Roe v. Wade Is Gone, So Now What?

Well, it finally happened. 

The republican party has been banking on it for nearly 50 years and now their key "wedge issue" for campaigns is gone. 

So, now what? 

The United States Supreme Court on Friday decided to overturn the abortion rights law known as Roe v. Wade, which became law in this country back in 1973. The six conservative justices ruled that abortion is illegal, outnumbering the three more liberal justices. 

People will be taking to the streets to protest and it will happen throughout the summertime, you can bet on that. The former president, Donald J. Trump was able to put three justices on the bench, including Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney-Barrett. All three of them were controversial choices, most notably Gorsuch and Coney-Barrett because then U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) wouldn't give a hearing to then president Barack Obama's choice of Merrick Garland (after Antonin Scalia died in February 2016) saying it was a presidential election year and the people should decide at the ballot box. 

Gorsuch was the result on the SCOTUS bench after Trump became the 45th president in the 2016 election. However, in September of 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and the hypocrisy of McConnell rose again as he allowed Trump's choice of Coney-Barrett to go through in ram-rod fashion just six weeks before that year's presidential election.  

Kavanaugh was also a lightning rod because of his right wing extremism and sexual assault allegations that came about (much like justice Clarence Thomas back in 1991 when George Bush, Sr. nominated him) but none the less, he found his way on the bench and there you have it. Three partisan hacks are SCOTUS justices and the rest is (for now) history. 

Stay tuned, because this November, the congressional mid-term elections are happening. 

It will be interesting to see what will happen and if it goes as expected following the insane decisions of this U.S. Supreme Court (they also ruled in favor of more guns being in concealed possession for people) the Democrats should hold the U.S. House and gain more seats to increase their razor thin majority in the U.S. Senate. 

We shall see.