The SCOTUS has spoken and said that Texas' attempts to require surgical standards for a surgical procedure is Unconstitutional. Of course, the Texas Lock Step is giddy not only that money will keep rolling in to their preferred organizations but that Wendy(?!?) Davis FINALLY won something.
Of course, Republicans are angry and suggest that the "fight" is not over.
Joy.
A better idea, in my mind, is to move the issue out of the political arena and, as the volunteer did in the first linked article, start taking options to the streets. Maybe the correct response to the government-sanctioned killing of the unborn is not more government, but more advocacy?
Maybe it's time to let the poor and minorities (those who have the most abortions) see the faces of the angry well-to-do Caucasian women who are cheering for this. Maybe it's time to stop looking to leadership from the government at all levels, and go about opening more clinics for carry-to-term clinics in areas where abortion clinics don't operate.
People are not going to stop caring about this issue, no matter what the gang of fools writing for the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board think. As we've seen, abortion is a 'line in the sand' issue and there's really no room for compromise. You either think it's morally wrong, or you don't. If you do then you're most likely to either support banning ALL abortions, or severely restricting abortions in certain cases (Rape, incest and medical concerns). If you have no moral qualms then you probably don't favor any restrictions on abortion up to, and including, immediate post-birth abortions. (Of the type performed by Dr. Kermit Gosnell. (It is important to remember that, despite the atrocious nature of his crimes, there were some on the left who supported Dr. Gosnell and felt he did nothing wrong.)
If you're an anti-abortion advocate on the right it's pretty clear that you can expect no refuge in your fate from the government.
In other words, you need to start doing the hard work in the communities or just get the hell out of the way of history. Relying on carnival hucksters like Lt. Gov Patrick to make things better for you is false hope.
My gut tells me that whatever follows the GOP is going to have to be much less active in politics, and much more active on the ground.
Because, if they're not, progressive politics is going to imprison and enslave a generation of poor, primarily minority citizens with no hope of escape. The only chance to reverse this is to provide a new narrative based on the power of markets, rule of law and economic freedom.
It beats where reliance on Republican leadership has gotten us.
