Roe is Overturned, Now the Right Must Face The Unresolvable Dilemma

Legislators have never quite been on the same page with abortion. When it comes to who is guilty, all kinds of answers are mumbled. It is "the abortion industry" or "the culture is guilty." One most often uttered is "the woman is not guilty; she is the victim."

The most accurate view was expressed this way, "The woman is guilty of premeditated 1st Degree Murder." This is the only view that is consistent with our current laws on murder. Honest people in "right to life" know women who plan and carry out an abortion must spend decades in prison if it is murder. The dishonest still claim it is always someone else who decided and the woman knew nothing about it. If the entire matter of who makes decisions about abortion were not so obvious and avoiding the obvious so bizarre it would all be laughable. But the dishonesty and lack of ability to face reality has always infected the anti abortion community to a degree unfathomable.  

Donald Trump himself once said in public the woman must be at least in some sense responsible. Then he received so much criticism from the dishonest political arm of anti abortion he corrected himself to say the woman is a victim and is blameless. What utter bull$hit. 

Several state legislators have tried to pass bills making the woman guilty. In at least one the charge was for 1st Degree Murder. It seems to me leaving the entire matter up to the states means federal legislation cannot be passed overruling such state laws if they were passed. My sense is state politics are becoming increasing bonkers and we will see some state put women behind bars for many years if not life.

I can understand that a majority of the Supreme Court might at some point in history, right now for example, be opposed to abortion. That a body with such power would not work out before hand who is responsible for the "crime," however, signals a court that is not living in the real world. The obvious result of putting young women in prison for abortion will turn the political tide in favor of abortion rights. That is the very reason political operatives do not advocate the woman is guilty. It has to be something or someone else that does not hurt the Republican Party. Women can hurt it.

I've lived through the civil rights period and Viet Nam war time. The country was in powerful disagreement. Eventually, we figured out both slavery/segregation and futile wars were wrong and life went on. I am confident abortion will remain available in the U.S.