GOP is Terrified of Passing More Anti-Abortion Bills. Deception Is Safer


I'll hand it to the Republican Party. It is good at sending one message and doing something different. An example is the "born alive" bill. In theory, it would require the same services of a fetus that a newborn baby receives. 

This bill was passed by Montana Republican politicians and then rejected by voters. Republicans in the House know the U.S. Senate will not consider the bill or will vote it down. But they will be able to say, "We tried." Some are trying to steer clear of passing more bills to prohibit abortions. Smart politics if people fall for it. 

One thing good about a Republican majority in the House is the opportunity to show the world what absolute whackos many of them are. We are already seeing religious zealotry. They will soon be showing us their anti-tax zealotry. Shutting down parts of the government has not been shown to be popular but it is not as unpopular as trying to ban abortions.

The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe unset the nice political arrangement that has existed for decades. That arrangement was to blame the court of the existence of abortions. The safe political strategy was to talk up anti abortion but leave abortion available. "I would do more but the Court put us in a bind." When the Court set politicians free to pass no-abortion laws they were left naked with nowhere to hind. The success of Democrats in the recent elections shows why smart Republicans were wary of overturning Roe. It has been a downer for them. The old hide-behind-the-Court deception was much safer.

Republicans are slowly moving away from Trump because they can see clearly he is a political liability. We should not be surprised if some move ever so carefully away from anti-abortion for the same reason. 

Comments

  1. Ardy BJanuary 15, 2023 at 6:40 AM

    Interesting stuff the BAASPA (Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act). The contortions conservatives go through to mess with the reproductive lives and healthcare of women are unbelievable. They are walking the top edge of a cedar fence trying, in vain, to avoid doing the splits. Contortions.

    The linked article reminded me that: “Technically gestational age includes the two weeks prior to conception, before the person is pregnant.” An addition to calculate due date and more.

    What’s it like to be dead? You know, like two weeks before you were conceived. Like that.

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  2. JonJanuary 15, 2023 at 5:54 PM

    Ardy B--The great comedy group, Monty Python, said it best: "Every sperm is sacred." :)

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