The Supreme Court issued a ruling regarding Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization AND Roe v. Wade is already a thing of the past. States will once again have the power to decide abortion policy. Members of the pro-abortion crowd go apoplectic, pretending that this means the end of abortion in America and millions of women will be oppressed a la “The Handmaid’s Tale.” However, the court’s ruling leaves many wondering what a post-Roe America will look like.
Despite this, the fight for life will continue Roe he was knocked down. But as Kaylee McGhee White pointed out in an article for Washington Examiner“The focus of the pro-life movement will shift from judges to lawmakers.” Pro-lifers will call for policies to lower the abortion rate by making the practice less popular and less necessary. The idea is to create economic and educational conditions in which mothers are not tempted to terminate their pregnancies as an option.
However, it is vital to note that Democrats will also be doing the same. Now that they can’t rely on an activist court to create constitutional rights out of slender air, they have already tried to exploit the legislature to entrench abortion across the country. Indeed, after the draft opinion was leaked, Democratic lawmakers introduced a proposal that would go even further Roe allowed abortion up to the moment of delivery. Extreme legislation was voted down, but that doesn’t mean they won’t stop trying.
Indeed, after seeing how Republican lawmakers were willing to concede to Democrats on gun control, it’s not impossible that Democrats could introduce a watered-down bill that could appeal to GOP lawmakers. This is especially true if voters send more House Democrats to Washington disguised as Republicans in the upcoming congressional elections.
We can expect to see more states adopt laws restricting abortion. In fact, as you read this, 13 states are already working on abortion bans. Fox News reported:
Thirteen states in the country are poised to implement immediate abortion bans, and at least 13 more could quickly follow suit after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving it up to states to decide abortion rights.
At least 13 states in the country have so-called “trigger laws” banning most abortions, which would go into effect immediately or within weeks of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion research group, those states are Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, which just passed the bill in April.
Five additional states already had laws banning abortion Roe v. Wade it was decided. These include Alabama, Arizona, Michigan, West Virginia and Wisconsin. These provisions will come into force again after being invalidated by the court Roe. “The Democratic governors of Michigan and Wisconsin have opposed the laws: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit in April asking the Michigan Supreme Court to stop enforcing the state’s 1931 abortion ban, and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers called for repealing the 1849 state law , which criminalizes abortion,” Fox News reports.
In addition to Congress, Democrats can also count on the White House’s lend a hand in the fight to preserve abortion in all 50 states. President Joe Biden earlier this month said he was considering the idea of using executive power to declare a national emergency that would allow him to expand access to abortion services. Dozens of pro-abortion lawmakers have written a letter to the president urging him to do just that, so it wouldn’t be surprising if he issued an executive order on the issue in the coming days. Sen. Marco Rubio and other GOP lawmakers have introduced legislation that would bar Biden or future presidents from making such a move, but it is unlikely to pass until Republicans retake both chambers of Congress.
Unfortunately, political violence is also a distinct possibility. After the draft opinion was leaked, pro-abortion activists resorted to bombing and destroying buildings housing pro-life organizations. A pro-abortion terrorist group called Jane’s Revenge and others have carried out attacks on pregnancy crisis centers, churches and other groups promoting pro-life activities. Recently, the organization threatened to carry out a “Night of Rage” on the night of the announcement of the Supreme Court’s verdict.
Progressives are also looking for ways to overturn laws restricting abortion in red states. Some have established international companies that will ship abortion pills and tools to lend a hand women have their own abortions. Other groups are funding vans on the border of red states where they will perform abortions. This would mean that women would not have to travel so far to terminate their pregnancies. We can expect to see more exploit of these methods as states implement abortion restrictions. But even so, the Supreme Court’s ruling is an vital step in the right direction when it comes to saving lives.
