Why Do Women Even THINK Of Voting Republican?

Today the Supreme Court began the long, slow, and possibly irreversible process of turning America into the only westernized country in the world to prevent women from choosing whether to take their pregnancy to term or not.

It was on the cards, of course. Ever since O’Connor left and Alito joined the Court, it has been clear that an abortion case would come before them. Indeed, South Dakota’s lawmakers deliberately legislated a particularly vicious bill designed specifically to be challenged in the Supreme Court, with the intention of giving Alito, Roberts, Kennedy, Scalia and Thomas the chance to ‘legislate from the bench’, as our Republican friends like to characterize any decision handed down by a member of the judiciary with whom they disagree.

Today’s ruling may have covered only a small percentage of pregnancies, but the echoes of the decision will be heard throughout hospital wards across the country.

The key element of the ruling was whether a bill with no exception for the health of the mother could be lawful. Three Federal courts said no; the Supreme Court said yes.

So yes, if you are pregnant and in danger, you and any physician attending who makes a decision to save your health can be prosecuted. In essence, what the Supreme Court is saying is that a fetus now has more right to live than its mother.

This baffles me. After all, fetuses can’t vote; women can. Are women so unconcerned with their rights that they can listen to this statement from George Bush, and agree with it?

“Today's decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the way of the people's representatives enacting laws reflecting the compassion and humanity of America.”

Compassion and humanity? Where is the compassion for the endangered mother? Or for the doctor whose Hippocratic oath compels him to operate to save her, at the risk of going to jail?

From here the path is clear: over time, the federal protection of Roe vs Wade will erode and the states will take on responsibility for abortion law. And some of those states will create ever more draconian laws that will eventually – and I believe this fervently – prosecute mothers who terminate their pregnancy for a "crime" no less than murder.

Republican women, why would you vote for an administration that supports this? And that has facilitated this decision through deliberately stacking the Supreme Court deck with jokers like Alito?

Comments

[woman republican, not a Bush lover.]

Not all woman think that abortion is such a great thing, and that is one thing liberals will never understand. There is something wrong when the only drumbeat that liberals care about is abortion, abortion, abortion. Our government should not be in the business of deciding health care so why is this always an issue? There are so many other more important issues to worry about like education, youth violence, the trade deficit with China. I wish politicians would address some real issues for a change but by all means let us keep thinking that Republicans are the next Satan, while Democrats turn us into a socialist society.