Mandating Morality

In a post on July 11, GOTV made the point that the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade was ominous.  So was Justice Clarence Thomas's statement that he wants to re-examine similar SCOTUS decisions, like those on contraception, gay sex, and same-sex marriage.

Even more-than-usually-horrific reports have surfaced since the 11th that make Thomas's thinly veiled misanthropy seem almost quaint.  But it's hard to imagine anything that will top what follows.

New Texas anti-abortion laws have made doctors unwilling or unable to perform procedures for miscarriages.  Such procedures are effectively identical to those used to terminate pregnancies.  As a result, because of the fear of some doctors of violating Texas' draconian anti-abortion laws, one woman was forced to carry her dead fetus in her womb for two weeks. 

James Carville described Pennsylvania as Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between.  No one in either my adopted home of Delaware County or my born-to home of North Braddock, however conservative they might otherwise consider themselves (and for some it's pretty darned conservative), would accept any outcome like that just described.

Vote, people.  The state legislature in Harrisburg influences any number of mores.  We as progressives need to pick up 14 seats in the Commonwealth House of Representatives to ensure that no one is forced to endure a Texas-like fate.