If you needed proof of how far the US has collapsed into the abyss of inanity and religious insanity, look no further. This is madness. Below a few of my thoughts.
#1) I am in no way in support of abortion.
#2) Despite this, I fully acknowledge a woman's sovereignty over her own body and right to choose. Whatever my opinions are, they are irrelevant.
#3) If anyone - government, church, etc - was serious about "ending" abortion then they would invest in readily available, affordable birth control, education (sex and otherwise) and ensuring that people had access to a reasonable standard of living (including the resources/material means to raise a child). These three things alone would drop abortion rates by 90% or more.
#4) In those instances of rape, incest, life-threatening complications - abortions should be given without question or charge. Really. These are extenuating circumstances, I'm sure - but they have immense moral validity.
In short, abortion is a failure of society, not the individual. So let's fix/shore up our society and stop worrying about "punishing" those people who have "failed" in a system designed to make them fail.
Now, this is ridiculous, because I have wasted now 100+ words saying what every reasonable person knows. And the Roe VS Wade challenge isn't about this at all. It's about increasing social control over every aspect of the individuals lives - to the point of intrusion; it's about governance unto tyranny, about idiocy coming into it's own, and - hahaha - as everyone looks south and breathes a sigh of relief it isn't here, don't breathe easy yet. Kenney won by a majority, the Conservatives across Canada are waiting their next chance at power, and Trudeau's big claim to fame is not looking as bad as his predecessors. So - when the winds of change blow again, Atwood may be proven right.