Overturning Roe Was About Power

I'm so old, I remember a lot of the bitterness during the Viet Nam period. One article interviewed a banker with a suit and tie and a young college man with long hair. Both said the same thing, "We have to decide who is going to make decisions in this country." The banker thought it should be those who had earned credibility through their accomplishments in business, the student thought it should be the group that was dying in Viet Nam. 

Judge John Roberts provided a window into the Roe decision revealing the chest beating of gorillas. He had reservations about the decision because a decision could have been made on the issue brought forward without overruling Roe. The tradition is recent decades is to make narrow decisions, not broad sweeping ones. That was his preference. But the other conservative religious judges wanted to make a broad sweeping decision for one reason: they could. Thus, it is reasonable to conclude it was about power as much or more than it was about abortion. Fears the court will outlaw gay marriage and birth control are legitimate in the context of this interest in power.

Of those now cheering about the anti women/Roe decision, what is the expectation. Is it that now we have achieved what we set out to do? Or is it this is only the first step in establishing the theocrasy we expect to achieve. Certainly, we know the theocracy goal is in the mix. I hope I'm not overstating what lies before our country but the theocracy group is well represented.

Much of what lies ahead depends, I think, on how successful the overturn of Roe is in reducing abortions. I suppose there are different ideas of what will be judged as success. If abortions drop by 10% in the anti abortion states will that be considered a success? If they do not drop by any measurable amount will it still be regarded as a success because it made the right's enemies mad? If they drop by 10% but Democrats make political gains, what then?

Just like many of us were surprised by Trump's victory and his Court nominees, there may lie ahead surprises none on us anticipated but turn the country left.