The fact that Mexico is making progress on this is good to see, though also pretty embarrassing as a resident of the USA that our society is moving backwards at the same time.
We are fifty states. Many states are moving forward and some are moving backwards. It’s why congress needs to do something.
Congress can’t do anything because of the filibuster, two party system, and republicans though. The whole thing honestly needs an overhaul.
The Senate not being population-based is part of the problem too. As are gerrymandering and not having universal adult suffrage or federal holidays for voting days. But a Constitutional Convention would be state-based, too, so we’d end up with something even worse than we have now.
You can wait out a filibuster. You just don’t allow new business until they’re done. That means they have to keep talking and eventually they’ll run out of speaking ability.
In addition to being good policy, this is going to be a lifeline for women in border states. (and will I suspect be much harder to police or prosecute - it’s very, very difficult to hold somebody legally liable in one country for an act committed in another)
If the US ever finish their wall, by the time they are done with it, Americans will be the one trying to get over it…
Arizona and Texas punching air right now. I just wish women didn’t need to have to travel such distances to have them done
