeachlovers, I'm halfway moved to agree.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-trump-raise-the-settlement

It should be noted that this woman, Elena Baturina, whom the Republicans and fellow travelers called a Russian oligarch, is actually an ex-Russian oligarch and has been living in exile in the UK for about 14 years because she's in conflict with the Russian government.

Another right-wing mind reader. Either that or because you've got nothing substantive to reply with, you make it personal instead.

An opinion piece from Alina Habba? Really? Alina Habba's 5 Worst Horror Show Moments in Court https://www.newsweek.com/alina-habba-court-trump-civil-trial-ejean-carroll-1861796

If you want to believe your rights come from God, that's fine. It's give those rights legal preference over the rights enumerated in the Constitution and various amendments that's the problem. The fathers of the Constitution saw how religion was abused in Europe by governments and the misery that ensued from that abuse. They understood that no humans can prove that they know which rights come from God and which ones don't. For this reason, there is no mention of God in the body of the Constitution. Not one mention. That is the founding document of the United States of America. Not the Declaration of Independence. That was simply a statement from citizens of the 13 colonies which made the case for those colonies to break away from the British empire. It has zero legal force or relevance. Christian nationalists claim falsely that the Constitution was derived from Judeo-Christian principles. They claim that, because of that derivation, nothing in the Constitution can violate those principles. So, when there appears to be a violation, that's an error and should be decided on the basis of those alleged Judeo-principles. Of course, these same Christian nationalists claim to have a definitive and incontrovertible understanding of what those principles are. According to them, anyone who disagrees with them is in error. The founding fathers would be horrified by such claims. Just recently we saw where this kind of lunacy can lead to in the opinion of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. Bible-quoting Alabama chief justice sparks church-state debate in embryo ruling "When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law, its chief justice had a higher authority in mind. By citing verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker alarmed advocates for church-state separation, while delighting religious conservatives who oppose abortion. Human life, Parker wrote, “cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God, who views the destruction of His image as an affront to Himself.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/bible-quoting-alabama-chief-justice-sparks-church-state-debate-in-embryo-ruling

Really? "President Donald Trump ordered a rapid withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Somalia in the wake of his 2020 election loss, but senior officials never followed through on the plan, according to testimony released by the congressional January 6 committee on Thursday. “The order was for an immediate withdrawal, and it would have been catastrophic,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., one of two Republican members of the special panel. “And yet President Trump signed the order.” https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/10/13/trump-ordered-rapid-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-after-election-loss/#:~:text=President Donald Trump ordered a,January 6 committee on Thursday. And despite the fact that the Taliban repeatedly violated the agreement, that didn't move Trump to delay the pullout. Top US Commander Doubts Afghan Taliban Commitment to Peace The United States is not ready to abandon its agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan, but the general in charge of U.S. forces in the region says there are signs the deal ultimately may be doomed. U.S. Central Command’s General Kenneth McKenzie said Thursday that despite a pledge to reduce violence, the frequency of Taliban attacks across Afghanistan remained troubling. "I would not consider what the Taliban is doing as consistent with any path to going forward to come to a final end state agreement with the current government of Afghanistan,” McKenzie told U.S. lawmakers. https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_top-us-commander-doubts-afghan-taliban-commitment-peace/6185719.html

Not that it's relevant, except maybe to anti-Semites, but I haven't found any evidence that such is the case. There is an extensive interview here which goes into his family background. https://adst.org/OH TOCs/Crocker, Chester Arthur.toc.pdf It does make it seem unlikely that he's Jewish but doesn't definitively rule it out. Care to share with us the source of your claim? EDIT: This from the article linked to almost definitively rules out that Crocker is Jewish: "My father, more than my mother, went to church on Sundays and made allusions, Biblical allusions and references were not uncommon in things that he would say, although they were very uncommon in things I might say."

Idaho has been losing practicing obstetricians since its abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a new report by the Idaho Physician Well-Being Action Collaborative (IPWAC). The report showed that 22% of the practicing obstetricians in Idaho stopped practicing or left the state during a 15-month period from August 2022 to November 2023. In total, the number of obstetricians practicing in the state -- with a population of approximately 960,000 women -- dropped from 268 to 210 during that period. The report also noted that two hospital obstetric programs closed during this period, while two other programs are struggling to remain open due to problems recruiting obstetricians, including one that is expected to close on April 1. https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/108885

If you're going to make slave-owning a decisive criterion as far as authors go, then that pretty much invalidates the entire Constitution including the Bill of Rights. Woke much?

And this is from James Madison, also known as the Father of the Constitution: "Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative. The Constitution of the U. S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion." https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/hannity-repeated-misleading-claim-james-madison-hired-first-chaplain-united-states https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-01-02-0549

I meant to reply to Doif. Sorry.

I believe he also said that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Please share with us who in this thread or any other supports the belief that the state should own the means of production.

Will it be sighting the example of Tibet to support its case?

I assume you're referring to Thomas Jefferson who had his own version of the New testament printed without any references to the miracles that Jesus supposedly performed.

Do you know how many times "God" is mentioned in the body of the Constitution? If your answer is greater than zero, then you're wrong. You think the founding fathers just forgot to put it in?

Jesus also said "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household” (Matthew 10:34-36)." So maybe Jesus was, after all, just another one of those vengeful Jews that anti-Semites like you are so fond of postulating?

That's because, like most politicians, they believe in invoking unpopular sentiments no matter what the political cost.

A larger but rapidly declining percentage. Only 49% of millennials describe themselves as Christian 40%, say they have no religious affiliation. And the rest follow other religions. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/

The pledge of allegiance is not a legal document. In fact, i the original version was a creation of a socialist, Francis Bellamy. It was only in 1954,, during the Red Scare, that "under God" was added to the text.

It's clear that you haven't followed the link to the information. If ignorance is bliss, I envy you your happiness.

Are the police terrorists? Can you document what terrorist acts they have committed? What we do know is that Israel targeted them while they were carrying out crucial police functions.