Why don’t liberals want Roe overturned?

 Stick with me here for a sec…

 Assume for a moment that the Court finally overturns Roe.. Then what?

 
Prior to Roe most states were moving toward legalization of abortion. Ronald Reagan,

when CA Governor, in fact, signed what was at the time the most liberal abortion

legislation in the country.

So – let’s say Roe is overturned by a conservative Court. The issue will go to the state

legislatures. The legislatures, in vast majority - perhaps all 50 of them, will pass

legislation legalizing abortion. Since half – or more -- of their voters are women, and

since there are zero women in America of child-bearing age who have never NOT had

access to legal abortion, to think that legislators accountable to the voters will prohibit it

argues against logic. They won’t.

But that just returns us to the current status quo, right? So why would liberals be for it?

Because it will undercut hugely the far right of the GOP. Those social conservatives will

have little left on which to hang their hats. The moderates in the GOP, of which there are

far more than the media or the blogosphere fantasize, would throw the social

conservatives under the bus.

Why don’t liberals want to splinter the GOP?

How about because of the large numbers of moderates among the Demos, who vote Demo

only because of abortion? They might all leave that party, join with the moderate GOPers

and form a new party – solid on defense, moderate on social policy.

Like Jack Kennedy's party. And Harry Truman's. And FDR's.

And the country will be exactly where we were until VietNam, campaign “reform” and

the takeover of both party’s agendas by the shrill voices on the far extents of their

parties… like those who just ran Lieberman outta town.

This would leave the Kososians and MoveOn crowd out in the cold.

It also would create a more intelligent discussion of issues, and a more thoughtful society.

Just a thought.