Brad Mills

Jamestown

If Roe vs. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court as it appears to be on the verge of doing, there are some important points to keep in mind as this unfolds.

First of all, legal abortion has been the gift that has kept on giving for Republicans for decades. They have used this as an emotional issue to drive religious zealots into a rabid frenzy and get them to vote Republican just on this issue alone. It has worked extremely well, but overturning Roe vs. Wade will be like killing the goose that has been laying the golden eggs for Republicans.

More importantly, this is not going to end abortion. Just like illegal drugs has not stopped drug abuse, illegal abortion will simply make abortion illegal and dangerous. And there will be real-world consequences, like women dying from botched back-alley abortions, and 13 year old rape victims being forced by the government to have children they were violently forced to conceive against their will. By the way, all of this is coming from the party of “personal freedom”.

Most of these sanctimonious “pro-life” crusaders don’t care about any of that. This issue has never been about the “sanctity of life.” It’s always been about power and control over other people, plain and simple. What they want to do is force their right-wing agenda on the rest of the country and use the full power of the government to do it. It is just one more step in the long march towards Republican dictatorial rule in America, and anyone who thinks otherwise is not paying attention.

This is what the violent insurrection on Jan. 6th 2021 incited by a sitting Republican president was all about. It’s what the gerrymandering of congressional districts is all about, and the attacks on people’s voting rights and the Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited amounts of money into election campaigns from undisclosed sources. It’s not just about Roe vs. Wade, it’s about everything these radicalized anti-democracy Republicans have been doing for decades, and they are not going to stop until they achieve their goals, or until the voters rise up and shut these maniacs out of power.