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At what point do people start protesting?
Also, in what world is 'modify' not an equivalent word to 'transform'? The literal DEFINITION is "verb. ['ˈmɑːdəˌfaɪ'] cause to change; make different; cause a transformation."
Remember "If Roe falls, we riot!" slogans, and then when it happened, there seemed to be a collective "meh" from mainstream liberals?
The fucking Biden admin and Congress had a solid month from the leak of that decision, and a trifecta, to pass legislation to ensure reproductive rights. And they sat on their fucking hands and let it be struck down.
To be fair, in the aftermath of summer 2020, many states made it super easy to charge protesters as domestic terrorists (see what's happening in Georgia, e.g.).
I honestly don't know what it's going to take at this point. Conservatives are waging a fascist takeover of states, courts, and federal agencies. And Dems in Congress are fucking sleepwalking, letting it happen.
Not much Biden could do when Manchin came out against any effort to pass abortion legislation since he's pro-choice. It was already a long shot when he and Sinema decided they would never support removing the filibuster, but any glimmer of hope for legislation died with Manchin joining Republicans on keeping abortion laws off the docket.