John Kasich; Brett Kavanaugh
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While the name of Brett Kavanaugh has fallen out of the headline news cycle, the religious right has not forgotten that his recent addition to the Supreme Court now means they likely have five votes to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to ban abortion. While the endless churn of outrageous Trump stories occupies national headlines, anti-choice activists and politicians are swiftly moving to pass laws that they clearly hope will lead, perhaps within a year, to vacating the current legal protections for abortion rights.
In the stampede to ban abortion, Republican politicians don’t always bother to keep up the pretense that their opposition to abortion is about “life.” All to often, they let slip how much it’s rooted in contempt for women having control over their own bodies and their own futures.
Last week, the Ohio state house passed a bill that would ban abortions at six weeks. That would effectively a ban on most abortions, since performing the procedure before […]
I live in Ohio and this makes me heartsick.
Yes, the fact that some States disallow women abortions even on the basis of genetic abnormalities yet provide no after-birth support is, in my opinion, the ultimate in totalitarianism. These States are basically saying: Yes, we know that this child will cost the family enormous amounts of financial support, will require your lives (and any sibling lives) to be dominated by this child, that this child will require your full-support for the rest of the parents lives, but we don’t care. You must have that child and the State which is forcing you to have that child will not offer any support.
They are not pro-life, they are forced-birth.
Excellent points all, Eric.
— Stephan