The mythology behind eclipses warns of surprises.
Full moons bring emotions to the surface, as well as things we must release.
Retrograde offers another look at something that needs to be revisited.
Many believed Roe vs. Wade was in danger, but no one could have predicted the case Alito would make.
Don't believe his lies, or the lies of the religious right. "Fetal heartbeat" bills are science fiction, and the fetus feels no pain, according to science.
Alito lied. They all lied. Five religious conservative SCOTUS justices LIED during their confirmation hearings: Alito, Gorsuch, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
"When Alito applied for a senior job at the DOJ in 1985, he wrote in his cover letter that as a “life-long registered Republican,” he was “particularly proud” to have worked on cases arguing “that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.” - Harry Litman on Samuel Alito
Wait until you hear all the ways they lied about their positions on Roe during their confirmation hearings.
Alito states in his draft opinion…
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Re and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. That provision has been held to guarantee some rights that are not mentioned in the Constitution, but any such right must be ‘deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition’ and ‘implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.’”
But Alito is exposed by the argument he makes. He goes back to the 17th century and Sir Matthew Hale, who "presided at one of the most notorious of the 17th century English witchcraft trials where he sentenced two women to death."
Hale believed women had no rights, and that marital rape was part of the matrimonial agreement. It was Hale's prowess that sparked similar witchcraft prosecutions in the American colonies.
Now maybe you understand why Republicans think it's unnecessary to include exceptions for rape and incest, as well as the life of the mother. Religious extremists embrace and rely on the fanatical anti-women dogma of the 17th century.
Jill Lepore in The New Yorker skewers Alito’s sexist religiosity:
"There is nothing in that document about women at all. Most consequentially, there is nothing in that document—or in the circumstances under which it was written—that suggests its authors imagined women as part of the political community embraced by the phrase 'We the People.' There were no women among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. There were no women among the hundreds of people who participated in ratifying conventions in the states. There were no women judges. … Legally, most women did not exist as persons..."
So, where are we headed?
Sanctuary abortion states.
One question: Do you want to live in a free society?
This is what's at stake.
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