With full apologies due to my fellow Democrats in deep red states, I must nevertheless admit that I really love the idea of overturning Roe v. Wade.
Not because it's the best idea by any means. A national right to choose would be the best idea. Not because tens of thousands of real Americans won't die, tens of thousands of children won't suffer, in states with morally bankrupt legislators. They will.
But it would do wonders to completely reframe the entire debate over abortion in general by allowing, at long last, those states with Randian ideological pedigrees to truly "go Galt", in a head to head test of ideologies to see who comes out ahead and why. If we play our cards right, it might just be the ticket to Democratic victories in the South. And it might be, over the long run, the best avenue toward real reproductive freedom for everyone.
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