No matter your stance on abortion, Politico’s report of the Supreme Court’s intention to overturn Roe vs. Wade reveals power run amok. It conjures up mostly robed men entrusted with protecting the rights of all citizens skulking about behind closed doors doing just the opposite.
Yes, as Politico reports, “some court-watchers predicted that the conservative majority would slice away at abortion rights without flatly overturning a 49-year-old precedent.” That, however, is not what is about to happen. In one fell swoop, by rejecting the logic and legal protections of Roe, passed into law by a mostly Republican Supreme Court, women are consigned to ignorance and moral ineptitude unable to formulate the right choice on their own.
What next? Let’s extend this looming decision to include men. Now that’s novel. Let’s go to the root cause of Alito’s definition of an “unborn child” – sex. This or a future Supreme Court might let states ban what they see as irresponsible sex. Perhaps men about to have sex with women of childbearing age will be required to sign papers accepting their share of culpability should pregnancy result. Otherwise, are we not putting the burden on only one participant?
That may sound far-fetched. But it’s quite possible that ramifications beyond our imaginations will come from the decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. In some states women might be arrested if they travel to another state for an abortion. Here again, would the man who was half the cause of consensual sex go free? We know the answer to that.
But wait, perhaps men will wake up some morning to find themselves handcuffed for not stopping women from leaving their states for abortions. After all, supposedly pregnant women can’t be trusted to make the right decision. Not in America. Not according to the Supreme Court.
And what of Alito’s specious argument that most aborted fetuses are black so some people supporting abortion must be trying to suppress the size of the African American population? Has he been inside too long? Or does he simply think the rest of us are stupid?
Thank you for expressing this perfectly.
Great comment, Kathleen !
“Has he been inside too long ?”
If rights under Roe are not preserved, the only reasonable response is to Not have sex with men.
Men need to get on board with resistance to the Supreme Court’s impending morally indefensible action.
White women need to stop voting like their husbands. Men need to get out of women’s health issues.
I do not take this news lightly–it’s an attack on all Women’s Rights. My entire life has been changed by Roe v Wade, in the best way, and removing this important right smacks of Medieval Times. Hell no, we won’t go!
Still waiting for the Democrat’s “one fell swoop.” I think we have waited long enough. Execute executive executive executive. Reconcile reconcile reconcile. Codify codify codify — what?! It’s only been 50 years, slower down now! Bypass the filibuster, pass with a 51% vote. Now now now now…NOW! Ride ’em rough shod. Vote straight Democratic. Why not?! Prove me wrong. And why oh why, do we let Merrick Garland and Robert Mueller run out the clock so they can preserve their evil GOP from becoming extinct as it should?!! Biden??!! Fire Garland immediately. They don’t change their minds — ever. So why do we speculate that they might?! No. They lied to us again?!! Really?!! I’m shocked!! And now Republicans decry stacking the court never mind impeaching justices who lie to Congress and the nation. Oh my! How immoral, how unethical of Democrats to even consider such unscrupulous thoughts!!!! (You mean the same ones you acted on and succeeded in committing)? Shame on us lefties!
Bitter sarcasm, how impotent I feel voting straight democratic much less continuing to support these politicians with more and more and more money for more and more and more battles that Biden could fix with a wave of his pen, at least temporarily …