The "Life After Roe" Secret

It occured to me, as I wrote in the previous post, that the Left has won the battle over abortion and that Roe has become much less important than it was 30 years ago. If Roe is overturned any subsequent changes in abortion laws will be incremental and regional. So why is there such hysteria on the Left over this issue?

Among feminist groups the anger probably goes all the way back to the suffragettes. The road to equality for women has not been an easy one. As a man its hard for me to appreciate the "glass ceiling", the sexism, the condescending and patronizing attitudes suffered by women who fought for a fair and level playing field.

But the fight over Roe is much more emotional, personal, and heated in nature than that in other women's rights issues. For the far-feminist-Left, Roe is an icon that represents freedom from every form of patriarchal tradition. A man no longer has the right to tell a woman what she can do with her body or anything else... and he'd better not forget it. Roe is a banner... a matter of pride.

Have you noticed that the liberal media never discusses what would happen if Roe was overturned? No analysis. No conjectures. If the feminists mention the possibility there is always the warning of the return to "back-alley abortions" and countless deaths... which ofcourse would not happen because the overturning of Roe would not make abortion illegal. But no one is talking about that.

I don't think the Left or the liberal media want to talk about, or debate life after Roe. If the outcome was openly and calmly discussed, it would be difficult to inspire moderate pro-choice individuals to join in the hysteria of the far Left. The line thats been drawn in the sand by NOW, NARAL, and other groups would lose its definition and gravitas. Roe is like the drilling for oil in ANWAR; it has little more meaning than just another fight for power that the Left doesn't intend to lose. Its more a battle for status, authority, and ownership than it is for the issue itself.

There is more than one reason to overturn Roe. For the purist, its the rejection of judicial tyranny and faulty constitutional interpretation. For the conservative Christian its the first small step of many small steps towards limiting and discouraging abortion and winning the hearts of young women.

But the first step towards overturning Roe may involve discussing the life after Roe secret. And the truth might help set us free.