In order to get an abortion, a young woman must offer sufficient "proof of maturity" and knowledge of what abortion is/what it entails OR an argument that the abortion is in her best interest to the satisfaction of a judge. The judge who just appointed the fetal attorney.
The cognitive disconnect is strong here. Like, a teenage girl is not responsible enough to make her own decision about abortion but totes responsible enough to be a mother!
I think they say that Grandma (Daddy's mommy) has always wanted a grandson and that she and her son will love the bae-bae unconditionally, if the slut-ho is too cold to love and care for it after its born. I'm sure they also point out that the slut-ho is in excellent physical health, as demonstrated by her…
No, the whole point is to use the bureaucracy of the justice system (the time it takes to schedule and carry out a hearing on an injunctive matter) to delay the woman's abortion and force her to spend money on legal counsel, knowing that the longer they delay the abortion and the more money she spends, the less likely…
I don't know that I understand. So, the fetus' attorney can call witnesses against the pregnant teen girl and they say... what? They're testifying against her getting an abortion, so are they going to say nice things about her? Like, she's totes responsible and will be a great mom and, as such, shouldn't be allowed to…
Eww.
human treasure talks to human garbage about non humans, is a treasure, makes garbage mad.
Serious question: Can the fetus refuse state appointed representation and act as their own counsel?
As the ACLU of Alabama's Executive Director Susan Watson points out, Alabama doesn't have a statewide public defender program, meaning fetuses can get a lawyer appointed with state money, but real live, already-born indigent human beings cannot.
I loved watching this man get progressively more pissed off. She's so delightfully ballsy, even for a Daily Show reporter.
I'm picturing him communicating with his client via tomato soup can.
Wow, developing humans really, really don't look like that. Maybe if you melted them a bit, and stuck some tadpole eyes on the sides...
There is not a single non white person nominated for best actor, best actress, best supporting actor or best supporting actress.
Bet you 10:1 the academy feels that black people "got their due" last year with 12 years a slave so there was no need to pretend they give a shit about non-white men this time around. 100% sure that was some of the voters' thought process. Like, Steve McQueen was nominated last year and the 12 years a slave…
To get a Best Picture nom but not a single nomination in any of the other top categories (acting included) is far less common, though. Now that we're in an expanded Best Picture category we'll certainly see it continue to happen more frequently than it has in the past. But this year's noms carry forward a tradition of…
THANK YOU. I saw Theory of Everything, I disliked it. I thought it had incredible potential and then it quickly degrades into "the love of a wonderful woman saves disabled man and gives him the will to live" trope. It rushes the leads through the sweet, wonderful romance and then BOOM, OMG the ALS is going to tear us…