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2022-06-28 -Great Cultural Revolution
Blue-city prosecutors in red states vow not to press charges over abortions
[Politico] Dozens of elected prosecutors across the country — including a number representing blue cities nestled inside red states — are pledging to not press charges against patients or providers over abortion in the wake of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling giving states full control over abortion policy.

So far, 84 district attorneys and other prosecutors from 29 states and territories and Washington, D.C., have signed the statement distributed by Fair and Just Prosecution. Altogether, the officials represent jurisdictions covering 87 million Americans, according to the organization.

Significantly, the signatories include district attorneys in states like Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas — all Republican-controlled states with abortion "trigger bans" set to activate within a month, now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Other prosecutors have also joined in via public statements online.

"Criminalizing abortion will not end abortion; it will simply end safe abortions, forcing the most vulnerable among us — as well as medical providers — to make impossible decisions," the statement read. Later, it added: "Our legislatures may decide to criminalize personal healthcare decisions, but we remain obligated to prosecute only those cases that serve the interests of justice and the people."

The statement marks a public, preemptive deployment of "prosecutorial discretion" in the battle over abortion policy. Prosecutors and law enforcement agencies have significant leeway over what cases they choose to pursue.

But it’s still unclear what practical effect the prosecutors’ stand will have in each state. Abortion providers are already suspending procedures in a number of states with bans already written into statute, like Planned Parenthood in Arkansas. Similar actions have taken place in Alabama, West Virginia and a slew of other states.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-28 07:37|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 Conspiracy to obstruct the law. That should work.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-28 08:02||   2022-06-28 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 
Since the SCOTUS only ruled it "NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT" but a State Regulated issue.
My understanding is ABORTION is NOT banned and the only change is the States can now regulate Who, What, When and Where and the acceptable Time Period.

IF SO, then it depends on IF these 84 State district attorneys and other various prosecutors are from 29 states that agreed to continue Abortion. As to, whether or not they face any criminal violation of the law.

More than likely, they're just doing the usual PR LSD Staging for agenda and votes with the MSM's careful wording for Newsbites help.

So the question boils down to:
How many of these 84 district attorneys and other prosecutors from these 29 states live in a State that will halt Abortion?
Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-28 08:40||   2022-06-28 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ The ruling says, "the federal gummint can't jam it down your throat." That's fascism as far as progressives are concerned.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-28 08:43||   2022-06-28 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 P2K it's been working for awhile now.
Posted by Chris 2022-06-28 09:11||   2022-06-28 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 ..what they said was rabid Blue City-States* can't tell the rest of the country how they live.

* City-States where one or two major urban areas rule the entire state with the rest of the state population held captive.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-28 09:12||   2022-06-28 09:12|| Front Page Top

#6 With any luck these DA's will find out that there are a lot more pro-life citizens than the meda has let on and be replaced.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-06-28 09:16||   2022-06-28 09:16|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Leftists say "that's the entire point of concentrating power..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-28 09:16||   2022-06-28 09:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Virtue signaling. Abortion isn't illegal, just pushed to the states. So in blue states you are fine and the prosecutors are blowing smoke up someone's ass. If enough states want it the issue will be come a law passed by congress, which where it should have happened, again as per the ruling by the court.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-28 09:40||   2022-06-28 09:40|| Front Page Top

#9 I like the idea of fewer children being born in blue states.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-28 09:43||   2022-06-28 09:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Darwin or Intelligent design, or both at work MM.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-28 10:15||   2022-06-28 10:15|| Front Page Top

#11 https://fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FJP-Post-Dobbs-Abortion-Joint-Statement.pdf

A lot of Georgia prosecutors.
Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-06-28 10:46||   2022-06-28 10:46|| Front Page Top

#12 Wouldn't making this declaration move it out of the realm of "prosecutorial discretion" and into the realm of refusal to enforce the law?

"prosecutorial discretion" kind of implies it's applied on a case-by-case basis.
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-06-28 11:21||   2022-06-28 11:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Now its all about the voter.
Posted by 49 Pan 2022-06-28 11:31||   2022-06-28 11:31|| Front Page Top

#14 So what do those clowns enforce?
Posted by Bobby 2022-06-28 11:35||   2022-06-28 11:35|| Front Page Top

#15 In very happy news, South Carolina's heartbeat law is effective as of yesterday afternoon. You can no longer kill babies with beating hearts in SC. And hopefully more to come!
Posted by Tom 2022-06-28 11:35||   2022-06-28 11:35|| Front Page Top

#16 Also, in these states, are they not just inviting the state Attorney General to step in and prosecute the abortionists and maybe even the DAs refusing to enforce the laws?

See the Duke Lacrosse fiasco, where the state AG had to step in and end the chaos caused by the DA.
Posted by Tom 2022-06-28 11:37||   2022-06-28 11:37|| Front Page Top

#17 Seize Planned Parenthood's facilities and bank accounts.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-28 11:40||   2022-06-28 11:40|| Front Page Top

#18 Aiding and Abetting.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-06-28 12:58||   2022-06-28 12:58|| Front Page Top

#19 If local DA's refuse to enforce state law, I think the state attorney generals should be able to prosecute them for misfeasance.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-06-28 13:33||   2022-06-28 13:33|| Front Page Top

#20 So what do those clowns enforce?

Any infraction by legal gun owners.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-06-28 14:47||   2022-06-28 14:47|| Front Page Top

#21 Somewhere, an unwitting adult is letting Mike Nifong bag groceries their kids will eat.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-28 17:36||   2022-06-28 17:36|| Front Page Top

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