I'd seen this story on Twitter late last week, and I thought "Contraceptives? Really?"All three Michigan GOP AG candidates attack landmark ruling that prevented the banning of contraceptives https://t.co/L342HFHwu4
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 21, 2022
Only today did I realize that was the hole; not the donut. The donut is Roe v. Wade.
Griswold preceded Roe by 8 years. It set the foundations of the "right to privacy" as a "penumbral right" which Roe built its foundation on. So, if you're going to overrule Roe, why stop there?
Of course, I should have remembered (it wasn't that long ago):
During yesterdays hearing [on the case that could overturn Roe], the court ignored any discussion of consequences for poor women, women of color, women without health insurance. Better the abstract principles of law and hypotheticals. The hearing was particularly disheartening because what I heard was not just coming overturning of Roe, but jockeying for the legal framework to overturn long strings of cases. Thomas and Alito called into question everything from Lochner on. Others were angling to roll back the whole line of Griswold and more. This decision will be the road map for a major reordering of national life. The six justices are not conservative any reasonable definition, they are reactionaries looking to remake the world.
If you're gonna pull the thread, why stop pulling until the thread is completely removed?
Well above 90% of Americans who have heterosexual sex use contraception and if they're not using it, most have younger relatives they hope are using it. Including Catholics. I can see this being a real winner at the ballot box for them.
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