You Did it to Yourselves

 Yeah, you did.

When Roe v Wade became law by judicial order in 1973, the argument was settled - for the moment. Oddly, law is similar to science in one manner: It is never settled, it is only settled for a slice of time. In the case of Roe, it took a little more than 49 years to revisit and discard it in favor of Dodds v Jackson Woman's Health Organization. Let's just abbreviate it to Dobbs for discussion.

Prior to Roe, regulation of abortion had been in the hands of each state, and many states banned it although there were a handful that allowed it. Where I live, New York State was one that allowed it. But then again, NY is a deep blue state with the seat of power located mostly in the three counties surrounding New York City. Upstate is much more conservative and dances to whatever tune NYC makes us dance to. We're told that's fair, but we know better. The last elected Governor of NYS won 15 out of 62 counties, and if there were an electoral college for Governors, he wouldn't have made it. This, btw, is a strong argument to make all 50 executive branch seats subject to an electoral college. It would take away the stronghold the cities have in most states and give suburban and rural areas a fairer voice.

When Roe became law, it took the argument away from state legislatures. It was legal, but that didn't make it moral. To think otherwise, you have to think death is a better alternative to life and if you truly feel this way, I feel sorry for you. 63+ million American abortions since Roe make it the largest class genocide in history, far outnumbering Hitler, Mao and Stalin.

When the coming decision was leaked by one of the law clerks, the lines were drawn. Somebody paid by tax dollars took an oath to secrecy and violated it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to narrow it down to ... oh, the offices of three Justices. Someday, somebody will undoubtedly stand up and claim they did it, probably in old age or sickness so as to preclude jail time. In the meanwhile, the list of suspects is short. And it will probably change the internal workings of the court to lessen the chances of it ever happening again.

As I said in the title, you did it to yourself. What do I mean?

Recent polls indicate Americans are not comfortable with full-term abortion, and even the clear majority are not comfortable with it after the first trimester (about 12 weeks). Take a look at the pie charts below:

The numbers tell quite a story. 60% favor making it legal in the first trimester, but that number falls off to 28% in the second trimester, and even though the chart doesn't show the third trimester, the numbers fall significantly as full-term approaches. It's clear most Americans are very, very uncomfortable with full term abortion, even though Andrew Cuomo shoved it through in NY. Karma evened up the score though and it's a fair guess we'll never see Uncle Andy in the White House, the coveted prize he so desired.

So when Roe was expanded in some individual states, it was fine with the pro-abortion crowd. More is better, right?

No. You got what you deserved and the irony is, you did it to yourselves.

The US under Roe was in a unique club, even most European nations restricted abortion. This makes it especially ironic to hear them criticize the overturning of Roe, seeing as their own laws about the subject are far more restrictive than ours. See below:

It needs to be mentioned the US shares similar laws with China and North Korea. We're one of the few that allow full term abortion; see below:

Yeah. When you expanded abortion to the second and third trimester, you did it to yourselves. Now regulation of abortion is back where it belongs - in the hands of states, where the 10th Amendment (and Ruth Bader Giinsberg!) said it belongs:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

I'm ashamed of New York. I've opined in earlier blogs about this, but my roots are so deep and our extended families are here; that's the reason my wife and I haven't fled to a more sanely-governed state.

Yet.