Pro-Abortion Rioters Attempt to Storm Arizona Capitol While in Session: Pro-life Republican state Senator Kelly Townsend, who was inside the senate building, tweeted members of the Senate were “being held hostage inside the Senate building.” Townsend said during one period the senators could “smell teargas and the children of one of the members are in the office sobbing with fear.” "I expect a J24 committee to be created immediately,” she added. Some Arizona state Democrats were displacing blame from the protestors, who were trying to enter the capitol by breaking through security, Townsend also said. “’This is a public building, and they wouldn’t let them in,’” Townsend overheard one Democrat say. MAGA Senator Wendy Rogers, who was also with her colleagues, said for safety reasons, the senators left the senate chamber and “assembled to take the tunnel to the House.” But the crowd was dispersed and the senators went back to the Senate. After the senate went into recess without concluding its business, the Arizona Department of Public Safety announced that tear gas had been successfully deployed and protestors had moved on to vandalize monuments at Wesley Bolin Plaza. “Troopers deployed gas outside the Senate building after protesters attempted to break the glass,” the Arizona Department of Public Safety stated. “The crowd then moved to the Wesley Bolin Plaza where some monuments were vandalized. Gas was deployed again to disburse the crowd.” The riot outside the Arizona capitol building was among many protests throughout the nation after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday. Protests occurred in Seattle, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Tucson, New York City, Reno, and Dallas. MWS, I am a grumpy old curmudgeon too and I can’t help but look to other ulterior motives and ask the question “why now”. I wonder if this ruling was not issued now to: A.) Take away the argument of “my body my choice” for some future battle over vaccine mandates. B.) Stir up and energize the left ahead of the midterm elections so that they have something, anything to run on saying to their base “see this is what you get when you vote republican” That being said, it is just my jaded mind because I have seen such deception its hard to trust anything as pure these days - but whether the motivation of this ruling now was pure or had ulterior motives, I rejoice in the outcome. It was bad law from the beginning and an overreach of federalist power for a very wicked cause so praise God it is gone. By they way, has anyone else taken notice that this declaration of liberty to the unborn seems to mark out a Jubilee cycle? This thing has been around for just about 49 years if I recall and there is a lot of buzz going on that this fall might not only mark a Shmitta but a new jubilee year also. Just one of those things that make you go hmmmm. I don't believe in abortion except in extreme circumstances, but I am really worried and scared about the mothers who have miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies... What's going to happen to them when their doctor can't do anything for them and they turn them away? That has already started with one woman who was having a miscarriage who was vacationing in Malta. That doctor wouldn't touch her. So she was airlifted to Mallorca. She is going to be okay now. Thank God. But do you see what I mean? 🙁 Won’t individual states decide on that issue?! TR First of all this ruling doesn't change any law of any state, including the ones that allow abortion up until birth (how awful!!). It only says that women do not have a constitutionally protected right to an abortion. This ruling should not affect miscarriage treatment or treatment for ectopic pregnancies at all, because these treatments are in no way considered abortions and never have been. Anyone who says different does not know medicine. Not trying to be argumentative with you at all Sonya....there are just a lot of people online making up flat out lies about how women could be denied basic health care, which they aren't...but sorry if I came across kind of gruff...didn't mean to. :rose:
