Observing what's going on across the pond, I forgot that abortion is still yet to be decriminalised in the UK.
In the past decade, police in England and Wales have investigated at least 17 people for procuring their own abortion outside the law.
A doctor can still contentiously object to carrying out a procedure.
These colonial era laws continue to apply in countries like Gambia, Malawi and Jamaica.
I know it's comparing apples to oranges, but we're still living under laws of the dark ages.
No even apples and oranges. The Abortion Act of 1967 is incredibly “liberal” compared to what it being implemented in states like Texas (where I live) which actually will give you money if you narc on someone, say, driving someone to get an abortion.
Item c cannot be found in a single state that has outlawed or banned abortion. In fact, it is much more liberal in that you have to be on edge of death (not just risk) to get an abortion.
Not even close.
@feloneouscat No, it's not even close. I'm not comparing, or would I dare to. Here, you can justify on grounds of being detrimental to mental health. However diluted, though, it's still pathetic that were still subject to old colonial laws.
We have a populist nutter over here that's chummy with with the returning toxic watsit. The right-wing movement is alive here, too, albeit not as bold. Abortion aside, we think certain things abroad matter not here; we should think again.
Hopefully no one considers the Thatcher years as one of great prosperity. It was nuts.
@feloneouscat Dark times. An iconic reaction to Thatcher's death was a Scottish pensioner and former trade unionist named Cathy Rutherford, when interviewed in Glasgow during Maggie's funeral said, "I’d put a stake through her heart and garlic around her neck to make sure she never comes back." Pretty much summed up how the working class viewed 'the iron lady. I'm from the Welsh valleys, coal mining the heart of our communities in the 80's; she was universally hated.
@Clavius_42
I said the same about Nixon.
Yeah, I remember it well.