Republicans are extreme. Dangerous. Against health care freedom. Heck, against all freedom. That is/was the message of Democrat political ads during the 2022 midterms.
The U.S. Supreme Court changed because the U.S. elected Donald Trump, and Trump followed through on his promise to appoint prolife justices. I guess that means that Republicans are responsible for the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Democrats insisted the Dobbs decision meant women denied them their freedom to choose whether to have an abortion. Never mind that SCOTUS never said this in its written opinion, it’s the lie perpetrated millions-fold that voters believed.
Democrats knew they could lie with impunity about Dobbs—it made a tale easy to sell. They spent more than $400 million on political ads convincing millions of voters that the GOP meant to strip individual freedom away from women.
The GOP had no answer, at least not here in Minnesota. Candidates pretty much ran away from questions about abortion. The GOP focused on crime, inflation, chaos, educational indoctrination of children—you know, “inconsequential” issues.
But what is a reasonable definition of an extreme position about abortion? Allowing an abortion after a child is born alive – that would be extreme. Can we get agreement on that one?
Allowing abortions up to the moment of birth – that would be extreme. Right?
Would regulating abortion itself be an “extreme” proposition? States regulate all manner of medical procedures and we all seem to agree on that necessity. So removing all abortion regulations would certainly be extreme. Who could disagree with that? It’s not a matter of if states regulate, but what those regulations would be.
Republicans and pro-life people should make the case that unlimited, unregulated abortion is extreme, and the American people will agree. Republicans can ask, “What is reasonable?”
Would it be reasonable to prohibit abortion at the point where science tells us the child could live outside the womb on his or her own? How about at the point where science clearly can define that the unborn child is a human being? What about when the “unborn human” (the term used by SCOTUS) has a heartbeat?
Would a 15-week limit on abortion be extreme? That was the issue with Dobbs v. Jackson. How about at 10-weeks? After all, at least in theory, chemical abortions are already prohibited after 10 weeks of gestation – could we settle on that for all abortions?
All I am asking here is what is extreme? What do you think?
For many, abortion at any time should be banned, except to save the life of the mother. Some might call that extreme. Is it as extreme as allowing “abortion” after a child is delivered?
In my opinion, this issue will remain unresolved until People of Faith and serious scientists lose all ability to persuade others about what constitutes “extreme” positions on legalized abortion. Then abortion “freedom” will totally displace the right of unborn humans to depend on their mothers for their own freedom to live.
