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Defiance County Democratic Party
The Defiance County Democratic Party is a local political organization affiliated with the Ohio Demo
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"The U.S. Census Bureau in March 2022 said a quality check revealed that Black Americans, Indigenous Americans, and Hispanic or Latino Americans were undercounted in 2020, while white inhabitants and Asian inhabitants were overcounted." Heather Cox Richardson
A leaked SCOTUS majority opinion followed by the overturning of Roe has triggered much outrage, even in rural NW Ohio. Rallies are ongoing in Napoleon, Defiance, and (on Sunday) Bryan. Also, the terrible ruling has inspired the telling of life lessons, profound insights, and the search for shared understandings. LTEs in our local papers will be shared here. The first, from Sheri Baker, was printed in the Paulding County Progress, 7-6-2022. "I am writing to you concerning the recent ruling of the Supreme Court and Roe vs. Wade. The overturning of this precedent is concerning to me. Roe was based on the 14th amendment and the right to privacy. The right to privacy is the amendment that covers many rights. This is a slippery slope we are now living on.![]()
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Contraception being available was thanks to the court case Griswold vs Connecticut. This case was ruled on the 14th amendment, right to privacy. With women having contraception available, abortions went down. So, is this next on the list of rights to be done away with? One of the Supreme Court Justices gave the indication that it is.![]()
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I am not pro-abortion but I am pro-choice. There are many instances that abortion is necessary. Not all pregnancies are healthy. Abortions are necessary in etopic pregnancies, miscarriages when the body doesn’t expell the fetus, when the fetus expires while in womb and when the fetus isn’t viable when born. There are states that are not taking these life and death situations into consideration. ![]()
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I have a problem with the party of small government telling anyone what they can do with their life and decisions that affect them. It makes you wonder if this was happening to men, would their rights be taken away?"