For nearly half a century, conservatives lied about why they were opposed to the Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade decision.
They spoke of the nobility of federalism, of how wrong it was for the Court to impose national standards on states whose citizens were opposed to legal abortion. They said if Roe were reversed, states that wanted to keep abortion legal could do so.
States where a majority opposed the procedure could impose their will on the minority who favored it.
It all sounded very reasonable, which is something conservatives do very well.
But when the three Trump appointees decided the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization that repealed Roe in 2022, the goal those on the right had said they were seeking all of a sudden wasn’t enough. It shouldn’t have come as any surprise that the hard-line states used the decision to make it almost impossible for women to get abortions regardless of the situation.
Of course, it really shouldn’t have surprised anyone that all that talk, all those fine words about federalism, were just lies. As soon as they had the opportunity, zealots in red states started working to make it harder for women in blue states to get abortions.
Maybe the most ridiculous of all was the Texas judge whose ruling blocked the FDA approval of the two-step abortion medication. Of course, the approval was 23 years ago and millions of women have used it successfully.
The fact is, if they could, Republicans would block birth control and extramarital sex.
There’s only one method they approve of — abstinence.
And even if the woman decides not to have sex, Republicans won’t let her have an abortion if she is raped.
It’s time to call Republicans what they really are.
Christian dominionists.