The Alabama Abortion Law Is the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Planned Parenthood

[SidDithers]

https://thebulwark.com/newsletter-issue/the-alabama-abortion-law-is-the-best-thing-to-ever-happen-to-planned-parenthood/

I would now like to make the case to you that the Alabama abortion law is the most damaging development to the pro-life movement in decades.

Let’s start with this: As Kim Wehle explains, this law will never be put into effect. It will be overturned at the appellate level. It will almost certainly be denied certification by the Supreme Court. It will then disappear into the pro-choice direct mail machine where it will raise tens of millions of dollars for the groups who want unlimited, unfettered abortion on demand.

It will not prevent a single abortion. It will not save the life of a single unborn child.

This is the key: The Alabama law is nothing more than virtue signaling. It has nothing—nothing whatsoever—to do with curtailing actual abortions being performed in the real world.

Not sure if I agree, but it's an interesting take. There's a certain amount of logic to it.

Sid

[MH1]

1. I think they are overestimating the judicial character of the current SC.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but they only need 5 SC Justices to uphold the law, right?

Thomas
Gorsuch
Kavanaugh
Alito
Roberts << might be the only bulwark for sanity we have left. I wouldn't want my eggs in that basket. (Literally, if I were a fertile young woman potentially to be made infertile by a pregnancy gone wrong without medical recourse.)

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. I don't know about that.

Just putting the AL law into the universe is bad.

[IndyOp]

5. Agreed. Just the fact it is out there is causing confusion - some women think it is already illegal

and others will decide against the procedure to avoid being targeted by anti-abortion lunatics who are emboldened.

[Me.]

3. What It Will Do Is Make Women More Determined

This is what it's been all about, the bowing and scraping to Traitor Trump, acceptance of all the corruption, law breaking and harm to the country. The one big wish for the Christmas stocking based on corrupted religiosity and men wanting to control woman. I also think there is an element of a different kind of fear driving this...the birth of white babies has been going down while those of minorities has been going up and they are trying to force more births in a vain effort to retain their dominion.

[Brawndo]

8. You nailed the motive behind it.

Republicans (white supremacists) and Pro-Lifers (forced birthers) are showing their intentions, a mandatory eugenics plan, it's painfully transparent.

[PeaceNikki]

4. There are no silver linings here.

I just can't.

Hi Sid. How are ya?

[SidDithers]

6. Yeah, I agree Nikki...

I was even torn about posting the article. The more I think about it, the less I agree with its premise.

Nice to see you, btw.

Sid

[PeaceNikki]

7. Nice to see you as well. It's been a hot minute.

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. It certainly has fired up women everywhere.

That might be a good thing.

[Buckeyeblue]

10. But it's not the law the SC will look at. It's the constitutional question.

Is there a constitutional right for woman to have an abortion? Roe said yes and then spoke to limits maybe being allowed based on fetal viability.

The current SC could say there is no constitutional right to abortion. Which would make fetal viability a moot point.

This law is a big deal. I'm not convinced that the SC won't go all in on this law.

An SC ruling upholding this law might stir up the populus. But I'm not convinced it would. The populus seems indifferent to it's own freedom these days.

[andym]

11. They are waiting to replace RBG. If they can do that under a GOP President

then they will bring all of their test cases to the SC.

[ismnotwasm]

12. If even one of those asshole anti-choice fuckers is getting all angsty over this shit

It makes me happy.

I think It will drive up activism for women, but there is no guarantee for Roe.