by Tony Gray
posted: 03 May 2022

Tthe federal government will get out of the business of killing fetuses this year.

It appears the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that said women have a "right" to an abortion.

The anticipated high court decision has no practical effect on blue states, like New York, though. The Supreme Court is not going to outlaw abortions. They will rule abortion is something that must be decided by each state, through laws enacted by elected legislators.

Our state, like N.J., Conn., Vt., Calif., Wash., etc. already have laws on the books protecting the "right" of women to get an abortion. The Supreme Court decision will not change that.

Lazy or stupid women can continue to have the inconvient fetus in their body removed.

Is that too harsh, too judgemental? Consider that schools have been teaching sex education to increasingly younger children in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade. It began in high schools but now students as young as elementary grade children learn about reproduction in school.

Government agencies and NGOs, like Planned Parenthood, provide free or low-cost methods of protecting against unwanted pregnancies. That has also been true for decades.

Despite education about how babies are made and how to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, women regularly shuffle into abortion clinics looking to expunge the life inside their body.

But, you can go back to playing your video game or applying your makeup because you may still abort your baby in New York, even if the Supremes decide as expected.

The only real effect it will have is maybe making women think twice before moving to a southern state opposed to abortion.

Many Southern and Western states will not allow abortions once the court decision is formally released. States like Texas, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina will require pregnant women to give birth to babies they conceive.

Actions have consequences. Maybe not in New York, but more than half of the United States will outlaw abortion after the Supreme Court decision is formally announced. Another third have no explicit laws already on the books, either for or against abortion. So, the country could end up evenly split between states that allow abortion and those that do not. Or, it may end up with 2/3 of states banning abortion and only the coastal elites allowing it.

All I can say is, after decades of watching activist liberal judges create law that legislatures would not, it is gratifying to see the pendulum start to swing back in the other direction.

It will be interesting to see if the court restores the role of state legislatures again on other "rights" pulled out of thin air by judges, like gay marriage and LGBTQ+ concerns.