According to CNN, “Alabama’s Republican attorney general said this week that women in the state who use prescription medication to terminate their pregnancies could be prosecuted under a chemical-endangerment law, even though Alabama’s anti-abortion law does not intend to punish women who receive abortions. Marshall’s comments underscore the legal uncertainty wrought by the Supreme Court’s decision last year to end the federal right to an abortion. In the wake of the Dobbs decision, several Republican-led states passed strict anti-abortion laws, while several others, including Alabama, that had passed so-called trigger laws anticipating an eventual overturn of Roe v. Wade, saw their new restrictions go into effect. While the anti-abortion movement seeks to prevent abortions from taking place, it has often opposed criminalizing the women who undergo the procedure.”
Eh! So, what? Who cares? I certainly don’t. I’ve written on this topic dozens of times, and my attitude has not changed one inch. It is too late to cry over spilled milk. Women simply need to suck it up or vote like their lives depend on it because, after the fall of Roe, this is more true than ever. Yet, women just had the chance to vote like their lives depended on it. How did that work out? I thought abortion rights were supposed to be the number one issue that would counter the red RepubliKKKlan wave. To be sure, the red wave was merely a trickle, but who controls the House? Exactly! So, I guess this issue was not the “vote as if your life depends on it” after all. Some of the harshest states with the strictest abortion laws all retained their RepubliKKKlan majorities, including the key positions of governor and attorney general. Despite all the uproar about taking away abortion rights, RepubliKKKlans still received 3 million more votes than Democrats nationwide.
So, whatever! People get the government they deserve and desire. And, apparently, people in conservative states are perfectly fine with restricting abortion rights and criminalizing women’s attempts. Again, as I said a couple of years ago, they will start criminalizing women crossing state borders. Mark my words, morons! Oh, well. No one cares, least of all the voters. Welcome to stupid America!