It’s the optics, not the substance, and you know it. Her case is the one that set the precedent, so if she changes her mind on it, that makes it news. Substantively, either change of mind doesn’t change whether Roe v Wade was decided correctly, but the first flip could possibly be used to change the minds of people who waver on the topic. The anti-abortion movement certainly tried to use it that way.
And, of course, we are now facing a packed right-wing Supreme Court with a lot of states that were hoping to use that change of heart as one more mote of evidence to get the decision reversed on a new case. At least they can’t do that now.
Actually, not really. Its just another chit added to the giant pile of evidence on the lack of ethics of the anti-abortion rights advocates. Which goes from from harassing and lying to women when they are at their most vulnerable, forcing doctors to lie on their behalf, endangering women’s lives all the way up to outright murder.
Her views dont matter that much. The fact that GOP operatives bribed her to publically change her views -* that matters. Li*ke the fact that they also bribed a woman to claim Dr Fauci raped her.
In other words, the Religious Right and GOP are bribing people to lie. This election is gonna be super dirty.
Yes, I know that her opinion changes the optics of the issue. And I know that, in the real world, optics like that does matter. But my point is that it shouldn’t.
As DrDeth pointed up a few posts up, the real news is the religious right paying off someone to push their narrative.
And yeah, we all wish for a world where the “optics” don’t matter. But that seems a fantasy land these days. As long as the optics matter then we need to deal with it…maddening as it is.
Especially given that people who think that abortion is wrong tend to believe in a book that says that liars get sent to hell. It’s more evidence to me that a lot of “Christians” worship their own created “pro-life” idol rather than follow their own stated beliefs.
Joy in the Morning is one of the best Jeeves & Bertie books of all, in my opinion. Excerpt Bertie should have gone with the alternative title and called it The Steeple Bumpleigh Horror.
It wasn’t just that she changed her own mind. (If she really did). And yes, she was free to choose, but she was a shill for people who were trying to prevent other women from having that freedom. THAT is why people are criticizing her.
