The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization transformed the politics of abortion, turning an issue that once mattered most…
It’s much worse than that. The anti-abortion drive is anti-woman. Sure, it’s a wedge issue for some politicians, but overall it’s about rolling back women’s rights until they’re domestic non-citizens who depend entirely on their father, brother, uncle, husband. The anti-abortion drive also has the benefit of pleasing the ones who hate the poor, as the poor women are the most affected, while rich ones can “find ways around” the bans. In the US, that combines with racism too.
what they pass is useful to them and their donors. They are also less interested in passing bills and rather confirm judges, privatize services, and remove regulatory oversight. The point is making it easier to commit white collar crime.
They do this with everything. They never pass any useful bill, they just go for easy shit to rile people up.
It’s much worse than that. The anti-abortion drive is anti-woman. Sure, it’s a wedge issue for some politicians, but overall it’s about rolling back women’s rights until they’re domestic non-citizens who depend entirely on their father, brother, uncle, husband. The anti-abortion drive also has the benefit of pleasing the ones who hate the poor, as the poor women are the most affected, while rich ones can “find ways around” the bans. In the US, that combines with racism too.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/15/1857976/--The-Only-Moral-Abortion-is-My-Abortion-an-article-by-Joyce-Arthur
The essence of conservatism being: “rights and liberty for me, but not for thee”
what they pass is useful to them and their donors. They are also less interested in passing bills and rather confirm judges, privatize services, and remove regulatory oversight. The point is making it easier to commit white collar crime.