Just me crying in the bathroom so I don’t wake my partners with this, fuck.
So to sum up: CT and DC have passed laws making it illegal to extradite someone to another state if they are being charged in that other state for crimes pertaining to abortion or trans health care, and makes it legal to sue and get your money back if you are targeted by a TX-style “bounty” law. DC also includes “crimes” of consensual adult sex, gay and interracial marriage and cohabitation and providing or using contraception.
This is, as the thread explains, basically legal interstate warfare. CT and DC’s laws bar compliance with such laws.
This is, on one hand, kind of terrifying, because this is where we are now. It’s going to get worse long before it gets better.
On the other hand… holy shit, someone fucking did something.
Someone fucking did something real.
Okay folx so… this kind of tags has been fairly common on this post.
I’m glad people are checking, but! If you didn’t know, this is what it looks like now if you post a link to Twitter on Tumblr. And!
Here are the screenshots of CT’s amendment. The important stuff in the 2nd screenshot is what’s underlined. There is too much text for alt text, it’s on the link above, but the tl;dr is “it covers abortion and gender-affirming health care.” It has been passed and signed by the Governor as detailed on the ct.gov link:
So yes, this is very very real, and Tumblr changed how they display Twitter links - the thread had all of this info in it except for the link to The Hill. :)
Real talk if anyone needs to do this, my mom is a real estate and rental agent in Connecticut, I can help you find someplace to stay. I hope you never have to, but if you do, I can try to help.
Hold on, using contraception??! Seriously?
I mean, the rest is BS anyway, but… WTAF?
… yes. Contraception is next on the list.
The right to contraception, especially hormonal contraception, was a hard-fought legal battle and remains a battle. Some places in the US legally protect pharmacists who have a “moral objection” to prescribing the pill or Plan B bc they think that the pill subverts G-d’s will or is an abortifacent instead of anti-ovulation or anti-implantation.
Birth control is 100% Next On A Long List, along with queer rights, trans rights, the right to live with who you choose, and many many other rights. Don’t be fooled.
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