@Jeruba: “The marvel is that the fans of hands-off government, the ones who are constantly bleating and bellowing about their freedoms, are the ones supporting this travesty.”
Yep. I can’t count the number of conversations I’ve had with gun-toting “patriots” who swear that they need their guns to protect their freedoms (and mine) from government. Yet, the government reaches into the uterus of their moms, wives, and daughters, and they are suddenly quiet. Or shooting squirrels. This was a near perfect test of their sincerity, and it was clear that they were full of shit the whole time. Where is the revolution?
To answer the question: As many as it can.
But there are some disturbing aspects of this that make this far worse than just a SC decision.
- Basic human rights, like control of the body and access to healthcare, should never have been so fragile and sitting in the hands of an unelected entity. This should have been codified many years ago. The fact that it wasn’t is an indictment of both parties and the whole concept of the US as a civilized nation worth saving.
– There are people opposed to the removal of Roe who still support the institution of the supreme court. Even the temporary solution of stacking the courts is offensive, as the institution itself is worth saving. Civil rights, voting rights, etc being left to the unelected, unaccountable ideologues who have the job for life should be a concept that should at least cause pause.