Rob's Soapbox - Yup... I'm Going There

<p>We were on vacation when Roe Versus Wade was overturned…</p><p>I will now pause as you realize that we’re about to talk about abortion…</p><p>Put simply; the Dobbs decision returned the issue of abortion to each of the 50 states. In practical terms, regardless of intent or motivation, the Supreme Court found a way to further divide a nation that hasn’t been this divided since the Civil War. Essentially, we will, when everything shakes out, have a country in which about half of the states are destinations for what I am calling “abortion tourism.” Economies will thrive on providing safe havens for women who want to have abortions but live in states that don’t allow it. Meanwhile, the other half of the states will continue to do everything they can to try to prevent such things from happening by attempting to criminalize leaving their state to intentionally commit what would be, in their state, a crime, but is not in another.</p><p>In other words, things are going to be a lot more complicated and messy; just what this nation needed.</p><p>For my pro-life friends, please be self-aware enough to recognize that you’ve accomplished absolutely nothing. Babies will still be aborted, most likely at near-identical rates as before, and the only thing that will increase are dangerous practices by desperate people who would rather risk their own safety than even fathom the thought of raising a child.</p><p>For my pro-choice friends, please calm the hell down. While there are many unknowns moving forward; for now, Plan B is available nationwide via the mail (I’d suggest stocking up if you’re in the practice of promiscuous unprotected sex), and far more important than that…as hard as this is to swallow (which is what more of you ladies should do to make this topic less relevant)…the Dobbs decision was a fundamentally solid legal opinion.</p><p>Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself often talked about how, despite being ardently pro-choice, the Roe decision was beyond flawed from a judicial standpoint. It was also miserably time