As Anna Russel would say, "I'm not making this up, you know."
Attorneys General in 4 states have made filings in the mifepristone lawsuit claiming that they have a right to pregnant teenagers.
You heard that right, they have come out in favor of Teen Pregnancy.
I am not being metaphorical here:
Three state Republican Attorneys General filed a complaint in federal court on October 11 arguing that their states have a right to pregnant teenagers and that right is being violated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador—all Republicans—take issue with this. Abortion access decreases teen pregnancy, and they seem to think that is a bad thing.
“Remote dispensing of abortion drugs by mail, common carrier, and interactive computer service is depressing expected birth rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States,” the attorneys allege in the complaint, which was filed before forced birth enthusiast Judge Matt Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas’s Amarillo Division. They claim that decreased births constitute “a sovereign injury to the state in itself,” and causes downstream injuries like “losing a seat in Congress or qualifying for less federal funding if their populations are reduced.” In other words, uteri are state slush funds, and girls owe the state reproduction once they are capable of it.
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Bailey, Kobach, and Labrador’s argument treats teenagers as breeding stock. The complaint is shocking in its brazenness. But it is a natural outgrowth of the conservative legal movement’s efforts to subordinate women: Girls choosing not to give birth is wrong, and men can go to court to set it right
These are not people you can reason with.
In fact, I would argue that any good faith attempt on compromise is actually something that the would consider against their core values.
The Republican Party is not the opposition, it is the enemy.
After the break, I will provide context via YouTube about Anna Russel.
This is the funniest summary of Wagners’ Ring Cycle you will ever hear: