WHAT DOES THE END OF ROWE v. WADE MEAN?

     

From Worldometer (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):

          DAY  USA  WORLD    Brazil    India    South Africa

June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82

July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572

Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130

Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82

Oct     21      1225      6849         571        703       85

Nov    25       2304    12025        620        518      118

Dec    30       3880    14748       1224       299      465

Jan     14        4142    15512        1151         189      712

Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398

Mar      2       1989     9490        1726       110      194

April     6        906    11787         4211       631       37

May     4        853     13667        3025      3786     59 

June    1        287    10637         2346      3205      95

 July    7         251      8440        1595        817      411

Aug     4         656    10120        1118         532      423 

Sept   22      2228      9326          839       279     124

Oct      6       2102      8255          543       315       59

Nov    3        1436      7830         186        458       23

Dec     1       1633      8475          266        477       28

Jan     7        2025      6729         148         285     140

Feb     2        2990   12012          946        991      175

Mar     2        1778     7756          335         173       28 

Apr     1          439      4056         290          52       12

May    5          225      2404          151            ?       64 

         12          222      1995           136           9       21

         19          201      1801           115           20      31

         26          217      1528          136           14      49

June   2          216       1413         130          10       31

          9          195      1526         148           24       24 

        15          305      1382         289           11       26 

         22         390      1577         176          38        57

         23         266      1650        346            ?          7

Summary:  Oh well, let's see what this looks like next week.

Four huge  developments occurred just during the past few days.  

• First, the House January 6 Committee hearings further implicated Donald Trump.  The two hearings schedule for next week have been delayed into July to process a deluge of new evidence.
• Second, the Supreme Court expanded gun rights.  
• Third, the House passed the watered down but still consequential gun rights legislation, which President Joe Biden will sign.  

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  Fourth, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this morning, meaning there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion, sending the matter for each state to decide what is legal.  

• The gun matter is not quite a washout, as the overall effect will in the future favor Democratic candidates.  Here is a Morning Consult/Politico moving poll.  Percent of voters backing stricter gun laws:
• May 16 after Buffalo shooting:  60%
• May 25 after Uvalde shooting:  65%
• June 4-5:  64%
• June 10-12:  68%
• The RvW decision and the 6January2021 coup attempt by Donald Trump, will further insure for Democratic control of both houses of Congress after the 8November2022 mid-term elections.

I can stop my posting here, giving me the day off, but will instead add a few remarks crystallizing the essence of the anti-abortion decision.  I last month articulated on Rowe v. Wade, so read that posting for some quick details.  Want more, here is the Wikipedia entry for what happened beginning in 1973.

Morality in this country swings back and forth, and has reached the peak of conservatism from what was a liberal country half a century ago.  Well, not exactly, in that the current beliefs of the Supreme Court, which was padded by Republican presidents, do not reflect the mood of today.  

• An NBC poll indicated that 63% of Americans did not believe Roe v. Wade should be trashed, while 30% believed it should.
• Further, 84% of Democrats feel that abortion should be legal, compared to 33% of Republicans and 63% of Independents.
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  This is why I have been saying during the past year, contrary to pundits, that Democrats will further strengthen their hold on Congress, for success depends on slight sways at the margins.
• Effectively, just on this RvW alone, more women and Democrats will vote in November, with the edge going to Democratic candidates.
• The key votes will come from Independents.  If only 5-10% more because of RvW vote for the Democrat, that will make a huge difference.

So what does the end of Rowe v Wade mean?  I need to look into this.  As a first thought:

• There will be a population increase.  We already have too many people.  This is an issue that will gain in concern, not because of RvW, but just as a worldwide problem.
• There are abortion pills that can be taken at home that weren't available half a century ago:  Mifepristone, misoprostol and Levonorgestrel.
• These can be mailed to you from legal states.
• Called medical abortions by pill, 54% in the U.S.
• France  64%
• Scotland  83%
• Sweden  92%

What a week.  But the weekend is here.  A few more of these videos sent to me by readers to educate and entertain you:

I see that Tropical Storm Celia is heading for Hawaii and could become a hurricane today.  All signs, however, show her weakening as colder waters are reached.

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